Bed Stuy
Jesus Centeno, 42, is wanted by the NYPD in connection with an assault on a man and his daughter (Photo via DCPI)WILLIAMSBURG – Police are searching for Jesus Centeno in connection with the assault of a 25-year old man and his 2-year old daughter last month. On October 6, around
Bensonhurst
Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanThe notoriously grimy Kentucky Fried Chicken [https://www.yelp.com/biz/kfc-brooklyn] on 18th Avenue appears to be joining the fate of its former neighbor, a particularly depressing McDonald’s location [/worst-mcdonalds-ever-is-now-closed/#.V8Sgg8CAOko] that closed last year. The fried chicken restaurant at 6510 18th Avenue
Business
(Photo: m01229 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39908901@N06/7565528342/] / Flickr)Brooklynites love to patronize their homegrown businesses. And indeed, it’s often the mom-and-pop shops that give a neighborhood its character. However, over the last decade, national mega franchises like McDonald’s, Walgreens, and Dunkin Donuts are ramping up
Business
(Photo: m01229 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39908901@N06/7565528342/] / Flickr)Brooklynites love to patronize their homegrown businesses. And indeed, it’s often the mom-and-pop shops that give a neighborhood its character. However, over the last decade, national mega franchises like McDonald’s, Walgreens, and Dunkin Donuts are ramping up
Central Brooklyn
Police stand guard outside the McDonald’s at 943 Flatbush Avenue after brawl. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The leader of a group of teenage girls who viciously beat up another teen girl in the McDonalds at 943 Flatbush Avenue in March [/blog/crime/video-shows-four-girls-attacking-teen-adults-nothing-flatbush-avenue-mcdonalds/] will be committed to a
Central Brooklyn
The FDNY responded to a crash on Coney Island Avenue near Ditmas Avenue around 10:30am on Thursday morning after an SUV slammed into another car in front of the McDonald’s at 880 Coney Island Avenue. The driver of a Ford Explorer swerved to enter the drive-thru and hit
6419 18th ave
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanMcDonald’s on 18th Avenue and 65th Street has apparently closed up shop for good. Customers who stopped by the 6419 18th Avenue location today were surprised to find the doors locked and the lights dimmed. “I came here for nothing!” exclaimed one woman, who was accompanied
395 Flatbush Avenue
Photo by Francisco Daum.Police arrested the 15-year-old teen girl seen in “wanted” images/surveillance photos released earlier this week, charging her with assault in the attack [/blog/2015/05/18/two-arrested-two-more-sought-for-gang-assault-at-flatbush-avenue-mcdonalds/] on 17-year-old Elizabeth Congress inside the 295 Flatbush Avenue McDonalds last Thursday, May 14. They also arrested 17-year-old
Aniah Ferguson
Community activist Tony Herbert, at microphone, gathered with other neighbors outside the McDonald’s at 943 Flatbush Avenue on Sunday. Photo by Michael Wright After last week’s vicious beating of a girl at a Flatbush Avenue McDonald’s [/blog/crime/teenager-arrested-vicious-beating-flatbush-avenue-mcdonalds-borough-president-offers-1k-reward-info-leading-arrests] , which was captured on a cell phone video
3540 nostrand ave
The former ball pit at Nostrand Avenue’s McDonald’s (Photo by Robert Fernandez) Breaking news! The McDonald’s at 3540 Nostrand Avenue no longer has balls. The fast food restaurant cleared out the ball pit recently, according to super-tipster Robert Fernandez, who sent in the photo above. It should
apartment buildings
The McDonald’s on 4th Avenue [/blog/business/mcdonalds-closes-on-4th-avenue-to-make-room-for-apartment-building] at the corner of 1st Street has been demolished. Neighbor Chris sends in this photo from today of the corner, which will soon be the site of a78-unit rental building [/blog/real-estate/the-rental-building-thats-replacing-mcdonalds-on-4th-avenue]. A fence has gone up around the site
graffiti
Neighbor Christine shares a photo of the old McDonald’s [/blog/business/mcdonalds-closes-on-4th-avenue-to-make-room-for-apartment-building] on 4th Avenue, recently re-dubbed Joe’s. Seen something unusual in Park Slope recently? Send photos to editor@bklyner.com , add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag
275 4th Avenue
If you’re hoping to get a Big Mac at a drive-through, you’re going to have to head someplace else, as the McDonald’s at 275 4th Avenue is now closed. The property on the corner of 4th Avenue and 1st Street sold for $14.8 million last year
buildings
Here’s a look at what you’ll see in a few years where there’s now a McDonald’s. The lot with the fast food restaurant on the corner of 4th Avenue and 1st Street sold for $14.8M over the summer [/blog/real-estate/4th-avenue-mcdonalds-sells-for-14-8-million-high-end-rental-building-to-come] , and today Curbed spotted
Applewood Restaurant
If you’ve been online at all today, you’ve probably heard the news that Burger King’s Twitter account was hacked by someone passing themselves off as McDonalds: Needless to say, hilarity ensued, and we wondered what would happen if some of our local businesses were hacked. Here are
bacon
After the great Italian sandwich rumble [/blog/food/sandwich-showdown-subway-v-bagels-and-wraps] last month between Bagels and Wraps and Subway, we decided to take some breakfast sandwiches to the mat. Today’s battle royale brings together two 9th Street heavyweights: McDonald’s [http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/home.html] (289 9th Street)