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Brooklyn Visual Arts Teacher Receives Recognition for Student Awards

Sarah Grace Holcomb (right) with students. Photo courtesy of Sarah Grace Holcomb.Brooklyn students Brianna Blue and Aleksandra Kwiecień recently received two of the highest honors in the 2021 Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards, [https://www.artandwriting.org/] a nationwide program that recognizes artistic achievement in teens. Both Blue and Kwiecień,

Education

Student Fatally Shot at Midwood’s Urban Dove Charter School

The building that houses Urban Dove Charter School in 2019. (Image: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)A 17-year-old student was fatally shot at Midwood’s Urban Dove Charter School [https://urbandove.org/schools/brooklyn] on Thursday afternoon. Police say Devonte Lewis from Canarsie was leaving the school, which is housed at the

Business

20K-Square-Foot Aldi Supermarket Coming to Flatbush Junction

Flatbush Junction (Image: Google Maps)Flatbush is getting a new supermarket. The discount supermarket chain Aldi has signed a lease for a 20,110-square-foot space at 2201 Nostrand Avenue in the Flatbush Junction area. The store will take over space previously occupied by The Children’s Place and David’s

Bed Stuy

Openings and Closings: Biscuits, Burgers, and Bubble Teas

Welcome back to Openings and Closings. Join us in welcoming some new soul food, a bar with a tree inside, and several new Domino Park tenants. Sadly, we must say goodbye to one bar— but it may not be goodbye forever. As always, let us know if we’ve missed

hate crimes

Brooklynites Demand Protections In The Wake Of The DC UberEats Driver’s Death

Pakistani American Youth Society co-founder Kashif Hussain (Image: Billy Richling/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Community leaders, elected officials and candidates for local office gathered at the heart of Brooklyn’s Pakistani community Thursday afternoon to mourn the killing of a DC Uber driver and demand an end to hate. 66-year-old Pakistani immigrant

Central Brooklyn

An Extraordinary Officer: Det. Kim Walker Retires After Serving Flatbush For 22 Years At The 70th Precinct

Det. Kim Walker has retired after 22 years of serving Flatbush and Midwood at the 70th Precinct. Nathan Thompson/BklynerIt was 2003, and the Commander of the 70th Precinct was having a bad night. A group of residents had rented a bus and filled the monthly precinct meeting with frustrating

Animals

NYPD Horses Break Free From Officers, Gallop Freely in Midwood

NYPD horses safely returned to stable./ Photo provided by NYPD’s TwitterMIDWOOD- Yesterday, two NYPD horses named Samson and Freedom galloped freely through the streets of Midwood after police dismounted from the animals. The incident unfolded at around noon on E. Eighth St and Quentin Road. The NYPD cops and

celebrity

Beloved 1960s Children’s Television Host And Flatbush Native Sonny Fox, Dead at 95

Photo via Sonny FoxSonny Fox, the television host of the beloved 1960s New York-based Sunday children’s program, Wonderama, has died at 95. Fox died on Sunday, of pneumonia, due to COVID-19, in Los Angeles. His death was confirmed by his official website. [https://www.sonnyfox.tv/] In 1959, the

Bushwick

A Helping Hand In The Neighborhood: Purple Pantries Fill A Community Need

Tiny Purple Pantries/ Lindsay ManolakosSmall purple boxes have been popping up across Brooklyn this summer. “Give What You Can, Take What You Need” inscribed on the side, they can be found in rich neighborhoods and those not so well-heeled. These boxes are filled with donated food and are called Tiny

Central Brooklyn

Local Electeds Push Back on Planned Family Shelter At Former Brooklyn College Dorm

1 Kenilworth Place. Joe Strini /PropertySharkA group of Flatbush-area elected officials is pushing back on the city’s plans to open a homeless shelter at the site of a recently-closed student housing facility near Brooklyn College. The city’s Department of Social Services (DSS) is looking to retrofit the former

Borough Park

Hatzolah EMS Service Could Land Flying Ambulances On City Streets

Rendering of the new CityHawk air ambulance (Image from the Urban Aeronautics website)To avoid traffic, Hatzolah wants to take to the skies, or so it would seem. Hatzolah Air, a newly formed air division of the volunteer emergency medical service (EMS) organization whose independent chapters serve mostly Orthodox Jewish

hate crimes

Four Synagogues In Midwood Tagged With Hateful Graffiti Last Saturday

The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating a series of burglaries that occurred within the confines of the 70 Precinct last Saturday, December 26, 2020, between 00:20 am and 01:30 am hours, and are looking for a man who tagged four different synagogues located at 1694

Central Brooklyn

Learning About The NYPD: What Are The Sector Meetings Coming Up, And Why You Should Attend

Pandemic has made all kinds of public meetings move online, and the Police Community Council (PCC) meetings are no exception. However, Sector Meetings have always been intended to be neighborhood-specific and more intimate, and the Sector NCOs (Neighborhood Coordinating Officers) are committed to holding them live. 70th Precinct NCOs held

Announcements

America’s First Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Is A Native Brooklynite

1480 Ocean Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)MIDWOOD – America’s first Second Gentleman, Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris’s husband Douglas Emhoff was born in Brooklyn. Emhoff and his parents lived at 1480 Ocean Avenue, near Avenue J, until he was about five years old, Curbed reported. [https://www.curbed.com/

Announcements

Syed Bukhari, A Midwood Cabbie, Delivered 40,000 Meals During Pandemic

Syed Bukhari.MIDWOOD – Last year, Syed Bukhari, 37, got tired of driving a cab, something he had been doing for the last 15 years. The pay isn’t good, there are no benefits, and the business was declining. [/cabbie-coronavirus/] So, he applied for work at the MTA, but then the

Announcements

Woman Fatally Struck By Car In Midwood, Driver Arrested

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] MIDWOOD – A 69-year-old neighbor is dead after being struck by a driver while crossing the

Arts & Culture

Midwood’s 11-Year-Old Alyssa Cheatham Stars in New Nickelodeon Series

11-year-old Brooklyn native Alyssa Cheatham has a powerful voice. That voice, on full display in her two singles ‘The Weekend’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ypgTXT6alo&feature=emb_logo] and ‘Like it Here,’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UUZgTG-Imo] has also brought life to a handful of animated

Announcements

Project Dignity: PAYS Looking For Clothing Donations For Those In Need

PAYS giving out clothing last weekend. (Photo: PAYS)MIDWOOD – The Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS) [https://www.paysusa.org/] is teaming up with Muslims Giving Back (MGB) [https://www.muslimgivingback.com/] to collect and distribute clothing for those who are in need— meet Project Dignity. “We are asking everyone who

Bensonhurst

Infection Rates Keep Climbing In Southern Brooklyn, Governor to Deploy Rapid Tests

On Sunday, 27% of positive tests in New York State came from just ten ZIP codes where just 3% of the state’s population resides. In fact, 37% of positive cases came from 20 ZIP codes where just 6% of the state’s population resides, Governor Andrew Cuomo informed on

Bensonhurst

Gravesend/Homecrest at 6.0% COVID Infection Rate, Southern BK above 3%, City Threatens Localized Restrictions

Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeFollowing the closure of two Yeshivas [/two-yeshivas-shut-down-amid-coronavirus-spike-in-southern-brooklyn/] (undisclosed) by the City’s Department of Health (DOH) over COVID-19 spread, officials inform that “regular inspections of all non-public schools within these clusters and their adjacent zip codes” will start tomorrow, and the city will be increasing enforcement

Bensonhurst

URGENT: Cases Triple In Ocean Parkway Cluster, Williamsburg, City Worries About Increase Community Transmission

Via NYC DOH [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data-recent.page]We just received an email from the NYC Department of Health informing that there are several areas in Brooklyn and Queens that “are cause for significant concern” for the city when it comes to COVID infection rates. The

Extraordinary Neighbors

Outside Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Childhood Home, Families Pay Their Respects

When Alicia Morrison-Fagbemi found out Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away, she cried for her and for her three daughters, Savannah, 12, Olivia, 10, and Leah, 4. The next day, she and her husband Mike took them to Ginsburg’s childhood home at 1584 E 9th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn.

Announcements

Cyclist Dead After Being Struck By Driver On Ocean Parkway

MIDWOOD – A 29-year-old cyclist is dead after a driver struck him as he was crossing Ocean Parkway early this morning. At around 12:35 a.m., a 29-year-old man was riding his bike eastbound on Avenue N and was crossing Ocean Parkway at the crosswalk when the 38-year-old driver of

Announcements

Anayat’s Halal Grill: A New Take-Out Place In Bath Beach

Anayat’s Halal Grill is located at 2238 Bath Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BATH BEACH – Anayat’s Halal Grill isn’t even a month old and it already has fans. The small new take-out restaurant is located on Bath Avenue between Bay 31st and Bay 32nd Streets, right next

Central Brooklyn

Jewish Man Attacked In Midwood

Cops released this image of the suspect. (Photo via NYPD)MIDWOOD – A Jewish man was attacked as he was walking on the street last week. Cops are investigating it as a hate crime. On Sunday, July 26 at around 11:50 p.m., 35-year-old Boris Noble was walking on East