Central Brooklyn
MIDWOOD – At select locations in Midwood, alternate side parking has been eliminated on Saturday, so observant Jews won’t have to move their cars on Shabbos. Councilmember David Greenfield, who has fought for parking changes since 2010, announced the change today in a statement. He said that the issue was
Central Brooklyn
We’re past the midway point of August, which means that all eyes are turning away from the beach and back to school. Local schools like Medgar Evers, Brooklyn College, and Pratt are about to head back into session. Here are some over-the-top great pads for undergrads. (Courtesy Gerard Bianco
Central Brooklyn
1326 Ocean Ave (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)MIDWOOD. A new luxury rental building on Ocean Avenue will start leasing next week — the latest in a wave of development moving south on Ocean Ave from Ditmas Park and Midwood all the way into Sheepshead Bay. Located across from Brooklyn College, 1326 Ocean
Bensonhurst
Greenfield announcing 2016 Participatory Budgeting results at Brooklyn School of Inquiry, 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Council Member David Greenfield says he will not be running for re-election this year, instead he’ll take a position as the new executive director of a Jewish non-profit. Greenfield, who is also
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD congratulated Pakistani-American’s on the historic win. (Photo: Hassan Iqbal)About 100 Pakistanis and cricket fans, old and young, gathered at the corner of Foster and Coney Island Avenues to celebrate Pakistan’s historic win against its long-time rival, India, in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy
Central Brooklyn
A 28-year-old man was arrested yesterday, June 7 for drawing swastikas on a public sidewalk on the corner of Avenue J and Coney Island Ave, according to the NYPD. Photo: Yeshiva World NewsThe Ohio resident, Agueybana Quinones, is being charged with two counts of aggravated harassment, two counts of making
Central Brooklyn
Coney Island Avenue & Avenue O, May 21 at 7pm. (Photo by Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211646942786348&set=pcb.10211646944626394&type=3&theater] )On Sunday evening May 21, an elderly couple was struck by a car at Coney Island Avenue and Avenue
Bensonhurst
A district resident questions de Blasio on allowing the mass slaughter of chickens during a Jewish holiday, despite sanitation violations. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)“This is the first Mayor in history to have a town hall in this community,” said City Council Member David Greenfield, welcoming Mayor Bill de
Announcements
Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday, February 13, 2017. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Want the chance to speak directly to your Mayor? Next Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio will hold a town hall presented by Council
Central Brooklyn
Groundbreaking at Kolbert Park, May 4. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)On a sunny spring day in May, officials and kids gathered to announce a massive and long-overdue renovation to Midwood’s Kolbert Park, a green space shared by three schools and hundreds of neighbors. The improved Kolbert Playground will
Nonsponsored
Photo by skatercruzito [http://websta.me/p/1067759403701384757_222788340] Finally, some good news from the MTA. As of early this morning, Coney Island-bound F service is finally restored at Avenue I, Bay Pkwy, Avenue N, and Avenue P. After months of waiting, subway riders can finally get to Bensonhurst, Mapleton,
Central Brooklyn
(Ruslan Mervis via Facebook)A Midwood man was busted for sexually exploiting young girls on Facebook and threatening kids until they agreed to video themselves performing sexual acts, the NY Daily News first reported [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-posing-teen-extorted-child-porn-young-girls-authorities-article-1.3095391] . Ruslan Mirvis, 34, has been charged with the sexual