Sign in Subscribe

midwood

Jun
24
Campaigning Heats Up Ahead of Tuesday’s District 45 Democratic Primary

Campaigning Heats Up Ahead of Tuesday’s District 45 Democratic Primary

Monique Chandler-Waterman (left) and Farah Louis. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) By Zainab Iqbal and Sam Raskin MIDWOOD/EAST FLATBUSH – City
5 min read
Jun
21
Chandler-Waterman Claims Louis Struck ‘Deal’ with Developers For ‘Trump Supporters’’ Votes

Chandler-Waterman Claims Louis Struck ‘Deal’ with Developers For ‘Trump Supporters’’ Votes

L-R: Councilmember Farah Louis and Monique Chandler – Waterman. Official photos. EAST FLATBUSH/MIDWOOD — City Council candidate for District 45 Monique
2 min read
Jun
21
Chandler-Waterman Gets an Exonerated 5 Member Endorsement Ahead of D45 Democratic Primary

Chandler-Waterman Gets an Exonerated 5 Member Endorsement Ahead of D45 Democratic Primary

Monique Chandler-Waterman flanked by her children and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams as in-district lawmakers endorse her candidacy for the 45th
2 min read
Jun
21
Building Bridges Between Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Communities in Southern Brooklyn, or How Jabaran Saved Shabbos

Building Bridges Between Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Communities in Southern Brooklyn, or How Jabaran Saved Shabbos

Jabaran Akram. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Jabaran Akram, 22, was born in Brooklyn, the third of eight children of
4 min read
Jun
19
Meet the 6th Municipal District Civil Court Judge Candidates: Tehilah Berman

Meet the 6th Municipal District Civil Court Judge Candidates: Tehilah Berman

Tehilah Berman at a coffee shop in Kensington (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)The Civil Court Judge races are less
4 min read
Jun
18
Arsonist swore to “kill” rabbi whose home was one of three destroyed in Midwood fire

Arsonist swore to “kill” rabbi whose home was one of three destroyed in Midwood fire

A five alarm fire raced through three 100+ year-old houses in Midwood, resulting in 13 injuries.A Pennsylvania man who
2 min read
Jun
13
Suspicious Early morning 4-alarm fire destroys three century old Midwood homes

Suspicious Early morning 4-alarm fire destroys three century old Midwood homes

A five-alarm fire raced through three 100+ year-old houses in Midwood Brooklyn early this morning, resulting in 13 injuries, though
5 min read
Jun
13
Bichotte Endorses de Blasio For President

Bichotte Endorses de Blasio For President

Back in 2014, he endorsed her. Now, Bichotte is returning the favor as de Blasio runs for President. Photo via
1 min read
Jun
12
Meet the 6th Municipal District Candidates For Civil Court Judge: Caroline Cohen

Meet the 6th Municipal District Candidates For Civil Court Judge: Caroline Cohen

Caroline CohenCENTRAL BROOKLYN – You may not have heard about it, but there’s a judicial election coming up in central
5 min read
Jun
03
Hotel On Webster To Be Completed By 2021

Hotel On Webster To Be Completed By 2021

928 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON – The development at Coney Island and Webster Avenues is coming together.
1 min read