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NYT Visits Mill Basin

Photo by Erica Sherman / BKLYNER“Mill Basin is a place of boaters and sun lovers. Streets curve along almost 360 degrees of waterfront, with docks sticking out from houses like sassy protruding tongues. Boat trailers park on front lawns; swimming pools are abundant. Some visitors liken the neighborhood to Miami.

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Suspect In Fatal Parkside Avenue Shooting Charged With Murder

(Photo via BKLYNER reader)A Mill Basin man has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting on Parkside Avenue Friday morning that left one man dead and another wounded, said cops. Damani Thomas, 29, was arrested and charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, and two counts

Police & Fire

Two Teens Arrested After Gunshots Fired At Kings Plaza Mall

(Photo by Patti Pappagallo)Cops arrested two teens late Saturday night, one suspected of firing a gun inside Kings Plaza Mall earlier that evening. The gun was fired just before 6pm on Saturday, June 8 at 5100 Kings Plaza, said cops. Mallgoers told CBS News that it was a frantic

Police & Fire

Jewish Brothers Attacked After Yom Kippur Services In Mill Basin, Reports Say

Photo: Dave Hosford / Flickr)While walking home from the Flatbush Park Jewish Center in Mill Basin at about 3:45pm on Wednesday, two Jewish brothers, dressed in yarmulkes and prayer shawls, were attacked by a group of three men, according to the police and the Daily News. The Deputy Commissioner

Police & Fire

Man Shot And Killed Down The Road From His Home

Site of the shooting. Photo via Google Maps.A man was shot and killed on East 56 Street between Avenue O and Fillmore Avenue on Thursday September 1 at around 12:30pm, according to police. Kendell Walcott, 24, was killed down the road from his home on the corner of

Food & Drink

Nick’s Lobster House – A Marine Park Tradition

“2-for-1” lobsters at Nick’s. Photo Courtesy of Haley-May Block.Looking for authentic, New England-style seafood, but don’t want to leave the neighborhood? We got just the place for you. At Nick’s Lobster House, located at 2777 Flatbush Ave, you can sit on the canopied patio overlooking the

Neighbors

Meet 9-Year-Old Anaya Lee Willabus, Brooklyn’s Youngest Author

Anaya Lee Willabus posing with a copy of her new book. (Photo provided by Dimple Willabus)By Chris Butera Brooklyn has a new author, and she’s only nine-years old. On Saturday morning, the Mill Basin Library hosted Anaya Lee Willabus for a book signing of her first published work:

Police & Fire

Cops Release Video Of Suspect Wanted For Shooting At Mill Basin Bowling Alley

https://youtu.be/85dSRJ4d1lA Police have released a video showing the man they believe shot three people outside a Mill Basin bowling alley earlier this month. Authorities are asking for the public’s assistance identifying him. As we reported last week, after a dispute on December 12 outside the Strike

Police & Fire

Mill Basin Klutz Who Shot Up Waldorf Astoria Wedding Arrested & Charged

A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)The klutzy Mill Basin liquor store owner who accidentally discharged his 9mm Ruger during a wedding at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was arrested Tuesday after turning himself in to police. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr announced that 43-year-old Vladimir Gotlibovsky

Police & Fire

Drive-By Shooting Injures Three Outside Mill Basin Bowling Alley

Strike 10 Lanes in Mill Basin. (Photo: Google Maps)Three men were injured Saturday after a dispute outside a Mill Basin bowling alley erupted in gunfire, News 12 Brooklyn reports. Cops told the news channel the shooting occurred at 2:20am outside Strike 10 Lanes, located at V Avenue and

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ICYMI: Subway Suicide Attempt, B Line Woes, Grimm’s New Inmate Number

Photo by happycrabbyIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily newsletter.

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Tomorrow: Southern Brooklyn To Be Sprayed For West Nile-Carrying Mosquitoes

Map courtesy of Department of HealthIt’s peak mosquito season, and this summer, many of the little buggers are carrying the potentially deadly West Nile virus, health officials warned this week. Neighbors are advised to stay indoors tomorrow night as pesticide trucks spray down southern Brooklyn neighborhoods where the disease-carrying

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Mill Basin Man Shoots Brighton Beach Woman In Head At Glitzy Waldorf-Astoria Wedding

The lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where the incident occurred. Source: Waldorf Astoria HotelA Mill Basin man fired off a shot during cocktail hour at a wedding in Manhattan’s prestigious Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Sunday, grazing a Brighton Beach woman in the head, and injuring three others with debris from

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Wanted: Two Pickpockets Who Stole $1,100 From Kings Plaza Shopper, Credit Cards From TJ Maxx Customer

Suspects at Kings Plaza (Source: NYPD)Cops are looking for two women caught on surveillance cameras stealing from victims, including one who pulled $1,100 from the pocket of a Kings Plaza shopper. The 51-year-old female victim was shopping in Kings Plaza Mall at 400 Avenue U on December 29

Hurricane Sandy Recovery

Tomorrow: NY Rising Meeting For Marine Park, Mill Basin

Neighbors in Mill Basin, Mill Island, Marine Park, Bergen Beach, and Georgetown can attend a public meeting on Wednesday, January 14, to learn about projects proposed for funding, and the contents of the final NY Rising Community Reconstruction (NYRCR) Plan for Southeast Brooklyn Waterfront, designed to help meet the Community’

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Tonight: NY Rising Meeting For Marine Park, Mill Basin

Map of the coverage area for this NY Rising committee. Source: NY RisingNeighbors in Mill Basin, Mill Island, Marine Park, Bergen Beach, and Georgetown are invited to a public meeting tonight, Wednesday, November 12, to hear the latest from the state-sponsored NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program and provide input on

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Pizza D’Amore To Open On Avenue U Near Batchelder Street

Photo by John H.Tipsters let us know that Pizza D’Amore is preparing to open up shop at 3003 Avenue U, the former storefront of Pizzeria Del Corso and Sammie’s Pizza. It’s the latest outpost for the pizzeria, which also has locations in Mill Basin and Bensonhurst’

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Local Relay For Life Raised $100,000 To Fight Cancer

Joe Gilette, organizer of the Bergen Beachh, Mill Basin and Marine Park chapter of Relay for Life, sent us a note and some photos of this year’s event, in which they raised approximately $100,000 for the American Cancer Society during their June 7 event. Gilette writes: We recently

Albany

Congresswoman Clarke Tells Albany To Send Resources To BK Neighborhoods Lacking Representation

It’s not often you see a member of one of the nation’s most dysfunctional legislative bodies appropriately shaming members of another dysfunctional legislative body, but that’s what we wake up to this morning. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke is calling on Albany lawmakers to send resources to those Brooklyn

Flatbush

Rowdy Teens Take Over Kings Plaza Mall, Spurring Police Response

Source: Wikimedia CommonsONLY ON SHEEPSHEAD BITES: Chaos overtook Kings Plaza Mall (5100 Kings Plaza) yesterday afternoon when approximately 500 teenagers became rowdy, causing security officials to call the police and temporarily shutter the mall for at least two hours to restore order. The teens, who were off from school for

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Mill Basin Mansion Of Russian Oligarch’s Ex-Wife On Sale For $30 Million

The ex-wife of a Russian minerals baron is putting her Mill Basin mansion (2458 National Drive) on the market for the reasonable asking price of $30 million. The New York Daily News is reporting that the asking price would make the mansion the most expensive home ever in Brooklyn. The

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Aviator Hosts Largest Indoor Zumba Class Ever

More than 400 participants shook, danced and jumped away the calories during the Relay For Life of Bergen Beach, Mill Basin & Marine Park’s largest indoor Zumba class ever, hosted at the Aviator Sports Complex, according to Record Setter. Organized by “Zumba Daddy,” Joseph Gillette, co-chairman of Brooklyn’s

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BREAKING: Major Power Outage In Marine Park, Mill Basin – 1,230+ In The Dark

Source: niznoz/FlickrMore than 1,230 households are without power in Marine Park, Mill Basin and other areas, after a transformer exploded on Avenue T and Hendrickson Street. The explosion occurred at approximately 6:40 p.m., and Con Edison has been called to the scene. Notify NYC has issued

Flatbush

Thursday: Pesticide Spraying In Marine Park, Mill Basin, Gerritsen Beach

Bug out, Marine Park! Bug out, Mill Basin! Bug out, Gerritsen Beach! Who gets the bugs out? (Department of Health, Health, Health). What get’s the bugs… Okay, I’m done. The point is, the Health Department will spray pesticide from trucks to reduce risk of West Nile virus activity

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Local Relay For Life Event Raises More Than $50K To Fight Cancer

Area residents, their lives touched by cancer, came together to celebrate those who have battled the disease, remember those who lost their lives to it, and pledge to continue fighting to find a cure, during Aviator Sports’ inaugural Bergen Beach, Mill Basin & Marine Park Relay for Life. Featuring live