Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCONEY ISLAND – For the fourth year in a row, Isaiah Whitehead, a former Brooklyn Nets player, hosted a free event in the neighborhood he grew up in to give back to the community. “The overall goal of this event is to promote sportsmanship, humility, and camaraderie amongst
70 Precinct
Police have identified the body found in the backseat of a Lexus SUV Tuesday [/blog/crime/dead-body-found-in-suv-on-avenue-j] that had been sitting on East 16th Street near Avenue J since at least Sunday as former New York Knicks draft pick Michael Wright. Wright was found in the backseat of the vehicle
Boys and Girls Club
It was a nail-biting competition at the inaugural NBA Math Hoops tournament. Dozens of middle-school students crowded around the fold-up table in the center of the gymnasium inside the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club’s Navy Yard Clubhouse [http://www.madisonsquare.org/our-clubhouses] at 240 Nassau Street, biting their
barclays center
The NBA All-Star [http://www.nba.com/allstar/] game is coming to New York City this month, and several events will be taking place at the Barclays Center, which means travel in the area will be impacted. Load-in begins on Saturday, February 7, with events scheduled for Thursday, February 12
andrei kirilenko
Andrei Kirilenko (right) (Source: oso via Flickr).The Brooklyn Nets have had a busy off season, making trades for NBA superstars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce in their hopes to steal the spotlight away from Carmelo Anthony’s New York Knicks. According to a report [http://www.netsdaily.com/2013/
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Beliebers Emily Roy (left) and Audrey Coupu (right) drove down from Montreal to see Justin Bieber perform at the Barclays Center on Aug. 2. (Photo by Antonia Massa)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. You probably couldn’t help but notice how busy the Barclays Center was this weekend.
89 Hanson Place
With one more day in the weekend, we’re sure many of you will enjoy some time in the park (Photo by McMillianFurlow [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcmillianfurlow/])Happy Memorial Day, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We’re taking a break from posting today, but we’ll be back
Brooklyn Nets
Nets new logo, courtesy of the NBAThe building of the Barclays Center has been fraught with everything from protests to cheers. It’s hard to say if there is a consensus amongst Brooklynites about the Nets moving in. “I love it. It’s time for Brooklyn to have a team