Central Brooklyn
Photo via Deseronto ArchivesCortelyou Road resident Patrick Russell loves to unwind at the end of every day by tuning into his favorite radio station, 105.9 WQXR — New York’s only public radio classical music station. But for the past few weeks, Russell has found the station hijacked by grating
Neighbors
WT & Kensington neighbors rally at the Ft. Hamilton Pkwy F/G, December 12. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)“We will not tolerate acts of hatred,” said City Council Member Brad Lander and more than 30 neighbors this morning at a solidarity rally outside the subway station where Islamophobic graffiti
Central Brooklyn
WT & Kensington neighbors rally at the Ft. Hamilton Pkwy F/G, December 12. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)“We will not tolerate acts of hatred,” said City Council Member Brad Lander and more than 30 neighbors this morning at a solidarity rally outside the subway station where Islamophobic graffiti
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Health
A community member tells a panel of her proposed shelter plan concerns Thursday night at P.S. 329 on Coney Island. (Photo by Jerry Del Priore / Bensonhurst Bean)A possible homeless shelter at 2201-2227 Neptune Area and West 23rd Street for mothers and their children could be coming to Coney
history
Photo by Julia Sclafani“Abandon ship and god bless you.” These were the last words Clark J. Simmons heard from the Naval chaplain aboard the USS Utah on the morning Pearl Harbor was attacked. The naval veteran, born in 1921 in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, was stationed in Hawaii on December
Neighbors
76th Street and 15th Avenue, the site of the crash. (Photo via Google Maps) Today, Bensonhurst has lost a mother and a neighbor. Our prayers are with the Orlando family on this sad day. On the morning of Wednesday, November 9, Antonietta Orlando, 72, was crossing 76th Street, just blocks
Feature
Bahij Chancey. (Photo by Lindsay Abrams / BKLYNER)In what will turn out to be the final days of the Cobble Hill tavern Buschenschank, at a table pushed up against an open window that looks out at the intersection of Court and Sackett Streets, 25-year-old Bahij Chancey is sipping an Oktoberfest
Central Brooklyn
Stop & Frisk forum at the Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Judges, NYPD, pols, and activists landed in East Flatbush last week to learn how residents feel about the NYPD’s use of ‘stop & frisk’ and how to improve police-community relationships in a predominantly
Events
Stop & Frisk forum at the Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Judges, NYPD, pols, and activists landed in East Flatbush last week to learn how residents feel about the NYPD’s use of ‘stop & frisk’ and how to improve police-community relationships in a predominantly
Kids & Family
Kelly Nikeechee. Photo via NYPD.Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating an 18-year-od girl who went missing on Friday afternoon. Her name is Kelly Nikeechee. Police describe her as a black female, 5’6″ tall, 140 pounds, with brown eyes, black hair, and last seen wearing
Central Brooklyn
Nick Klein, CAMBA attorney delivering a ‘Know Your Rights’ training at the Flatbush Library. (Photo by DPC)With deportations of Haitian refugees resuming at full speed and the future of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the hands of a president-elect touting anti-immigrant rhetoric, many Haitian immigrants in Flatbush are worried
Neighbors
Nick Klein, CAMBA attorney delivering a ‘Know Your Rights’ training at the Flatbush Library. (Photo by DPC)With deportations of Haitian refugees resuming at full speed and the future of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the hands of a president-elect touting anti-immigrant rhetoric, many Haitian immigrants in Flatbush are worried