Arts & Culture
Photo courtesy of Joshua Stulman.Joshua Stulman is founder of the Brooklyn Comic Shop — a stand near local arts favorite Apple Arts and his alma mater Pratt Institute — and, most recently, its online presence, BrooklynComicShop.com [http://www.brooklyncomicshop.com]. A Fort Greene resident who grew up outside of Philadelphia,
City Kid Corner
Jeremy, Jonah, and Jill (Photo courtesy Wood-Weishaar family)Jill Wood is a deeply committed mom and fundraiser. And while she is not a scientist, she’s able to articulate details about her son Jonah’s Sanfilippo Syndrome as if she were an expert. That’s because Park Slope residents Jill
Neighbors
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for a 75-year-old woman who went missing from her home at 555 10th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues). Cops say Lidiya F. Piddubna was last seen inside her home at approximately 6:00pm on Sunday, February 28. Piddubna suffers from dementia, and may be
Neighbors
Photo via ajhazell [https://www.instagram.com/p/9RyDyvEfi2/?tagged=brokeniphone] Over the last few months, our site has become a maudlin reliquary of iPhone muggings [/blog/crime/injured-12-year-old-is-latest-victim-of-recent-iphone-robberies-in-neighborhood/] in the neighborhood. And if you type “iPhone” [/?s=iphone] into our search engine, you’ll have plenty of crime news
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Brandon Lucain [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29530028@N07/4372682515/]Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will honor an emergency room doctor in East Flatbush dedicated to ending gang violence and two animal lovers who rescued a malnourished dog in Prospect Park that was left chained to a tree
Neighbors
Michael Lvovsky training in Thailand. (Photo: Mike Beastmode Lvovsky [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153009527814028&set=pb.818769027.-2207520000.1456444131.&type=3&theater] / Facebook)By Alexandra Semenova Brighton resident Michael Lvovsky — beloved fitness coach and seasoned Mixed Martial Arts fighter who won his first professional
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Lou BuenoA few days ago we wrote about the new LED streetlights that have been appearing throughout Greater Flatbush [/blog/neighbors/new-led-lights-have-started-to-appear-in-greater-flatbush/], and were installed in Kensington [/transportation/new-led-streetlights-continue-to-bother-residents/#.Vs-LXLQ-A_M] last Fall. Readers had many interesting things to say about the new lights, especially their impact on street-level
Central Brooklyn
Memorial honoring International Mother Language Day near the corner of Beverley Road and McDonald Avenue. (Photo: Nicole Levit)A reader contacted us today mentioning that every year, in late February, a flower-adorned memorial appears on Beverley Road very close to McDonald Avenue. We wanted to learn what this memorial was
Business
Funeral Director Doris V. Amen and Betsy, her trusted 1978 S&S Superior Classic Cadillac Hearse.“I bet you don’t know what’s on the B-side of that 45.” Doris V. Amen, funeral director of Jurek – Park Slope Funeral Home [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jurek-Park-Slope-Funeral-Home/168081276541229] (728
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Bensonhurst
This weekend, many recalled Angela “Big Ang” Raiola’s generous heart [/mob-wives-family-fans-say-farewell-big-ang-raiola-dyker-heights-photos/]at her viewings and funeral service in Dyker Heights, before she was laid to rest. Now The Dr. Oz Show has released a moving tribute [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6EORmMZMQs] to the”Mob Wives” star — who
Central Brooklyn
Photo: www.streetsblog.org.Kensington’s shelter for homeless families is asking its neighbors for assistance. The Kensington Family Shelter on McDonald Avenue, which is now nearly full [/blog/neighbors/kensington-shelter-homeless-families-nearly-full/], is requesting donations of specific items for babies, said Catherine Barufaldi and Tracy Connor, local residents who are coordinating
Arts & Culture
Josh Giunta (Photo: Sofia Nunez-Morales)Tall and wiry, with soft green eyes and a wry smile, Josh Giunta sits poised over compressors, microphones, and synthesizers. In his home office, he exudes confidence countered by a calm focus. Perhaps the calm is leftover from his morning routine. “I love to wake