Bushwick
BUSHWICK – Police say they have arrested a father who smothered his two-month-old baby to death last week. On Friday, September 27 at around 6:41 a.m., cops were called to a house on Cornelia Street near Broadway. There, they found two-month-old Nikollai Major unconscious and unresponsive. The baby boy
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Cops are still searching for the individuals who attempted to rape two women earlier this month. They have some photos. To recap, on September 8 at around 4:30 a.m., a 26-year-old woman was entering her building at Garfield Place and Prospect Park West when a man
Announcements
BUSHWICK – The 41-year-old driver that killed a cyclist earlier this month was charged with second-degree murder and first-degree reckless endangerment for intentionally running over a cyclist. On September 2 at around 6 a.m., the driver, Korey Johnson allegedly saw 47-year-old Donald Roberts breaking into his 2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Central Brooklyn
A woman looks at the ocean in Brighton Beach. Liena Zagare/BklynerWill Brooklyn’s growing senior population age with the dignity they deserve? Skyrocketing rents and other costs of living create challenges for elderly residents on fixed incomes. In June, Pastor David K. Brawley of St. Paul Community Baptist Church
Arts & Culture
CARROLL GARDENS – The 2019 MacArthur Fellows [https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/] were announced on Wednesday. The twenty-six honorees work in various disciplines—the arts, literature, law, science—and hail from all across the country, including Annie Dorsen [http://www.anniedorsen.com/index.php], a Brooklyn resident. 2019 MacArthur Fellow
community
Steven Vago for BklynerPARK SLOPE – A Park Slope meeting on bike safety erupted into chaos, with attendees screaming and one man being shoved on Wednesday night. “If I can just ask everyone to take a deep breath,” said Myra Manning, the moderator and founder of Citizens United for Safety, a
Central Brooklyn
Farhad Muhammad wearing one of his signature Modern Ummah hoodies. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)LITTLE PAKISTAN – Farhad Muhammad is a young brown man in Brooklyn who has wanted to give back for as long as he could remember. He believes every person has their own way of doing so. This
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG – The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating a crime that took place last week where two men slapped Shtreimels off the heads of two Jewish men. On Friday, September 20 at around 9 p.m., two Hasidic men were standing at the corner of South 10th Street and
Announcements
From L to R: Sabrina Francois, Melissa Cribb-Pichonneau, Estefania Trujillo Preciado, and Alejandra Nasser. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DITMAS PARK – At a time when tenants are wrongfully evicted and landlords often take advantage of their tenants, the Flatbush Tenant Coalition (FTC) [https://flatbushpower.org] has been working hard to give
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGOWANUS – The number of cyclists killed in NYC streets this year has risen to 23 after a man riding his bike was struck by a driver. On Sunday, September 8 at around 9:32 p.m., 62-year-old MD Abul Bashar from the Bronx was riding his e-bike
Announcements
Michael Hiller. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DITMAS PARK – Rep. Yvette Clarke has a new opponent and it’s the social justice advocate Michael Hiller who announced his run to represent the Ninth Congressional District Monday afternoon. “Today, I am proud to announce that I am running for Congress,” he said.
Announcements
BOROUGH HALL – The National Rally to End Gun Violence is tomorrow in Washington D.C and Borough President Eric Adams is hosting a bus to take people there. The bus will depart at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street) at 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25 and will