Borough Park
KENSINGTON – Boro Park’s booming Orthodox Jewish community is spilling over the borders of the neighborhood, bringing with it new religious schools and new tensions with neighbors at the sleepy end of Kensington. The big new school that opened on the corner of Clara Street and 36th Street last fall
Animals
Meadow Brooks and her 3-year-old chihuahua-terrier mix at the dog park at a new shelter for domestic violence survivors in Brooklyn.BROOKLYN – When Meadow Brooks* left her abusive partner in Houston, she found refuge for all but one of her family members — Honey*, a 14-pound Chihuahua-terrier mix. With few pet-friendly
Business
Ditmas Park Helpers will help keep Cortelyou Road clean. From right Kathie Lee (Co-President of CORMA, The Farm on Adderley/Sycamore) and Susan Siegel (Co-President of CORMA, Brooklyn ARTery), Anthony Finkelstein of DPH and the men you will see sweeping the street. Liena Zagare/BklynerDITMAS PARK – The busy commercial stretch
Events
RED HOOK – The fifth annual Barnacle Parade [https://www.facebook.com/barnacleparade/] returns on Monday, October 29 to commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy flooding the streets of Red Hook. Despite the tragedy and destruction caused by the storm in 2012, the event is a fun, raucous, and very Red
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMIDWOOD – In a press conference yesterday to condemn the murder of 11 Jewish people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27., Borough President Eric Adams called for off-duty officers to carry firearms when they go to their house of worships to pray.
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS — The heated gentrification fights of this neighborhood have begun to turn inward, and much of the drama has centered on wild accusations against a local blogger Tim Thomas, who authors the Q at Parkside [http://theqatparkside.blogspot.com/], by the folks behind two local groups that seem
Announcements
Broward County Sheriff’s Office.BROOKLYN. The Florida man suspected of sending over a dozen explosive devices to a media outlet (CNN) and Democrats across the country was born in Brooklyn. 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/us/cesar-sayoc-bombing-suspect-arrested.html] was arrested this morning by the
Announcements
In March, we published a story about a young man who was planning on running for office. [/earl-blum-congress-cd9/] The Trump-supporting Republican, who had yet to file for elections, insulted black people, Mexican-Americans, and said Muslims belong in “internment camps.” A few hours after the article surfaced on social media, Earl
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH/DITMAS PARK – This is the 6th year we are asking our readers to donate to CAMBA to fund holiday meals for 500 families that rely on the non-profit’s food pantry on Church Avenue. What we started as 500 Turkeys For 500 Families has become more inclusive of vegetarians.
Carroll Gardens
COBBLE HILL – Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] welcomed new District Manager Michael Racioppo in May, following a tumultuous year in which his predecessor, who served in the position for 27 years, resigned amid accusations of stalking a former girlfriend [https://www.dnainfo.
environment
PARK SLOPE – Dozens of P.S. 282 students and Principal Rashan Hoke joined Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) Commissioner Vincent Sapienza, and NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org] Borough Commissioner Martin Maher Monday morning to
Arts & Culture
The Visit haunts you. First, I saw the trailer, and could not stop thinking about it. Who’s visiting whom? Why? The short film, all 12 minutes and 30 seconds of it, makes you hold your breath, and just when you think you’ve figured it out, offers a twist