Announcements
A beautiful Tuesday afternoon. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)It’s Tuesday! Unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic is still out there. Please continue staying at home, practicing social distancing rules, and covering your face. Here are some new numbers as of 1 pm this afternoon: * There were 1,189 new confirmed positive
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EAST NY – Cops arrested and punched a young man in the head for failing to social distance two days ago on a Brooklyn street. A viral video of the incident shows 20-year-old Stephon Scott on the ground as three cops handcuff him on Sunday. One cop– identified as Michael V.
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Heroes. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.)Happy Monday! It’s beautiful outside (and was particularly beautiful over the weekend). If you absolutely must go outside, please wear a face covering and keep a six-foot distance. Here are the new numbers as of 1 p.m. this afternoon: * There were
Business
When the manager at Rusty Nail [http://rustynailbrooklyn.com], a recently-opened bar located at 1701 Foster Avenue, between E. 17th and E. 18th streets, went by the business today, they noticed something extremely upsetting. The words “Stay Close” had been spray painted in black on two of the outside walls.
Central Brooklyn
BAY RIDGE – The NYPD is looking for a man who forcibly touched an MTA employee at the subway station. On Saturday, April 11 at around 9:45 a.m., an on-duty 37-year-old MTA employee was cleaning a stationary R Train at the Bay Ridge-95th Street subway station. Then, a man
Food & Drink
While this year’s Cinco de Mayo may be different from the one you’ve been picturing, there are still plenty of ways to celebrate. Support one of your local Mexican spots— and don’t forget the tequila. B’klyn Burro [http://bklynburro.com/] 922 Fulton Street, between Washington Avenue
Central Brooklyn
Early morning in Coney Island/Fishing. Liena Zagare/BklynerI’ve spent nearly 18 years in the New York foster care system. I’m 20 years old, living here in Brooklyn, and out of all my siblings, I’m the only one still in foster care and am currently “transitioning” out
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Batya Goldberg. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)ISRAEL – Brooklyn’s passionate young conservative activist is no longer conservative. And she is no longer a Trump supporter. And she’s currently stuck in Israel during the coronavirus pandemic. Remember Batya Goldberg? We spoke with Goldberg, 19, in September of 2017 for a
Bay Ridge
By Virginia Breen, originally published in THE CITY [https://thecity.nyc/2020/05/comics-kin-sent-to-wrong-cemetery-after-nursing-home-death.html] Comedian Elayne Boosler says her elderly Jewish cousin, who died last month, inexplicably got saddled with a pricey Christian burial package while in a Brooklyn nursing home. “Now my beautiful Jewish cousin is clutching rosary
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Brooklyn building. Photo by Anthony Fomin [https://unsplash.com/@aginsbrook?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash. [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/brooklyn?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BROOKLYN – At 2 p.m. today, some tenants across the
Business
Flying Squirrel. Courtesy of Kate Schmitz.Kate Schmitz, an artist and the owner of Greenpoint’s Flying Squirrel, [http://flyingsquirrelbaby.com/] was hopeful to be finally, after 17 years, turning a profit. Then, the pandemic hit, and her store — which sells new and secondhand children’s toys and clothing — was
Coney Island
Healthcare workers at Coney Island Hospital were treated today to 500 meals from Nick’s Lobster House. The record-breaking donation, the largest the hospital has received during the virus, was made by local attorney and community advocate Priscilla Consolo. Consolo was treated by the staff in the emergency department in