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Linden Boulevard/Flatbush. Liena Zagare/BklynerNew York is in a housing crisis, exacerbated by spiraling rents [https://ny.curbed.com/2018/9/26/17901946/nyc-housing-affordability-decline-report-scott-stringer] that outpace residents’ incomes. Even after Albany dramatically strengthened our rent laws last year, thousands of New Yorkers continue to be deprived of their housing
Announcements
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Shea hold a media availability on crime statistics. Police Athletic League, Inc. Harlem Center, Manhattan. Tuesday, February 04, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography OfficeOverall crime numbers have risen citywide by 16.4% in January in comparison to last year, according to NYPD
East New York
EAST NEW YORK — Yesterday evening, a young man was shot to death in East New York. On Tuesday, February 4, around 6.45 p.m., police responded to a 911 call for a man shot at the intersection of Elton Street and New Lots Avenue. Witnesses told NBC New York
Bushwick
It’s February, and since 1976, February has been designated by every U.S. President as Black History Month. This year is particularly momentous, as it is 150 years after the 15th amendment, which gave Black men the right to vote, and 100 years after the 19th amendment, which gave
Borough Park
13 Avenue and 53 Street. Via Google Maps.BORO PARK — Driver was arrested for striking an elderly man in Boro Park mid-January, who passed away from his injuries shortly after.On Tuesday, January 14, just before 10 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle collision
Announcements
Parents pleaded with Achievement First officials to keep their Voyager elementary campus open. PHOTO CREDIT: Matt Barnum/ChalkbeatBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/31/facing-low-enrollment-achievement-first-shuts-a-crown-heights-elementary-school/] The Achievement First charter network is shuttering a Crown Heights elementary school, saying it is simply too under-enrolled to be
Central Brooklyn
A B35 bus. Ben Brachfeld/BklynerBROOKLYN — Back in October, The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) began to study Brooklyn’s bus network in preparation for a [https://new.mta.info/brooklynbusredesign]redesign and hosted 10 community open houses across the borough [/tell-the-mta-what-you-hate-about-your-brooklyn-bus-route-this-fall/] to solicit input on which routes to fix and
News
Protesters at Grand Central Terminal Friday night. Rachel Baron/Bklyner. MANHATTAN — Friday night, hundreds of protesters gathered at Grand Central Terminal to address perceived growing police brutality on the MTA, and to demand free subway fare for all. It was the culmination of a full day of citywide strikes. The
Arts & Culture
The Kings Theatre will once again welcome the National Ballet Theater of Odessa on its USA tour for a memorable production of the famous love story of Romeo & Juliet. Coming to Kings Theater for one night only, on February 9, the beloved Brooklyn venue will be adorned with the
News
Suspect. Courtesy of NYPD.SHEEPSHEAD BAY — A young boy’s phone was stolen on the street in Sheepshead Bay. On Saturday, January 25, around 6 p.m., in the rear of Coyle Street nearby Avenue U, a 12-year-old boy was walking home from a bus stop, with his iPhone X
News
New canopies and new yellow tactile warning strips at Nostrand Avenue Station. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.BED-STUY — MTA Long Island Railroad (LIRR) President Phillip Eng invited local officials and members of the community to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly modernized Nostrand Avenue LIRR Station, which opened this morning. The two-track
Business
Chocolatte on Franklin Avenue. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.CROWN HEIGHTS — A bearded, fedora-clad gentlemen, his blank eyes staring out from behind dark-rimmed glasses, watches over the clientele at Chocolatte [https://www.choco-latte.com/] at 800 Franklin Avenue. The bearded dude is the shop’s logo – and, in a way, its mascot,