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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez pointing to a video being displayed at the press conference (Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN—More than 20 alleged gang members have been indicted in connection with a slew of charges including murder, attempted murder, robbery and weapons possession, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and
News
GOWANUS – A 53-year-old woman was stabbed Monday night outside the Whole Foods at 214 3rd Street in Gowanus. At approximately 9:30pm on July 8, the woman was loading groceries into a car at the Whole Foods parking lot. A man approached her and stabbed her in the left hand,
Central Brooklyn
Terence Monahan, Benjamin Tucker, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and James P. O’Neill at a monthly crime briefing in Sugar Hill (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)BROOKLYN — As citywide crime declines, shootings are up so far this year compared to 2018, particularly in Brooklyn North’s precincts, the NYPD said
Central Brooklyn
Community Board 9 at 890 Nostrand Ave. between Caroll and Presidents Streets. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—Community Board 9 has set a date to elect a new chair. CB9 has scheduled a Tuesday, July 23 special meeting [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/meeting/special-meeting-tuesday-july-23-2019-at-7pm/] to elect its chair, according
Borough Park
Jayden Grant with his grandmother, Bessie Watson Grant, before the graduation ceremony began (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)BOROUGH PARK— Jayden Grant, an 11-year-old boy who was recently hit by a stray bullet in Crown Heights, graduated from elementary school on Monday, at a bittersweet ceremony at the hospital where
Central Brooklyn
Via sharesummer.org [https://sharesummer.org/] * While the city offers free breakfast and lunch to kids 18 and under during the summer break (from June 27 to August 30) at nearly 1,200 sites [https://www.schools.nyc.gov/about-us/news/announcements/contentdetails/2019/05/29/chancellor-carranza-launches-community-outreach-campaign-for-annual-free-summer-meals-program-available-to-all-new-yorkers-18-and-under] including schools, parks,
Announcements
EAST FLATBUSH – The free and popular Wingate Concert Series is back in Brooklyn for the next two weeks with five events. The series is hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and will take place at Wingate Park (opposite Kings County Hospital). Gates open at 6 p.m. and the
Announcements
CROWN HEIGHTS—The NYPD has sent dozens of additional police officers to a pocket of Brooklyn that in recent months has seen an increase in shootings and homicides, a department official said Monday. NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan, First Deputy Police Commissioner Benjamin Tucker, Mayor Bill de Blasio, and
Big Story
At the corner of Church Avenue and Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON/ PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – A 49-year-old female pedestrian was struck and killed by the driver of a Honda vehicle Monday morning at an intersection people have been complaining about for years. At around 9:10 a.
Central Brooklyn
Picture of the empty lot where 54 Crown Street is planned (Image via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS — Another new building will soon go up in Crown Heights by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Permits have been filed with the Department of Buildings [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&
Announcements
BQE and Brooklyn Heights Promenade (Photo: Nathan Haselby)BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPRESSWAY – A New Jersey man is dead after being thrown off his motorcycle on the BQE yesterday and being hit by a vehicle which then left the scene. At about 1 a.m. on July 4th, 37-year-old Daniel Costa was
Announcements
Fireworks in Coney Island (Photo by reader Warren Tang)BROOKLYN – Happy almost Fourth of July! With fireworks come many, many road closures. Here’s a heads up. Plan your commutes wisely and stay safe! Here’s a list of road closures [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/tr0628/weekend-traffic-advisory-june-28---july-4-2019]