Neighbors
Benjamin Barragan with his family (Image viaBenjamin Barraganon Facebook) WILLIAMSBURG—A Williamsburg man on Tuesday was granted a temporary humanitarian visa to care for his terminally ill wife, following a yearlong legal fight. Benjamin Barragan, who has lived in the United States since he was 16 years old, in March
Central Brooklyn
7th Avenue F/G subway station, Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)At a recent general MTA meeting, MTA Board Member Sarah Feinberg proposed a new method to combat fare evasion: Public shaming. NY Post reports that Feinberg suggested videotaping fare-skippers and uploading their faces to Youtube [https://nypost.com/
Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James O’Neill hold a media availability on crime statistics at One Police Plaza on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeCROWN HEIGHTS—Mayor Bill de Blasio said Monday that the city will be “very aggressive” in response to an uptick
Business
New York City makes up the largest market of co-working spaces in the US with Manhattan alone boasting 245 coworking spaces [https://commercialobserver.com/2018/02/manhattan-is-tops-for-coworking-space-la-ranks-second-report/] ! And increasingly more startups and small nonprofits have started to see the larger benefits in this model. One Brooklyn based co-working space that
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG – Food hall and event space, North 3rd Street Market [https://www.north3rdstreetmarket.com/], welcomed several new vendors this month and plans to introduce more in the coming weeks. Brooklyn Shave Ice, courtesy of N. 3rd Street Market.Among the new vendors is Brooklyn Shave Ice [https://www.instagram.com/
News
It seems we are having an election just about every month these days – this will be the 3rd this year. But this one matters – as Democratic Primary determines who will be on the ballots and likely win in our heavily Democrat-dominated city come November. The big election is for Judges.
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS—A person over the weekend put a noose outside a Pentecostal church in Crown Heights, in a possible hate crime, according to the NYPD. Police are reviewing surveillance footage from a building across the street from the United House of Prayer for all People at 1325 Park Pl,
News
PARK SLOPE – The city will spend $261 million over nine years [/city-will-pay-over-261m-for-two-4th-avenue-family-shelters/] to operate two new homeless shelters in Park Slope—scheduled to open on 4th Avenue in September and December of this year. However, not much more information can be found on the facilities from the draft contracts available
Arts & Culture
Bklyner/Olivia OldhamBUSHWICK – In 1872, the factory at 81 Beaver Street housed William Ulmer Brewery, a lager brewery founded by German immigrants. In the century since Prohibition began in 1920, the building sat empty. And now, in 2019, it has reopened for the “The Chimney x Ulmer Arts” group exhibition.
Announcements
Kayla Santosuosso via Jordan Rathkopf/Rathkopf Photography.BAY RIDGE – Kayla Santosuosso does not eat pizza with a fork. Want a slice to eat while walking? Go to Elegante. Want to sit and eat some pizza? Find a table at Lombardo’s. Who was once a little girl sitting in her
Big Story
Monique Chandler-Waterman (left) and Farah Louis. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) By Zainab Iqbal and Sam Raskin MIDWOOD/EAST FLATBUSH – City Council candidate Monique Chandler-Waterman accused Council Member Farah Louis of orchestrating an unspecified “deal” involving Trump supporters and “greedy landlords and developers” to get votes from right-leaning voters in the
community
94th Precinct/Courtesy of Google MapsWILLIAMSBURG – A 27-year-old man, Jonathan Ramos, was shot early Saturday morning outside Williamsburg’s Cooper Houses in the 94th Precinct. At 2:37 AM, 911 was called to report the shooting. Ramos was alive upon police arrival but died shortly after he was transported to