Announcements
Espinal and Rodríguez. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – Candidates for the February 26 Public Advocate special election have been spending their days in debates [https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/02/06/nyc-public-advocate-debate-] , one-on-one series, and just yesterday, a forum by City University of New York (CUNY) students.
Central Brooklyn
Roughly 40 percent of the city’s intersections have one-way streets and Localize.city [http://www.localize.city] looked at where the most pedestrians and cyclists were injured in these types of intersections between January 2013 and January 2018. While local streets tend to have less traffic and fewer overall
Business
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Here’s a listing of what’s opening & closing in Crown Heights and Prospect Heights. To start, here are some retail scoops: Good news for those on the CB9 [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/] side of Franklin Avenue who were disappointed when Yoon’s closed a
Announcements
BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A shooting last night turned deadly, injuring three and killing one. Police are treating it as a homicide. On Wednesday, February 6 at about 10:26 p.m., a shooting took place in the lobby of 1778 Fulton Street. When cops arrived, they found a 20-year-old man shot
Crown Heights
OBK Oyo’s Bar and Grill (formerly Summerhill) at 637 Nostrand Avenue. (Photo credit: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The controversial bar Summerhill in Crown Heights is rebranding — a new name, coat of paint and new items on the menu. Chef Wallahi Oyo told Bklyner he entered into a co-ownership
Announcements
616 Brighton Beach Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)BRIGHTON BEACH – A fight that turned deadly and a 52-year-old man died after being pushed down the stairs of his home by a family member. On February 3rd at 2:27 a.m., cops were called to the Brighton Beach apartment for
Announcements
Layoffs have been sweeping the borough and based on filings from the Department of Labor, there are many more to come. According to DOL filings [https://labor.ny.gov/app/warn/details.asp?id=6680], we found that 112 employees at Metropolitan Jewish Home Care [https://www.mjhs.org/], Inc.
Development
[UPDATED: Wednesday, February 6 at 3pm] The office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams provided the following statement regarding today’s announcement: “A 21st century city demands 21st century transportation solutions. Brooklyn’s future depends on serious mass transit investment, shared streets, and waterfront reactivation. That’s why I look
News
BROOKLYN — After a month-long partial government shutdown over funding for border protection, some of the Democratic-led Congress doubled-down on immigrant guests for Tuesday’s State of the Union (SOTU) address. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, who boycotted [https://www.facebook.com/repyvettedclarke/videos/1697151057014033/] the last two SOTUs over President Trump’s
camps
An action-packed, classic day-camp experience in four locations throughout the city (UWS, Inwood, Riverdale, and Park Slope), Kids in the Game Camps emphasize enrichment through movement and play. Courtesy of Kids In the GameWith programming from 9 AM-4 PM (with optional 8 AM early care at no extra cost and
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – Jazmine Headley, the 23-year-old mother from Bed-Stuy whose young son was forcibly torn from her arms [/video-nypd-violently-yanks-1-year-old-from-mother-at-snap-office/] during an altercation at a Boerum Hill Human Resources Administration (HRA)/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) office received a public apology from NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Monday. Human Resources
affordable housing
Renderings of the completed mural at 824 East New York Ave. (Rendering credit: Ariel Rouco)EAST FLATBUSH/CROWN HEIGHTS — A developer who enlisted two overseas muralists [/east-flatbush-mural-paints-portrait-of-community/] to design and paint an art piece showing different cultures living together across its facade is only affordable to neighbors making 130 percent