Dyker Heights
DYKER HEIGHTS – Barone Management finally purchased the former Angel Guardian Home for Little Children [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Guardian_Home_(Brooklyn)] at 6301 12th Avenue [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?passjobnumber=321830426&passdocnumber=01] in Dyker Heights in August for $37.5 million dollars. For over
Bensonhurst
Photo: Liena Zagare/BklynerBENSONHURST – You ask, we answer. A neighbor was curious about what happened to make waste baskets disappear along 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst. So we looked into it. Wastebaskets along 18th Avenue between Bay Ridge Parkway and 65th Street were removed about seven years ago; part of the
Central Brooklyn
1027-1035 Cortelyou Road. A new 5 story building is proposed for the corner of Stratford and Cortelyou Roads. Full demolition permits have been issued to the owners, so we can say bye bye to the one-story storefronts. 1027-1035 Cortelyou RoadWhile we have no renderings of the new building, from the
Central Brooklyn
R10 Subway Car (Via Wikimedia Commons)Yesterday’s scorching weather has cooled down today and through the weekend, which may see some showers. But weather experts are looking towards next week, when Hurricane Florence may make a direct hit on New York late next week. [https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/
Coney Island
Police and firefighters responded to the suicide shortly after 9:00 am at the Ocean Parkway Q platform (Photo courtesy of Daniel Gold)CONEY ISLAND – A man was killed after jumping in front of a northbound Q train this morning at the Ocean Parkway Station, police confirmed. Eyewitnesses told NYPD
Bensonhurst
The intersection of Bay Parkway and Stillwell Avenue, where an 81-year old woman was struck and killed by an MTA bus. (Screenshot via Google Maps)BENSONHURST – A pedestrian was killed by an MTA bus as she crossed Bay Parkway in the evening earlier this week, police confirmed. Police received a
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – Police have arrested 25-year old Kurk Murray of East Flatbush in connection with a seemingly random slashing that took place in Brownsville last month. [/wednesday-crime-blotter-22/] The attack happened around 11:30 pm on Monday, August 6, near Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway, said police, when Murray allegedly approached a
Announcements
Mathylde Frontus & Ethan Lustig-Elgrably. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CONEY ISLAND – The community room in Trump Village was packed with residents of Assembly District 46, eager to hear the two Democratic candidates — Mathylde Frontus and Ethan Lustig-Elgrably– speak about their platforms and debate it out. The rather tense debate was
Announcements
FLATBUSH – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez will roll out the popular Begin Again program this month, where residents can address outstanding summonses for low-level offenses. For the fourth consecutive year, New York residents get the chance to clear their slates of outstanding summonses received before Aug 31, 2018. On Sept.
East New York
A former East New York landfill along Jamaica Bay will be transformed into a 407-acre State Park opening next year (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST NEW YORK – Governor Cuomo announced Wednesday that the largest State Park in New York City will open in Brooklyn next year—and it will be
Bushwick
Renderings for the new residential project surrounding the church at 964 Bushwick Avenue (Via Think! Architecture)BUSHWICK – An unusual residential development is coming to Bushwick Avenue, with the latest renderings showing a pair of structures rising on either side of a church—which will stay an active house of worship.
fort greene
An 80-year old man died a few days after an altercation at Hanson Place and South Elliot Place, police said (Screenshot via Google Maps)FORT GREENE – An 80-year old man died last weekend after being pushed to the ground in an altercation, said police, and the man responsible has been