Announcements
Photo: Brooklyn CollegeFLATBUSH – The Hillel Gate entrance on Campus Road that opens on Monday will be the easternmost access to the campus, located at the entrance of Tow Center for the Performing Arts, which was originally expected to open back in 2014 but has faced a mix of delays. Rendering
Central Brooklyn
John B. King Jr. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Former Secretary of Education during the Obama administration, John B. King Jr., was the keynote speaker at the NYU Tandon STEMNOW [http://engineering.nyu.edu/k12stem/stemnow/] kickoff luncheon yesterday, July 12 – one of NYC’s largest lineups of summer
News
The US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced this week that five mobsters, both inducted members and associates of La Cosa Nostra, had been charged in a 32-count indictment that included extortion, money laundering, illegal gambling and more. Covering criminal activity in Brooklyn, Staten Island and elsewhere,
Borough Park
NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver joined City Council Member Kalman Yeger, former City Council Member David Greenfield, City Council Parks Chair Barry Grodenchik and community members to cut the ribbon on Brooklyn’s newly renovated DiGilio Playground. Photo by John McCarten /NYC CouncilBoro Park – Yesterday morning a green ribbon
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush – Come hear those hoping to represent central Brooklyn communities at a forum organized by the Flatbush Tenant Coalition tomorrow morning, Saturday, July 14th, 2017, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 pm at P.S. 6 — 43 Snyder Ave [https://maps.google.com/?q=43+Snyder+Ave&entry=
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Months after John Barnes was gunned down in Crown Heights [/crown-heights-man-killed-in-saturday-shooting/] last December, police have arrested and charged a suspect in his murder, the NYPD announced. Rennie Patterson, 17, of Dyker Heights was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, police said yesterday. CONEY ISLAND – Police are looking for
Central Brooklyn
At the Giglio Feast in Williamsburg last weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Ex-employees of Brooklyn Magazine and the Northside Festival are accusing their old boss of withholding wages for years, with invoices from $800 to $8,000 still outstanding… [http://gothamist.com/2018/07/12/northside_fest_brooklyn_mag.php] There
Bed Stuy
(Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr) Yesterday, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced an indictment against a Brooklyn man charged with raping and robbing a woman behind a Bushwick laundromat. Thomas Gallishaw, 23, of Bushwick, has been charged with a 26-count indictment, which includes charges of
Bushwick
DOWNTOWN – Tonight, a celebration of Dominican-American culture will take place at Brooklyn Borough Hall in advance of next month’s Dominican Day Parade. Highlighting the contributions and culture of the Dominican-American community in Brooklyn, the event will be hosted by Borough President Eric L. Adams and the Maria M. Khury,
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerAfter a 24-hour vigil outside his office [/golden-traffic-vigil/] and a rally near a public school [/treyger-speed-cameras/], State Senator Marty Golden is calling for the Senate to reconvene to pass the speed camera bill. The bill, S. 6046-C [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s6046/amendment/c]
Bed Stuy
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the robber who followed a woman home after the 4th of July before snatching her purse. Around 12:35 am on Thursday, July 5, the suspect trailed a woman home to her apartment in the area near Cook Street and Graham Avenue, said police. With
Announcements
Photo: Tova ChatzinoffSHEEPSHEAD BAY – All commercial corridors in District 48 will receive increased trash collections seven days a week, up from the three to five days a week pick-ups, starting later this month. “No New York City community should be scattered with litter and garbage all over the streets,” Council