Central Brooklyn
Euzebelin Abellard will serve 20 to life for the slaying of Jean Claude Bernagene (Via District Attorney’s Office)Euzebelin Abellard, 35, of Crown Heights, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison today for the 2015 murder of a man inside an alleged East Flatbush gambling den, District
![[UPDATE] Police Identify Dismembered Body Found in Canarsie Park](/content/images/size/w600/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Screen-Shot-2018-04-10-at-11.11.42-AM.png)
canarsie
The entrance to Canarsie Park at Seaview Ave and East 86th Street. A dismembered body was discovered nearby yesterday evening (Screenshot via Google Maps)UPDATE 4/11/18: Police have identified the body found in the park earlier this week—that of Brandy Odom, a 26-year old woman from Canarsie.
brownsville
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the suspect who crept up and shot a man in the back earlier this week. The sneak attack came in the early hours of Monday, April 9, around 1:45 am. The suspect approached his 18-year old victim in the area near Humboldt Street and
![[UPDATE] LPC Schedules Hearing For Two Historic Carroll Gardens Buildings](/content/images/size/w600/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/DSC_8837.jpg)
Announcements
CARROLL GARDENS – [UPDATED: 10am, Wednesday, April 11 2018] The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission sent out an announcement Tuesday afternoon stating that they have officially voted to “calendar” 236 and 238 President Street, bringing the two buildings closer to a landmark designation decision and protecting 236 President, the former Hans S.
Arts & Culture
Via Wikimedia CommonsFORT GREENE – Free jazz pioneer and longtime Brooklyn resident Cecil Taylor passed away last week at his Fort Greene home, his legal guardian confirmed. “Cecil Taylor was one of the most uncompromisingly gifted pianists in jazz history, utilizing a nearly overwhelming orchestral facility on the piano. While his
News
Shola Olatoye, Chair and CEO of NYCHA (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Shola Olatoye, the embattled New York City Housing Authority chair is slated to step down from her post today according to several reports [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/opinion/new-york-public-housing-chief-shola-olatoye.html] . Olatoye first came under fire
canarsie
Looking north on Remsen Avenue towards the intersection with Church. Parker was struck by a car on Sunday while crossing Remsen mid-block. (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – After being hospitalized following a hit and run crash on Remsen Avenue on Sunday night, 65-year old Dorothy Parker of Canarsie has
Announcements
Photo via NYC Council Speaker Corey JohnsonPROSPECT HEIGHTS – Voting kicked off this past Saturday and you have all week (until April 15) to vote for the projects you want to see completed as part of the Participatory Budgeting (PB) process. [/heres-everything-on-the-participatory-budget-ballots-next-week/] PB is a democratic process where several council members
East New York
EAST NEW YORK – A massive housing development is headed to East New York, but unlike many of its contemporaries, this new development is special: it’ll be 100% affordable. Comprised of three 14-story buildings, the project dubbed “Atlantic Chestnut” will cover 4.5 acres and create 1,165 units at
Announcements
Photo: ESPNBARCLAYS CENTER – Conor McGregor, a mixed martial arts fighter, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly throwing a dolly at a bus carrying Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters at Barclays Center, which injured two people. His bail has been set at $50,000. According to the NYPD, McGregor has been
Announcements
CARROLL GARDENS – On Friday, Council Member Brad Lander’s office sent a release announcing that the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) has agreed to consider both 236 and 238 President Street for landmark designation. (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela
Central Brooklyn
Lenox Road in East Flatbush, where last week’s shooting assault took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – Police are looking for a suspect who fired a gun at the feet of another man on an East Flatbush street last week. Around 9:45 pm on Thursday, April 5,