brighton beach
The Chase Bank at Avenue U and E 18th Street was the latest in a pattern of robberies (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A man wanted by police for robbing a Park Slope bank [/wednesday-crime-blotter-another-bank-robbery-a-southern-brooklyn-crime-spree-and-more/] earlier this month has struck again, attempting to rob a bank in Sheepshead Bay
Central Brooklyn
A delivery man takes a break to watch a protest march in Downtown Brooklyn (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Fellowships Available for East Brooklyn Artists [https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2018/1/cl-arts-east-new-york-fellowships-2018-01-19-bk.html] [Caribbean Life] * Brooklyn Tech Cooks Up Next Generation of Hospitality Managers [https://thebridgebk.com/college-where-students-get-to-taste-work/] [The Bridge] * Pioneer
Bed Stuy
Governor Andrew Cuomo (Source: Philip Kamrass / Times Union)Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced $664 million in funding for a new, unified healthcare system in Central Brooklyn that would improve access to healthcare and create new jobs in an area of the city that needs it most. The money is part of
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that 29-year-old Barry Wells has been indicted for the murder of his 22-year-old wife, Tonie Wells, who was found dead in the basement of their Crown Heights brownstone [/police-suspended-husband-arrested-after-death-of-22-year-old-mom-in-crown-heights/] in December. A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)Wells was
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – Yesterday, an NYPD cop was arraigned on a 14-count indictment for a gunpoint robbery outside a Bushwick nightclub. Officer Anthony Delacruz, 34, allegedly pistol-whipped and forced his victim to strip after robbing the man of cash, jewelry and a cell phone in May 2016. According to the investigation, at
Announcements
Photo: Vinnie’s Pizzeria TwitterGREENPOINT/WILLIAMSBURG –Vinnie’s Pizzeria [http://www.vinniesbrooklyn.com/] is no stranger to creative twists on pizza. First, it was the edible pizza boxes. Then the Fidget dinner. > Vinnie’s Pizzeria presents: The Fidget Dinner pic.twitter.com/N8zuDolrgl [https://t.co/N8zuDolrgl] — Vinnie’s
News
U.S. Sen. Chuck SchumerGRAND ARMY PLAZA – Last night, national political drama came home to Brooklyn for Senator Charles Schumer, as protestors gathered in Grand Army Plaza, near his apartment, protesting his vote to end the government shutdown without securing protections for “Dreamers.” “Dreamers” are those protected under the Deferred
Central Brooklyn
Rendering of 1702 Newkirk Avenue via BizdesignsDITMAS PARK – The corner of Newkirk Avenue and East 17th street is about to exchange a two-family Victorian for a 12 unit modern apartment building. The permits were approved at the end of last year for both the new building as well as full
Food & Drink
Rockaway favorite Super Burrito has taken up residence inside the Brooklyn Bazaar (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – A new outpost of a popular Rockaways-based burrito-shack has come to North Brooklyn as Super Burrito takes up residence in the kitchen space of the Brooklyn Bazaar venue on Greenpoint Avenue. They’re serving
Cypress Hills
The corner of Euclid and Ridgewood Avenues, where Luis Cabrera was killed last week crossing the street (Screenshot via Google Maps)CYPRESS HILLS – An arrest has been made after a pedestrian was killed crossing the street in Cypress Hills last Friday, said police. Around 6:40 pm on Friday, January
Central Brooklyn
Dean Street, Crown Heights (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * What Will Become Of The Red Hook Container Terminal? [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180122/REAL_ESTATE/180119857/brooklyns-last-port-is-clinging-to-a-site-coveted-by-developers#utm_medium=email&utm_source=cnyb-dailyalert&utm_campaign=cnyb-dailyalert-20180122] [Crain’s] * A Visit to Sunset Park [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/
News
An aerial view of NYCHA’s Sheepshead/Nostrand houses, where the drug ring operated (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – After a 16-month investigation into drug dealing in NYCHA’s Sheepshead and Nostrand Houses, the Department of Investigations announced 18 arrests—including 3 NYCHA employees—last Friday in a release