Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERCROWN HEIGHTS/FLATBUSH – Adem Bunkeddeko is living the American Dream. Son of Ugandan war refugees, who arrived in the country with $50 and hope, he is running to unseat Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, [/?s=yvette+clarke] who has been representing the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn for the
Business
CONEY ISLAND – NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) has released the recently completed Commercial District Needs Assessment for Coney Island [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/sbs/downloads/pdf/neighborhoods/n360-cdna-coney-island.pdf] – one way the city is helping facilitate conversations about what is happening along the commercial corridors in our
bath beach
Members of the 2018-2021 New York City Council Progressive Caucus (Photo via nycprogressives.com)Two fresh faces have been added to the ranks of the New York City Council’s Progressive Caucus in Brooklyn Councilmembers Alicka Ampry-Samuel and Justin Brannan, both recently sworn in for their first terms on the
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – After receiving 238 submissions from locales across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Amazon announced on Thursday [https://www.amazon.com/b?node=17044620011] that it has narrowed down the list of contenders for its second North American headquarters (Amazon HQ2) to 20 finalists. Via brooklyntechtriangle.com [http:
bath beach
A three alarm fire broke out at Universal Tile in Bath Beach early this morning (Photo via FDNY)BATH BEACH – Early this morning, a three-alarm erupted in a commercial building in Bath Beach, at the storefront of Universal Tile. Firefighters received the call at 3:46 am, said the FDNY,
Bushwick
Luke Ohlson, a senior organizer with Transportation Alternatives, speaking at a press conference regarding the L train shutdown late last year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Tonight, North Brooklyn transportation activists will gather together to discuss the coming year, and it’s pretty clear which topic will dominate the conversation: the L
Central Brooklyn
Lincoln Place, Crown Heights (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Canarsie Commuters Demand Better Service On B42 Bus [http://brooklyn.news12.com/story/37269839/commuters-demand-mta-get-b24-bus-back-on-schedule] [News 12] * Long Abandoned Boerum Hill Building Is Flooding Neighboring Homes [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/15/brooklyn-residents-say-zombie-home-to-blame-for-basement-flooding/] [CBS New York] * Controversial Statue Of 19th-Century Gynecologist Will
Bed Stuy
Brooklyn Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a 23-year-old Brooklyn man has been sentenced to 23 years to life in prison for the beating and fatal shooting of a man inside an abandoned Bed-Stuy brownstone in 2014.
Announcements
140 units of affordable housing on India Street in Greenpoint are now available via lottery (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – Along with the massive high-rise construction coming to Greenpoint’s exploding waterfront development scene, a new building’s worth of affordable housing units has just been added to the NYC Housing
Announcements
State Senator Marty Golden holds a decisive fundraising advantage over his challengers.BAY RIDGE – Democrats Andrew Gounardes and Ross Barkan are running against Senator Marty Golden in District 22 this year, and have just released their fundraising numbers. District 22 includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach,
Bensonhurst
The Capital One Bank on 5th Avenue and 13th Street in Park Slope was robbed yesterday, January 16 (Screenshot via Google Maps)PARK SLOPE – Police are looking for the suspect behind a brazen noontime robbery of a 5th Avenue bank that occurred yesterday in Park Slope. Just before 12:00
Arts & Culture
Tonight, in an unassuming storefront in Greenpoint, a venue for film and electronic art will kick off its 10th anniversary season with a rare screening. Light Industry [http://www.lightindustry.org/] is showing Bolivian film director Jorge Sanjinés’s 1989 film “The Secret Nation.” > Our 2018 season begins tonight