Bushwick
North Brooklyn’s Bushwick was named on of the hottest neighborhoods in America by a new study (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – A new study from a rental agency [https://www.hotspotrentals.com/hottest-neighborhoods-america/] has named Bushwick as the second hottest neighborhood to live in America. The group analyzed walkability,
Central Brooklyn
This is a frustrating story and a cautionary tale of what does and does not happen after a tree falls in this city. We received quite a few reports of trees breaking and resulting in property damage across Brooklyn throughout October, so we decided to follow up with one of
News
SUNSET PARK – Following an investigation, the NYPD has determined that the man suspected of smashing up an Islamic Center on 6th Avenue [/weekend-crime-blotter-nypd-releases-videos-man-attacking-mosque-homicide-suspects/] may also be responsible for a similar attack on another nearby mosque. Via NYPDApproximately twenty minutes after the suspect used a hammer to smash a video camera
Announcements
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX), a non-profit advocacy group that supports Mayor Bill de Blasio’s light rail proposal, unveiled a life-sized prototype of a BQX car at a press conference this morning at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in an effort to urge the Mayor
Coney Island
Coney Island (Photo courtesy of Alliance for Coney Island)CONEY ISLAND – Councilmembers Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch have called for improved safety measures along the Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk after last month’s truck terror attack in lower Manhattan. The councilmembers are calling for retractable, fortified bollards to be installed
Central Brooklyn
State Senator Jesse Hamilton, Ms. Joy P. Noel, Estefania Trujillo of the Flatbush Tenant Coalition, City Councilmember Jumaane Williams and members of the local community stood together to demand Ms. Noel’s return to her apartment after an allegedly illegal eviction. (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)FLATBUSH – When Ms. Joy P. Noel
Bed Stuy
SUNSET PARK– The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the photos and video below in connection to a criminal mischief incident that involved vandalizing the exterior of a mosque with a hammer. The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is currently investigating the incident.
Central Brooklyn
Red Hook (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Ghostface Killah To Perform At Han Dynasty’s Special Dinner Inspired By Album, “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” [https://www.amny.com/eat-and-drink/
Dyker Heights
The apartment building at 6709 11th Ave in Dyker Heights, where yesterday’s fatal fire broke out (Screenshot via Google Maps)DYKER HEIGHTS – After a fire tore through an apartment building [/two-dead-in-dyker-heights-no-smoke-detectors-in-apartment-building-blaze/] in Dyker Heights yesterday, leaving two dead, police announced they’ve made an arrest: for arson and two
East New York
Brooklyn Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)EAST NEW YORK – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that a 28-year-old man has been indicted for leaving the scene of an incident and tampering with evidence in connection to a fatal hit-and-run in 2016. Kevin Ozorio
Bay Ridge
Looking north on 3rd Ave from 67th Street, where the vehicle dragging Mardaknayevy came to rest (Screenshot via Google Maps)BAY RIDGE – A West Brighton man was dragged to death by a motorist in Bay Ridge after a road-rage confrontation following a collision at 65th & 3rd Ave last night.
Bed Stuy
BUSHWICK/BED-STUY – A chain-snatching robber has been terrorizing jewelry-wearing straphangers along the JMZ line since October, striking victims at the Myrtle and Kosciuszko Stations. Just after noon on Thursday, October 12, the suspect approached a 31-year old woman on the staircase of the station near DeKalb and Broadway, grabbing her