Announcements
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – There will be Russian-speaking translators at 15 polling sites and Haitian-Creole-speaking translators at 5 polling sites in Southern Brooklyn tomorrow. Championed by Council Member Mark Treyger, the interpreters are provided through a $350,000 interpreter pilot program, funded by the City in time for this year’s general
Bed Stuy
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are searching for the man seen in the photo below in connection to a burglary that occurred in the early morning on Halloween. At approximately 3:40am on Tuesday, October 31, police say the suspect forced his way into a residential building in the vicinity of East
brownsville
The NYPD is asking for help with four missing persons cases in Brooklyn. Flatbush Ditmas Park Briana Carter, 14, has been missing since Thursday, October 26. She was last seen around 7:00 pm leaving her home on the 2000-block of Bedford Avenue, between Clarendon and Avenue D. Carter is
East New York
Outside 245 Wortman ave, near Van Siclen, where a 16-year old was shot and killed over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)UPDATE 11/22: Police have released further video surveillance related to the murder of Clayton Hemingway, in which the suspects can be seen firing their guns before fleeing.
Announcements
Yesterday’s news about DNAinfo shocked us at the BKLYNER newsroom on Coney Island Avenue. The disappearance of DNA Info leaves a lot of great reporters out of work, and many communities with much less coverage. Over years of bootstrapping local news coverage in Brooklyn, I’ve become convinced that
Central Brooklyn
A reveler in the festive, family Halloween Parade through Park Slope (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Rezoning in Brooklyn Could Benefit Jared Kushner [http://www.wnyc.org/story/brooklyn-rezoning-could-benefit-kushner/] [WNYC] Bed-Stuy
Announcements
The first cohort of students will begin classes at the Central Library in Prospect Heights next January (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)A new initiative between Bard College and the Brooklyn Public library aims to help nontraditional students earn college degrees—for free! The “microcollege” program will meet students at
Education
An official ribbon-cutting inaugurated the Edward R. Murrow High School’s greenhouse (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)MIDWOOD – In a hot, brightly lit greenhouse on the roof of Edward R. Murrow High School [http://www.ermurrowhs.org/], vegetables—and possibly careers—are growing in Brooklyn. A new greenhouse, part of the $10
Announcements
BROOKLYN – We at BKLYNER are sincerely saddened to learn of the loss of two great competitors and sources of local news—DNA Info and Gothamist. Joe Ricketts, Chief Executive Officer of the two sites, posted a statement [https://assets.dnainfo.com/message.html] earlier today reading: “Today, I’ve made
Business
Maksim Zaslavskiy, a Brooklyn businessman was arraigned in court yesterday, November 1, charged with securities fraud after trying to scam investors with a cryptocurrency scheme, said the U.S. Attorney in a statement. Zaslavskiy used two companies in an attempt to defraud investors, claiming that the cryptocurrency he was launching
Central Brooklyn
Abdullah Kwaja, president of the Turkestanian Association speaks at the press conference (Comice Johnson/BKLYNER)Yesterday afternoon Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President, met with prominent Uzbek-Americans of NYC to address yesterday’s attack in Lower Manhattan. The attack, which left eight people dead, was allegedly carried out by Sayfullo Saipov,
News
A former Brooklyn resident and member of ISIS was arraigned in a Brooklyn court yesterday, November 1, facing six federal terrorism charges that could mean life in prison. Mirsan Kandic is alleged to have circumvented no-fly restrictions to travel from the United States to Turkey, where he joined the international