Bushwick
(Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)EAST WILLIAMSBURG – Last night, deep in industrial East Williamsburg, nearly one hundred people toiled away under the bright fluorescent lights of a sweltering warehouse on Randolph Street, moving mountains of goods donated for Hurricane Maria relief and preparing them for shipment. The cavernous building was filled to
Announcements
BROOKLYN – Teachers all across the borough have taken it upon themselves to provide their students with the supplies necessary for a proper education, highlighting the many needs schools in less affluent zones have. Pages upon pages on DonorsChoose.org [https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?displayProject=2638281&featured=
Announcements
Erasmus Hall High School is located at 911 Flatbush Ave. (Photo/ Google Maps) FLATBUSH – A 19-year-old student was stabbed in the stomach outside Erasmus Hall High School after dismissal yesterday, October 5th. The teenager was attacked shortly before 3pm near Church and Flatbush Avenues. According to authorities, the victim is
Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON – The NYPD announced on Friday that the 55-year-old, Greenpoint cyclist run down by a drunken, unlicensed driver during last month’s Century Bike Tour [/century-ride-exposes-little-city-cares/] has died. Nancy Pease and two other cyclists were struck by 39-year-old Kensington resident Abel Antonio Pina-Morocho at approximately 9am on Sunday, September 10.
brighton beach
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Preying on women and children, a duo of cell phone-snatching bicyclists blazed a trail of robberies through Sheepshead Bay and Brighton Beach late last month. Police said they identified a pattern of five robberies over the course of a week where two men on bicycles stole phones out
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST/GRAVESEND – The recently completed Seth Low ball fields on the corner of Stillwell and Avenue P had a grand opening yesterday. Councilmember Greenfield at the park opening.“Seth Low Playground is centrally located near a library, senior centers, and several schools. It’s on the edge of my district
Central Brooklyn
The NYC DOT painting in a new bike lane (Photo via NYC DOT/Facebook)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Police Catch Goat Set Loose in McCarren Park [Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/
Central Brooklyn
Jewish holiday of Sukkot began yesterday evening and will end next Wednesday, October 11. It is customary for those observing to construct temporary shelters for gathering over the week-long holiday, and you can see them all over the borough – some on sidewalks, others in driveways, backyards, rooftops, and balconies. I
Announcements
Ross Barkan campaign photo by Vanessa OgleBAY RIDGE: The elections for Marty Golden’s State Senate [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/martin-j-golden/about] seat won’t be for another two years, but we now know he will face at least one determined opponent in political journalist and columnist Ross Barkan
Arts & Culture
FLATBUSH – Every single seat at the massive Kings Theater in Flatbush was packed to hear a conversation between one of the leading public intellectuals of our time Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic as more than 3,000 people turned up last night for the
brownsville
An architectural rendering of the proposed housing development “Edwin’s Place” (Rendering via Robert A.M. Stern Architects)BROWNSVILLE – The City Planning Commission has unanimously approved plans for a new housing development that will bring 125 affordable homes to homeless and low-income families in Brownsville. The decision came down yesterday,
Announcements
BENSONHURST – This Saturday, for the 36th time 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst, which also bears the name of Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard, will host the annual Columbus Day Parade [/tag/columbus-day-parade/]. This year, the Grand Marshals will be Councilmember Mark Treyger, Deputy Inspector Anthony Sanseverino (62nd precinct), Nick Pesce of LaBella Market