Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – Police are looking for two men in connection with a gunpoint robbery that took place the night of Saturday, August 12. A verbal dispute between three men involved in a minor traffic accident took a serious turn when one of the men flashed a gun before he and a
Announcements
Got a new mattress and the old one has to go? Nobody wants your donation [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/donate/index.shtml] of a vintage sideboard? Now all you need to do is call 311 or go online at nyc.gov/bulk [http://nyc.gov/bulk] and request to
community
Photo by Andrew Sundberg for Mother to Mother Brooklyn.PARK SLOPE & SUNSET PARK — Britni Blackketter is all about service. She pursues opportunities to both serve and create communities wherever she lives. After settling in Park Slope two years ago, it was only natural she sought to serve and created
Bed Stuy
BROOKLYN – The NYPD is taking advantage of new technology to solve old murders, as “phenotyping” creates composite images of victims yet to be identified. In late July 2005, human body parts were found at Cooper Transfer Facility in Greenpoint and a skull was discovered in Bed-Stuy. Examination and DNA testing
Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Assembly Member Joseph Lentol (District 50, North Brooklyn) and Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced this morning the Hit-and-Run Prevention Act, a series of initiatives aimed to reduce the number of hit-and-run incidents throughout the city. In the last two years, over 100 hit-and-runs in NYC have
Announcements
Spike Lee’s Crooklyn is the One Film (like Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah was the One Book [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/mome/initiatives/1book1ny.page]) that New Yorkers will get a chance to watch together on September 13. Thousands of New Yorkers voted and selected [/vote-nyc-film-want-see-free-citywide-screenings/] Lee’s
Cobble Hill
BMW Engine Fire in Cobble Hill (Tamsen Maloy / BKLYNER)COBBLE HILL — Late this afternoon, the engine of a BMW spontaneously burst into flames while the owners drove down Strong Place near Degraw Street. Fire Department of New York (FDNY) responders said this is a quite common occurrence with BMW’s
Announcements
Via NYC SchoolFood [http://www.schoolfoodnyc.org/public1/default.aspx?logout=1] Just in time for the new academic year, Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña, City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, and Public Advocate Letitia James announced today that lunch will now be provided free to every student at all public schools
Food & Drink
The arrival of fall means new restaurants opening citywide, and a number are already popping up in Brooklyn. If you’re looking for a hot new spot to check out, here’s a rundown of six recently opened restaurants that caught our eye: Ajihei 156 Knickerbocker Ave, Bushwick A Bushwick
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST — Last weekend, a beautiful jade plant was stolen off her property – the third time a thief had trespassed and taken a plant from her home near Avenue P and West 4th street, and Helen Chu decided that this time she will go to report to the precinct herself.When
Announcements
WINDSOR TERRACE — Back in 2014 residents voted to fund a green roof for the Windsor Terrace Library as a priority, and Council member Brad Lander allocated $250,000 in funding through the participatory budget process (PBNYC). The project began in March [/birds-bees-green-roof-prep-begins-windsor-terrace-library/], when library closed for about a month, and
Bushwick
Halsey St, near where the accident took place (Screenshot via Google Maps) BUSHWICK – Early in the morning on Labor Day, an allegedly intoxicated man drove his car onto a Bushwick sidewalk, slamming into gathered pedestrians. Naquan Ricks, 23, was charged with seven counts of reckless endangerment, leaving the scene of