Central Brooklyn
This morning, President Trump called for an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/05/statement-president-donald-j-trump] immigration policy, commonly known as DACA. This afternoon, there are rallies across the city being planned in response. * The New York Immigration Coalition [http://www.thenyic.
News
By the school earlier this morning, September 5, 2017DITMAS PARK: Over a month ago [/new-school-set-open-fall-no-safe-way-get/] we wrote about the lack of safe routes for students to the brand new P.S. 889/ M.S. 890 (K338) on Coney Island Avenue. The school that is set on a truck route and
Arts & Culture
By Paul Stremple and Max Parrott Spectators became participants, flooding the streets to dance at the West Indian Day Parade (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)It was a beautiful day for the parade, and we hope you got to enjoy it. Here’s what we saw – and what you said – when we
community
Photo: Quaglione CampaignThe 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those candidates include four Republicans and five Democrats vying to represent Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Bath Beach. We’ve reached out to all nine candidates for a Q & A to
Central Brooklyn
WEST INDIAN AMERICAN DAY JUNIOR CARNIVAL Saturday, September 02, 2017: 9:00 – 4:00 PM Formation: * St John’s Place between Kingston Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue Route: * St John’s Place between Kingston Avenue and Franklin Avenue * Franklin Avenue between St John’s Place and President Street * President Street between
Bushwick
WILLIAMSBURG – At a town hall meeting in Williamsburg last night, Mayor de Blasio announced his administration’s support for a bill designed to limit the amount of city waste transported through North Brooklyn. Intro 495 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=1937616&GUID=2680B9A0-32EF-4B2F-BFD3-85D48111006F] , co-sponsored by Council
Events
Via Eventbrite [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hillary-rodham-clinton-book-signing-tickets-37277898197] FORT GREENE – Hillary Rodham Clinton will be signing copies of her new memoir, What Happened [http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/book/9781501175565], a personal account of her experiences during the 2016 presidential campaign at Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene on Wednesday, September 27.
News
BED-STUY – Applications are being accepted for affordable housing units at 27 Albany Avenue in Bed-Stuy and 210 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. 27 Albany Avenue via StreetEasy [http://streeteasy.com/building/27-albany-avenue-brooklyn]Located on the corner of Fulton Street, 27 Albany Avenue [http://www.27albany.com] is a newly constructed,
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – Police are looking for a man who robbed a Brownsville hotel Wednesday night. Just after midnight on August 30, a man pushed his way into the lobby of the Howard Johnson hotel at 524 Rockaway Ave, near Sutter Avenue, demanding an employee empty the register, said police. The suspect
Central Brooklyn
Two men embrace at the Festa di Santa Rosalia in Bensonhurst (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. -DOT Installs Free Bike Pumps for City Cyclists [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2017/08/30/
Arts & Culture
J’Ouvert by Philip J Bell.CROWN HEIGHTS — Every year on Labor Day weekend Brooklyn celebrates Carnival. Just before sunrise on Labor Day Monday – it’s time for J’Ouvert on Flatbush Avenue. After J’Ouvert winds down, the West Indian Day Carnival Parade [http://wiadcacarnival.org/] starts on Empire
Central Brooklyn
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)BED-STUY – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Wednesday that a 72-year-old man has been indicted on charges of menacing as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon, and other offenses for allegedly yelling homophobic slurs at a passenger on