News
Fritz Jean Pierre (Via NYPD)Flatlands – The NYPD are asking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 67-year-old Flatlands resident. Fritz Jean Pierre, who lives on Brooklyn Avenue near Avenue I, was last seen on Wednesday, August 23 at approximately 1:30pm near the corner of Flatbush Avenue and
Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Federal Courthouse (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Bridget M. Rohde, announced yesterday [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/15-defendants-arrested-trafficking-heroin-fentanyl-and-crystal-methamphetamine-brooklyn] that an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brooklyn federal and state prosecutors, and the NYPD, led
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn district map. Photo: ufoa.org [http://www.ufoa.org/statistics/statistics.php?boroughindex=0]City Council elections are on November 7, 2017, but primaries are in three weeks –September 12, 2017, and candidates are trying to rack up as much support as they can. Here is who will be
News
Via the Office of the Acting Brooklyn District AttorneyIn a joint statement, Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and the New York City Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill announced today that nine alleged members of the Brownsville-based Loot Gang have been variously charged in a 69-count indictment with conspiracy
Central Brooklyn
Solar Eclipse at approximately 1:50pm (Photo Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The long-awaited eclipse [/see-mondays-solar-eclipse-brooklyn/] has come and gone. According to NASA [https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how], the last time a total eclipse was visible in the U.S. was 1979. To watch the moon cover 70 percent of the sun,
Central Brooklyn
> #totaleclipse #eclipse #brooklyn [https://www.instagram.com/p/BYDzSiKnyb3/] A post shared by jonas (@jonasread) on Aug 21, 2017 at 7:35am PDT The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -HelloFresh Ends Annoying Street Soliciting
Greenpoint
Gary Correa (Photo via NYPD)The NYPD are looking for the man in the above photo in connection with the stabbing death [/widow-launches-go-fund-me-to-help-pay-for-slain-husbands-funeral/] of George Carroll last Friday in Greenpoint. Police say 19-year-old Gary Correa is wanted for questioning regarding the incident that occurred on August 18 on Monitor Street
Greenpoint
George Carroll (Photo via Go Fund Me [https://www.gofundme.com/my-husband-george-carroll])Police are searching for two men who stabbed a 42-year-old man to death Friday night just steps away from his home in Greenpoint. George Carroll, an actor and playwright originally from Texas, was walking near McGolrick Park with
Central Brooklyn
Fall is just around the corner, which means the wonderful, cinnamon-scented juxtaposition of nature’s death and life’s new beginnings. So, while you search for the perfect pads for undergrads, keep in mind that Brooklyn is also the ideal spot for starter apartments. (Courtesy Gerard Bianco of GAD Realty
Animals
Photo of dogs involved in last week’s attack in South SlopeSunset Park – Following last week’s horrific attack [/south-slope-resident-warns-neighbors-of-four-pit-bulls-after-vicious-attack/] of a South Slope dog by four alleged pit bulls, a 31-year-old man killed a pit bull mix as it attacked his dog yesterday morning in Sunset Park. Johnny Rivera
Announcements
Photo by rkbresler [https://instagram.com/rkbresler/]GOWANUS – Heavy rain flooded areas of Gowanus this early morning. > We ordered the rain and the river to help clean the streets for #summerstrolls tomorrow night. #parkslope #theother5th > Posted by Park Slope Fifth Avenue [https://www.facebook.com/parkslopefifthavenue/] on Friday,
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH — Like much of the community related machinery (Community Board, Neighborhood Association meetings,) the Precinct Community Council takes a break for the summer. Some residents feel the police precinct meetings are one event that should not break then. As life heats up in the summer, connections to the NYPD are