Bay Ridge
NYPD Lieutenant Hayward prepares to strike Brent Schmidt (R) after members of the Occupy Wall Street movement had been removed from Zuccotti Park in New York November 15, 2011. Photo: REUTERS/Lucas JacksonDeputy Inspector Joseph Hayward is now in charge of the 71st Precinct [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/
Borough Park
Aaron Mastofsky speaking in a video interview while at the US Capitol building on Wednesday.The large crowd of Trump supporters who gathered in Washington on Wednesday to protest Congress’ certification of the election included multiple notable Brooklyn residents. As Gothamist first reported [https://gothamist.com/news/trump-fur-ever-costumed-capitol-rioter-son-brooklyn-supreme-court-judge] , among those
Bed Stuy
Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez speaking at a virtual press conference on Wednesday, January 7th. To Gonzalez’s right stands NYPD Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison.Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Wednesday indictments against 19 alleged Central Brooklyn gang members, with charges including murder, attempted murder and weapons possession.
Business
Chain stores on Kings Highway in 2018. Liena Zagare/BklynerMore than one in every ten chain stores across Brooklyn closed in 2020, as retailers faced immense challenges stemming from the coronavirus outbreak and subsequent business shutdowns. That’s according to the latest “State of the Chains” report [https://nycfuture.org/
parks
NYC Parks / Daniel AvilaThis winter is making us hope so hard for an early, COVID-19 free summer. Or at least one where most of us are vaccinated and can safely enjoy the breeze, and the new sprinklers at the Bensonhurst Playground. But sprinklers are not the only improvement the $7.
affordable housing
Flatbush District #1 School Building in 1931. (Photo: Brooklyn Public Library) The city is looking to develop the former site of P.S. 90 at the corner of Church and Bedford avenues in Flatbush into affordable housing and community space. The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
News
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, who represents parts of north Brooklyn as well as Manhattan and Queens, spoke in a video she recorded on Wednesday afternoon from her Capitol office in DC, where she was sheltering in place after pro-Trump protestors broke into the building.The Capitol building in Washington DC was
News
Manhattan Bridge. Photo by Miltiadis Fragkidis via Unsplash.DUMBO was the priciest neighborhood in Brooklyn in 2020. That’s according to a new report [https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/nyc-neighborhood-sales/] released late last month by the real estate data website PropertyShark. The site’s analysis found that, despite a 31%
Bushwick
Police outside th Morgan Ave station. Anna Conkling/BklynerA new suspect has been apprehended in connection with the recent attacks [/six-women-have-been-attacked-at-the-morgan-ave-l-station-since-nov-17/] on women at the Morgan L train station in Bushwick yesterday. NYPD confirmed that they had arrested Khari Covington, 29, who lives in Bushwick. Covington was arrested on eight
Business
McDonald’s restaurant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Jan. 5, 2021. Salma Elazab/Bklyner Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, essential employees never stopped working – grocery stores were stocked, deliveries were made. And fast food was available to grab and go, its workers among some of the least protected when it comes to
Election 2021
City Council candidate Steven Patzer (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)The Facebook page is called “New York Democrats [https://www.facebook.com/NYCDemocrat/].” Its profile picture is an official-looking blue “D,” and its administrator posts multiple times per day, updating its roughly 1,800 followers on political events and legislators’ birthdays.
Borough Park
Police at the scene of the incident. Image by Loudlabs.One child has died, another severely injured, as a result of a horrific car crash in Borough Park/Bensonhurst on Monday morning that has left the community in deep mourning. The victims, two young boys, were struck by a blue