Central Brooklyn
Watching a performer at the Flatbush Avenue Street Fair from the steps of the historic Dutch Reformed Church. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/] announced the launch of a new podcast, Flatbush + Main [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/blog/2016/04/24/flatbush-main-podcast-intro/], this
Arts & Culture
(Courtesy BerlinRosen)The Navy Yard is going to the birds… for a massive LED art installation. Artist Duke Riley’s “Fly By Night” [http://creativetime.org/projects/flybynight./], in which over 2,000 trained pigeons produce an LED light show at the Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard], will start on
News
[L-R] Deputy Inspector Frank DiGiacomo, Council Member Brad Lander, and Community Council President Wayne Bailey at National Night Out Against Crime. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)Last Tuesday at the 78th Precinct Community Council meeting, some community members expressed outrage over street safety and comments from the police concerning last
Announcements
Autism affects people of all ethnicities and socio-economic statuses. And in the culturally diverse neighborhoods of Southern Brooklyn, it’s essential for parents to be able to detect symptoms early in a child’s life. At NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island, early diagnosis for autism is a number one priority.
Business
UPROSE volunteers painting a sunflower banner in support of climate resiliency. (Photo courtesy of UPROSE.)Small businesses are often touted as the backbone of any community economy, particularly here in Brooklyn, where big business and mom-and-pop shops continue to fight for space. That’s why the city Department of Small
Central Brooklyn
Screenshot from video showing NYPD officers attempting to arrest Latisha Bellamy-Maldonado on the afternoon of March 25th.A grand jury voted this week not to indict a Flatbush woman arrested for assaulting a police officer, sources familiar with the case said. Latisha Bellamy-Maldonado, 27, who was arrested on the afternoon
Destinations
Fort Greene Park in all its bucolic splendor. (Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970 [https://flic.kr/p/sGB9eP])This Arbor Day, make your way to Fort Greene Park [/?s=fort+greene+park] for the inauguration of a new tree trail. The newly renovated path, accessible through the Washington Park entrance on Myrtle
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanHere’s our roundup of some of the crime reports that happened in and around Bensonhurst in the last two weeks, courtesy of the NYPD’s 62nd Precinct. * A thief drove off with car loaded with cash last week when the vehicle’s owner ran into his
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News
Image via NYPD.Nina Chen, a 13-year-old girl from Dyker Heights/Borough Park, has been missing since last Friday morning, April 22, and her family is begging anyone with information as to her whereabouts to contact the 68th Precinct Detective Squad. (Update on Thursday, April 28 at 11:51am: Nina
fort greene
Allen “Pike” Cooper is wanted for shooting and killing three people at the Ingersoll Houses in September 2015. (Photo via NYPD)Community leaders have rallied around the families of the residents of the Ingersoll Houses following the arrest [/blog/2016/04/25/suspect-ingersoll-triple-homicide-apprehended/] of the suspect in last fall’s
Announcements
Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity Councilman Mark Treyger is urging New Yorkers, and especially southern Brooklyn residents, to turn out at a City Council hearing next week and show their support for his resolution to landmark Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk. Treyger has long advocated [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2014/12/
Education
Brooklyn Technical High School (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Jim.henderson)New grants of up to $25,000 per school are now available courtesy the Waltentas Family Foundation [https://wff-neighborhood-school-grants.submittable.com/submit]. Applications are available [https://wff-neighborhood-school-grants.submittable.com/submit] to public and charter schools in District 13 [http://schools.nyc.