fire
Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] CROWN HEIGHTS – Last month, a man set another man on fire
Arts & Culture
The Magic Cobra Tattoo Society in Williamsburg has been “slammed” since reopening, according to owner Woodz. As part of social distancing requirements, the front door is always locked, and walk-ins are no longer allowed. Shervin Abdolhamidi/BklynerLynden Bethel waited outside the Williamsburg Tattoo (@williamsburgtattoo) in Brooklyn on a recent Saturday
Central Brooklyn
Halloween house in Prospect Park South. Liena Zagare/BklynerHalloween is spookier than ever this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Residents throughout Brooklyn are having to come up with new and creative ways to keep the spirit alive. Whether it’s a chill night in or a celebration with close
News
A fallen tree in Bensonhurst after Hurricane Sandy hit the city. (Photo via Mike/Flickr Creative Commons) [https://flic.kr/p/dq1M8J]BROOKLYN – Today marks eight years since Hurricane Sandy crashed into New York City’s shoreline. It caused 43 deaths and $19 billion in widespread devastation. [http://www.nyc.
News
The intersection where the LPI will be installed. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) BATH BEACH – Just one month after seven-year-old Sama Ali was killed crossing the street on her scooter, local politicians announced pedestrian safety improvements are coming to the intersection – those crossing will get between 3-7 seconds head start before
Central Brooklyn
By Rachel Holliday Smith. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2020/10/29/21540279/brooklyn-landlords-hit-with-class-action-for-tricky-tax-break-rent-math] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] To many tenants, a month or two taken off the yearly rent sounds like a good deal. But a slate of class-action lawsuits filed
Borough Park
The Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda in Green-Wood’s historic chapel. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerBrooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is celebrating the centuries-old Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos this year with a large-scale community ofrenda, or altar, dedicated to New York’s victims of COVID-19. Visitors to the altar, which
Bed Stuy
Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BROOKLYN – Five people were shot and two teenagers were killed in
Central Brooklyn
Yossi Eliav, 22, moved his car because alternate side parking remains in effect inside the red zone in Kensington, Brooklyn, Oct. 28, 2020. Reuven Blau/THE CITY By Reuven Blau. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/10/28/21539490/alternate-side-parking-rules-nyc-brooklyn-red-zone] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.
Announcements
Have you voted early? (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) BROOKLYN – Have you gotten your flu shots yet? You still have time! The NYC Health Department released early data for the flu season thus far and found that there was a 37% increase in vaccination among adults and a 27%
Business
In a continuation of the months-long protests against racial violence, last night nearly 200 people marched up Atlantic Avenue seemingly in response to the fatal shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., a black man, on Monday in West Philadelphia. According to reports from the NYPD, 27 people were arrested as a
gravesend
At the press conference this morning. (Photo via Gounardes’ office)GRAVESEND – Elected officials and neighbors gathered outside the popular Very Juice cafe to denounce anti-Semitism after someone wrote a hateful message at the storefront yesterday. On Tuesday, October 27, someone wrote “Syrian Jew whores, Fuck you!” with a marker on