COVID-19
NYC Department of Health (DOH) has not sent out a daily update on the areas of concern yet, so the information we have is the same as yesterday for these individual clusters. [/latest-on-brooklyns-covid-19-spike-9-30/] Additional information was released on locations of COVID Block Parties – we have two coming up, where an
Election 2021
Jo Anne Simon outside James Madison HS in Brooklyn, October 1. Liena Zagare/BklynerJust after 9:30 this morning outside James Madison High School in Sheepshead Bay, Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon announced her run for the Borough President in the 2021 local elections. If elected, Simon would be the first
Announcements
Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gavel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] CROWN HEIGHTS – A 16-year-old boy was indicted and charged as an
Announcements
BROOKLYN – Last month the Board of Elections (BOE) sent out nearly 100,000 absentee ballots with return envelopes that had wrong names and addresses in Brooklyn. If the voter filled out this ballot, signed it, and put it in the return envelope, they’d be voting on behalf of someone
Arts & Culture
11-year-old Brooklyn native Alyssa Cheatham has a powerful voice. That voice, on full display in her two singles ‘The Weekend’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ypgTXT6alo&feature=emb_logo] and ‘Like it Here,’ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UUZgTG-Imo] has also brought life to a handful of
COVID-19
September 30, 2020 – The Health Department continues to track 4 concerning clusters of COVID-19 cases in Southern Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Central Queens and Far Rockaway. There are 10 neighborhoods in these clusters, where cases of COVID-19 continue to grow at an alarming rate – 3.7 times faster than the city’s
Announcements
PAYS giving out clothing last weekend. (Photo: PAYS)MIDWOOD – The Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS) [https://www.paysusa.org/] is teaming up with Muslims Giving Back (MGB) [https://www.muslimgivingback.com/] to collect and distribute clothing for those who are in need— meet Project Dignity. “We are asking everyone who
Animals
Via Park Slope Pet Supplies.BROOKLYN – It’s the last day of September! Where has the time gone? A lot has been happening in our borough this week— more proof that NYC is not in fact, a “ghost town” as our president put it last night at the debate. Lot’
Central Brooklyn
The car was destroyed during the crash. (Photo: Hillel Lichtenstein) KENSINGTON/MIDWOOD – A 24-year-old is dead and a 21-year-old is injured after their speeding car crashed into a tree early this morning. Just before 12:40 a.m., Nuvakh Ilishayev, 24, was driving a 2019 BMW M5 sedan with a
Announcements
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] CONEY ISLAND/CYPRESS HILL – Two men are dead and two are
Animals
The Health Department, along with City agencies, federal and academic partners, is launching its annual effort to vaccinate raccoons against rabies in New York City. So far 30 animals have been found to have rabies across NYC so far this year. Staten Island has the most (12 raccoons, 1 cat,
Business
German’s Soup Owner Clinton Urling. Courtesy of Michael Tulipan.First-time visitors to the new German’s Soup [https://www.germanssoup.com/] in Crown Heights would be well-advised to order the cow heel soup. It’s a meal of a soup, says owner Clinton Urling, consisting of tender cow’s