Bay Ridge
Mathylde Frontus addresses the audience inside William E. Grady at her inauguration into the New York State Assembly.BRIGHTON BEACH — Hundreds of people came out to celebrate the multi-cultural inauguration of newly-elected Assemblywoman Mathylde Frontus on Sunday, January 6, at William E. Grady High School in Brighton Beach. The lawmaker-heavy
Announcements
“Don’t bring this check to the bank,” Chaim Deutsch joked. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MARINE PARK – Every year Altice USA [http://alticeusa.com/] (the provider of Optimum and Suddenlink) holds an essay contest. To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the company presents a question in the Fall and asks middle
Central Brooklyn
WINDSOR TERRACE – Two southern food favorites—Butterfunk Kitchen [http://www.butterfunkkitchen.com] and Sumner’s Luncheonette [https://www.facebook.com/SumnersLuncheonette/]—shuttered at the end of 2018 as a result of rising rents. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYz4pSARgE/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading] [https://www.
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Public Advocate Candidate Melissa Mark Viverito on the Q train platform at the Newkirk Avenue station in Flatbush in December 2018 (Photo credit: Perri Litton) EAST NEW YORK — The mad dash to get on the ballot for the Feb. 26 special election for Public Advocate has at least one candidate
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – Twelve elected officials and representatives from various organizations stood outside the Lorimer Street L Train subway station yesterday in 46 degrees Fahrenheit for one hour to each repeat the fact that they had more questions than answers about Governor Cuomo’s new plan that they all
Business
PARK SLOPE – George de Boissiere, the owner of longtime mail service shop, Mailboxes on 5th [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mailboxes-On-Fifth-Ave/135877773128291?__tn__=%2CdkC-R-R&eid=ARCdfsU1jdJRSuq5F7SerhRetxvtHzVjuiWDZ5HquppreABfzwOQuHyyenkaia0xScVwn6le-BWgLaV8&hc_ref=ARQ33wpyjilmYCCPNVDKNyxYnt0ZNBauqCiAsWmIg7c-r3KJ8eVB6_TzqljlRQeBv_4&fref=tag] , passed away recently. Though details surrounding his death have not been made public, family
Central Brooklyn
Carroll Street (near 7th Avenue), Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news
Business
PARK SLOPE – Following up on a reader’s Tweet that Talde Brooklyn [http://www.taldebrooklyn.com] was closed on Wednesday, January 2, and the restaurant’s social media accounts deleted, Bklyner reached out to Three Kings Restaurant Group [http://www.threekingsrestaurantgroup.com] which owns and operates the popular Park Slope
Central Brooklyn
Zellnor Myrie (Photo: Office of Zellnor Myrie)PARK SLOPE — Brooklynites voted overwhelmingly to extinguish the torches of former Independent Democratic Congres (IDC) members this past November 6 election, allowing for a new slate of progressive state lawmakers. Bklyner spoke to one of those freshman state senators about what he wants
Neighbors
PARK SLOPE – Florence Leopoldi, the matriarch of 5th Avenue’s family-owned Leopoldi Hardware [https://ww3.truevalue.com/leopoldi/Home.aspx], passed away on December 19. She was 83 years old. Message posted on window of Leopoldi Hardware, 415 5th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)“She had congestive heart failure about
community
The Sheepshead Bay United Methodist Church is adding support to its steeples and doing extensive internal and external renovations. (Photo: Justin Mitchell/BKLYNER).SHEEPSHEAD BAY – The Sheepshead Bay United Methodist Church is asking for the community’s help. With its 150th birthday looming this year, the church, located at 3087
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The L train line has seen two passengers hit by trains in the last two days (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Governor Cuomo dropped the announcement today that L train service to Manhattan may not have to be shut down after all to make necessary repairs. This seems to have come as