News
Big box stores have Black Friday. Local businesses have Small Business Saturday. What does local online news get? On #CyberMonday, we’re offering what we think is the best bargain for our community: Make a small donation to public service journalism and you’ll help ensure that it remains free
Announcements
Photo via Rodneyse Bichotte.MIDWOOD/FLATBUSH/DITMAS PARK – After intense rain over Thanksgiving weekend, streets in parts of Brooklyn turned into rivers and lakes. Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte was caught in one yesterday, tweeting, “We are under water!” She said she reached out to various City agencies including the Mayor’s
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Just before members of the Prospect Park Track Club [https://pptc.org] took off on their annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, November 22, Council Member Brad Lander and Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/get-involved/2018-year-end-challenge-copy/?redirect_url=%2F] President Sue Donoghue unveiled the park’s
Arts & Culture
CROWN HEIGHTS – Thanksgiving celebrations haven’t yet stretched to match the twelve days of Christmas, but in the last decade the holiday has been headed in that direction. First, with “doorbuster” sales designed to lure shoppers early on the morning after the Thursday feasting, retailers declared a Black Friday to
Announcements
The New York State Reform Party is sponsoring a public advocate forum on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm at Bklyn’s Pizza in Dyker Heights. Frank Morano, secretary of the New York State Reform Party [https://www.nyreformparty.com/] and host of AM
Greenpoint
A rendering of the six-story building planned for 996 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint (Via INC Architecture & Design)GREENPOINT – After the restaurant switched locations, neighbors knew the bright green storefront of Greenpoint’s old Jungle Café wouldn’t last forever—development certainly isn’t sentimental. But now that renderings have
Events
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A holiday festival that promised to transform a 40,000-square-foot space behind the Brooklyn Museum into an outdoor winter wonderland featuring shopping, entertainment, and activities has left some families feeling disappointed. Winterfest at Brooklyn Museum, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)While Winterfest at the Brooklyn
News
Happy Thanksgiving from Windsor TerraceA year ago, I did not think I’d be writing these greetings and Bklyner’s future was most uncertain. Thanks to you, our readers – who decided to support their local news source [/membership/] – we are still in business, and in September added political reporter Kadia
Business
Looking to work off some Thanksgiving turkey and get some holiday shopping done? Instead of heading to the mall or a big-box store, why not shop local and support small businesses in Brooklyn? Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/parkslopefifthavenue/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARCFiv7C0GMeWdfQoAVVd9mm_atrEwF6CaJwU9FJMOSaHQm3ngO-u92bCqNMJRqQw7tTn9UbEvTuyUkC] As part of
Announcements
Photo: Katie MillerBROOKLYN BRIDGE – One person is dead and five are injured after three cars crashed and erupted into flames on the Brooklyn-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge this morning at 7:15 a.m. Photo: Katie MillerBoth sides of the bridge were forced to shut down the day before
Holidays
The men living around 61st Street and 10th Avenue have no plans to go to shelters, regardless of the weather. (Justin Mitchell/Bklyner).The New York City is urging individuals to prepare for extremely cold temperatures on Thursday and has activated Code Blue. The National Weather Service forecasts the temperatures
Events
BROOKLYN – Is this the first time you’ll spend Thanksgiving dinner with your new mate’s family? Are you lucky enough to travel somewhere warmer than what’s expected to be the coldest Thanksgiving in a century [https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2018-11-18-thanksgiving-day-record-cold-northeast/] ? Well, not everyone is as fortunate.