Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – The brave members of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club are forging ahead with their 114th Annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day despite forecasts of temperatures only reaching 20 degrees [https://weather.com/weather/5day/l/11224:4:US]. Photo by Dina RabinerTwo towns in
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – Last week, the CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull, Gregory Calliste, hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the hospital’s first comprehensive health center dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) patients. L-R: Edward Fishkin, MD, Chief Medical Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull; NYS
Central Brooklyn
An important reminder for 2018 on a Greenpoint mailbox—and it applies to local news, too! (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. First Brooklyn Baby Of 2018 Born in Woodhull Hospital [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/01/2018-nyc-first-new-babies/] [CBS
Central Brooklyn
The Peking Express restaurant, which was burglarized on Christmas Eve (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Police are looking for the man who burglarized the Peking Express restaurant across from McGolrick Park on Christmas Eve. Around 10:15 pm on Sunday, December 24, a man used an unknown object to force
Arts & Culture
Prospect Park Alliance2017 is coming to an end. Temperatures are predicted to be arctic this final weekend of the year, but if you’re up for braving the chill, there are lots of New Year’s Eve celebrations scheduled across the borough—from fireworks to dance parties to yoga. See
Business
“CrossFit is very primal. It stimulates the central nervous system.”Photo by Lisa HaefnerMaria has been doing epic profiles for us of places like George’s Diner [/georges-restaurant-neighborhood-diner-going-strong-six-decades-later/], JoMart Chocolates [/confectionately-conversation-son-son-candymaker/], Leo Lee [/leo-lee-serving-our-community-for-66-years-from-the-kitchen-of-new-toysun-to-the-aisles-of-discount-plus-ditmas-park/] , and The Moshmans. [/always-smiling-three-generations-dentists-
Announcements
As 2017 winds to a close this weekend, it will go down as the safest year on record, part of a historic decrease in crime across New York City. Today, Acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez released a statement outlining the finer points of 2017’s crime reductions—especially the lowest
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – A five-story, 100-room hotel is coming to 1550 Bedford Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Union Street, a short walk from the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. The Bedford Hotel rendering via ODA Architecture [http://www.oda-architecture.com/interiors/bedford-hotel]Designed by New York-based ODA Architecture, The
News
Tonie and Barry Wells (Via Facebook)CROWN HEIGHTS – New developments in yesterday’s death of 22-year old Tonie Wells [/wednesday-crime-blotter-fatal-collision-brownsville-young-mom-found-dead-crown-heights-home/] have led to the suspension of two NYPD officers and the arrest of the deceased’s husband, Barry Wells. Two police officers were suspended yesterday after allegedly ignoring a 911
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – The MTA released a Request for Proposals (RFP) today to develop the airspace above a 3.8-acre section of the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch freight rail corridor located on 61st Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 8th Avenue. Via MTA’s 61st Street Overbuild RFPThe MTA is looking
brownsville
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BROWNSVILLE – Police responded to a call early this morning regarding a vehicle collision near the intersection of Rockaway Avenue and Linden Boulevard. Police arrived to the scene shortly after 4am on Wednesday, December 27 where they discovered a 58-year-old driver, Oladele Adaramola, unconscious and unresponsive with trauma
Nonsponsored
BOERUM HILL – Back in July, we reported that a twelve-story, 72-unit condo was planned [/twelve-story-condo-will-replace-150-year-old-church-4th-avenue/] for the site where the Church of the Redeemer stood for 150 years. The Church of the Redeemer formerly located 24 4th Avenue, Photo via Property Shark by Kate Leonova (2007)The church, formerly located