Carroll Gardens
PARK SLOPE – Craig Hammerman, the longtime District Manager of Brooklyn’s Community Board 6, announced on Friday that he will be stepping down from his post following a turbulent year of personal and legal struggles. Brooklyn Community Board 6, District Manager Craig Hammerman seated second from leftHammerman was arrested twice
Central Brooklyn
You’ve probably seen this map. It was published in 1920 by the Ohman Map Company “Showing Location and Extent of Racial Colonies” in the borough of Brooklyn. It is also a popular exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/blog/2014/06/30/mapping-the-first-red-scare-ohman-map-companys-maps-of-racial-colonies/] . Reasons
Announcements
GREENPOINT – The North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence is holding a vigil tonight [https://www.facebook.com/events/667082790160546/?acontext=%7B%22action_history%22%3A%22[%7B%5C%22surface%5C%22%3A%5C%22page%5C%22%2C%5C%22mechanism%5C%22%3A%5C%22page_upcoming_events_card%5C%22%2C%
Business
CANARSIE – In a community saturated with fast-food chains, two locally owned juice bars have opened within the last year with a matching mission: to promote healthier eating. Twisted Rootz [https://www.facebook.com/TwistedRootzFlatlandsAve/] and Hellshire Grill [https://www.facebook.com/Hellshiregrill01/], owned by Caribbean immigrants who are also Canarsie
Central Brooklyn
Tree falls at 27 DeKoven Court (Photo Don Loggins)DITMAS PARK – The wet and windy weather is not going easy on the old trees in Victorian Flatbush. One century-old London Plane tree on DeKoven Court cracked and fell this afternoon, damaging a car and ripping the gutters of the roof
News
Senator Chuck Schumer is sounding the alarm on a new NRA-backed bill that would allow out-of-state visitors to carry concealed weapons in New York. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/38?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22concealed+carry+reciprocity+act%22%
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Head to City Point Tuesday evening and cheer on five female entrepreneurs as they compete in pitching their new businesses for a chance to win $5,000. A part of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/]‘s Make It In Brooklyn [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/big-ideas/make-it-in-brooklyn] series,
Borough Park
SUNSET PARK/BOROUGH PARK – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in locating two sisters from Sunset Park who disappeared last Friday. According to police, the sisters were last seen on Friday, October 6 at approximately 8:45am near 4211 14th Avenue (PS 164) in Borough Park. Jamilet Ramirez
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Bensonhurst
(Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BENSONHURST – While the Columbus Day Parade may have much of Midtown Manhattan blocked off today, Brooklynites celebrated their Italian heritage with a Columbus Parade of their own on Saturday, October 7. The event kicked off around noon on the hot, sunny day, with classic cars parked on
Bed Stuy
CONEY ISLAND – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below photo in connection to a public lewdness incident that occurred on an “N” train last month. At approximately 11am on Saturday, September 30, a 23-year-old woman told police she and the male
Central Brooklyn
Jabari Brisport (l), Green Party candidate for New York’s 35 th City Council District, gives his campaign flyer to Alex Asher (r) as Gabriella Agranat-Getz looks on at the Fort Greene Park Greenmarket on Sept. 30, 2017. (Ben Foldy / BKLYNER)On a fall Saturday at the Greenmarket in Fort
Central Brooklyn
Photo: BKLYNERBROOKLYN – Monday, October 9 is Columbus Day, and though not many offices take the day off, some do — and with public schools closed, we’ll bet there are some parents taking the day off as well — so here’s some information on what’s closed [http://www1.nyc.gov/