Central Brooklyn
Weather permitting, repaving of Ocean Parkway will start on Monday 5/15, from 9 pm to 5 am, and on weekends they plan to work from 9 pm to 7 am. The work is to be performed in two phases. Resurfacing will begin at Church Avenue to Avenue N first,
Central Brooklyn
Marcus Gamble, 24, of Charlotte, North Carolina has pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sale of a firearm in connection with trafficking 33 firearms from his home state into Brooklyn, Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today. Last December, Gamble sold a combined 25 loaded firearms to an undercover police
News
384 Schermerhorn Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Salsa and breakfast taco purveyors, Jalapa Jar, [https://www.jalapajar.com/] will soon be opening a two-year, pop-up shop at 384 Schermerhorn Street on the corner of Flatbush Avenue. The 600-square-foot outpost will take over a former check-cashing spot that will eventually
Bensonhurst
Mother’s Day is almost here. Whether you’re going to her place or she’s coming to yours, I’m sure you’ll want to have a home to boast about. These are some listings you can showboat. (Courtesy Zillow/Mary A Mulcahey of Halstead Property [https://www.zillow.
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‘Sound the alarm’ demonstration at U.S. Congressman Dan Donovan’s Dyker Heights office. (Photo by Mary Hetteix)This week, news outlets have been abuzz with the breaking news that President Trump fired FBI director James Comey, for stated reasons that have changed [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/05/
celebrity
Photo via Douglas Elliman [https://anncutbilllenane.elliman.com/new-york-city/239-waverly-avenue-brooklyn-msjjopf] Back in the 1990s, when young comedian Chris Rock was on Saturday Night Live, he purchased a beautiful home at 239 Waverly Avenue in Clinton Hill. Rock has long since moved on from SNL and Brooklyn, and recently put the
Arts & Culture
Check out the 8th annual Bay Ridge SAW art walk this Saturday! Photo: Sophia Chizuco at The Owl’s Head. (By Jason Jamal Nakleh)Okay, so we’re facing facts: After today’s sunshine, the weather forecast is still calling for rain all weekend long. But don’t let that
Announcements
Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday, February 13, 2017. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Want the chance to speak directly to your Mayor? Next Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio will hold a town hall presented by Council
Central Brooklyn
1921 Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)Applications have been filed for a nine-story, 76-unit mixed-use building at the home of Baptist Church of the Redeemer, 1921 Cortelyou Road and Ocean Avenue. The project would encompass 70,321 square feet and rise 95 feet to its rooftop, reports YIMBY
Arts & Culture
A detail of artist Linda Serrone Rolon’s work which will be on view at Kruchkow’s Shoe Store, 7808 5th Ave, as a part of the Bay Ridge Storefront Art Walk. (Photo by Bay Ridge SAW via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bayridgesaw/photos/a.169802423182849.1073741825.129252413904517/785430904953328/
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The F train rumbles into the Smith-9th Street station. (Source: Emily Kay Bachman / Flickr)Since the temporary closure [/three-r-line-stops-will-close-for-half-year-in-total-makeover/] of the Bay Ridge Avenue and 53rd Street R train stations, subway riders are incensed over what they call insufficient alternatives for passengers. The 6-month closures in Bay Ridge and Sunset
Events
Chaka Khan performs a Mother’s Day show at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts. Photo via Chaka KhanSunday, May 14 is Mother’s Day. Don’t want to wait in line for brunch? Think a bunch of flowers is too boring? If you’re looking for a different way