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Brother Paul Muhammad (right) and his son, Chris. Jeff Winter/BklynerActivists, advocates, and elected officials stood in the wet cold outside City Hall Tuesday morning, October 13, calling to abolish New York City’s tax lien sale. The rain was appropriate, organizer Albert Scott said, “These are the tears of
community
Volunteers for Nurture BK collect compost. Courtesy of Nurture BK.For Brooklyn’s robust composting community, the city’s decision in April to suspend curbside compost pickup [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/resources/press-releases/nyc-sanitation-announces-service-changes-related-to-covid-19-budget-cuts] , and temporarily close Food Scrap Drop-Off Sites, due to COVID-19-related budget cuts was
Central Brooklyn
BRIGHTON BEACH – Cops are looking for a man they believe was involved in a burglary early last month. On Tuesday, September 8 at around 5:10 p.m., a man entered Taqueria El Buen Gusto through an unlocked basement door, located on Neptune Avenue near Brighton 5th Street. According to
Arts & Culture
Helstrom — “Viaticum” — Episode 102 — A horrific accident leads Daimon and Gabriella fighting to save a man’s soul, while a dark force attempts to stop them. Meanwhile, Yen’s relationship with his work takes a dark turn towards obsession, and a discovery leads Anna back to St. Teresa’s. Victoria
Announcements
BRIGHTON BEACH – A woman in her 60s was found lying on a bench on Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Avenue, outside 3000 Ocean Parkway, ten minutes before 11 a.m. on October 12. She was taken to Coney Island Hospital and was pronounced dead. Cops were not able to tell
Announcements
Gounardes speaking at the rally calling for the reopening of 16 schools. (Photo via Gounardes’ office)SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Parents and elected officials are calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYC Department of Education (DOE) to re-open the 16 schools in the ‘yellow zone’ that have been ordered shut
News
The Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.nyanimalrescue.org/] (SCAR) in Windsor Terrace is who Brooklyn’s residents call about injured cats, stray dogs, or missing turtles. Sean Casey and his team consistently show up to help. Every fall, Brooklyn shows up for them by supporting SCAR’s annual Halloween
Big Story
Heshy Tischler interrupts Dr. Mitchell Katz, President and CEO of NYC Health and Hospitals at a press conference in Gravesend Park on Sept. 25, 2020. (Photo: Paul Frangipane)After leading two violent protests against COVID-19 restrictions in Boro Park on Wednesday and Thursday, October 7 and 8, Harold ‘Heshy’ Tischler
Business
Ursula in Crown Heights. Credit: Noah FecksWhen chef Eric See was forced to close down his Bushwick café, the Awkward Scone [/come-for-burritos-stay-for-the-scones-conversation-with-eric-see-of-awkward-scone/] , back in June, the borough was temporarily deprived of the New Mexican-style breakfast burritos that had become the spot’s calling card. Stuffed with hashbrowns, scrambled eggs, and
Bed Stuy
Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gavel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A man was just sentenced to 15 years in
Bed Stuy
On a narrow sidewalk on the edge of Bushwick, Brooklyn, last Friday evening, a DJ was blasting techno music, his mixer set up on a foldable table. On the other side of the sidewalk, the smell of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers wafted from the grill, while a crowd was
Big Story
Many Trump flags flew at the protest last night in Boro Park. (Photo via Loudlabs NYC)BORO PARK – The man at the heart of the violent protests against masks is a marginal figure in the Haredi community who was convicted in a massive illegal immigration scheme before he remade himself