Central Brooklyn
Yesterday, the “smoke a joint, save the subway” [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/nyregion/marijuana-legalized-nyc-subway.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion] method of using potential tax revenue from legalized marijuana was proposed by a new study. Today, a Brooklyn lawmaker said there’s a better way to use the
Announcements
Photo via OneBlood.FLORIDA – Sure Bklyner covers Brooklyn stories, but this story was too important to pass up. Zainab Mughal, an adorable two-year-old needs blood to survive. The catch? The blood she’s looking for is rare. Could you be her match? Zainab has an aggressive form of cancer called
Arts & Culture
Need help getting into the holiday spirit? There are festive concerts happening this weekend as well as Moscow Ballet’s production of the Great Russian Nutcracker and lots of holiday markets to find gifts for loved ones or for yourself. Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around
hate crimes
UPDATE (12/5/18): Police have announced that a suspect in the attack on a Jewish man last week has been arrested on charges of committing a hate crime. Enrique Gerena, 32, was arrested by NYPD for third-degree assault as a hate crime for sucker-punching a 33-year-old man on Throop
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] PARK SLOPE – A homeless woman was stabbed in the torso at the 15th Street and Prospect Park subway station early yesterday morning, police said. Around 5:00 am on Tuesday, December 4,
Central Brooklyn
Rendering of BQX. (Credit: Handout)Yesterday, riders across the subway system were slowed down in their commutes—but one station agent had a scare themselves, when a giant rat chased them from their booth. [https://6abc.com/pets-animals/massive-rat-chases-ny-subway-agent-out-of-station-booth/4822454/] There has been a rise in hate crimes across Brooklyn
Arts & Culture
BUSHWICK – In bodegas across Bushwick this holiday season, neighbors and shoppers will find something new among the quick-stop staples they shop for: art. The Bodega Advent Project [http://www.bodegaadvent.com/], a joint undertaking between Bushwick Abbey and Iglesia de la Santa Cruz, will be creating a living advent calendar
brownsville
WILLIAMSBURG – A Williamsburg church was vandalized in the early hours of Sunday, December 2, police confirmed. The suspect allegedly urinated on two angel statues outside the Our Lady of Consolation Roman Catholic Church, at 184 Metropolitan Avenue, before pushing them over, where they smashed on the ground. Police said the
Central Brooklyn
A visit to Japan Village at Industry City, Saturday, Dec. 1 (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If
Central Brooklyn
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Food & Drink
The weather is finally proper cold, the lights are up in the participating business districts, and it’s dark before you’ve even left work—it’s officially hot chocolate season. With weather like this, feel free to grant yourself some indulgences and get a hot, sweet cuppa chocolate to
brighton beach
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are looking for a man wanted in connection with an assault and attempted robbery of a boy on the Q train earlier this week. The incident took place around 3:00 pm on Monday, November 26, on a southbound Q train headed from Sheepshead