Arts & Culture
The Brooklyn Clay Tour returns for a second year presenting a weekend of events celebrating ceramic arts from Thursday, September 6 through Sunday, September 9. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/brooklynclaytour/photos/p.652689691736887/652689691736887/?type=1&theater] This year’s Tour features 300 clay artists at more
Bed Stuy
Photo by Mary Bakija/City Kid CornerSummer is supposedly winding down, but the 90-degree and higher heat doesn’t make it feel that way. You know what else gets New Yorkers hot under the collar? The incessant jingle from the ice-cream truck, apparently… While the tune may still elicit a
Bed Stuy
The end of Division Avenue, near where Merceda Young’s body was found. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A Bed-Stuy man was sentenced to 20 years yesterday for stabbing his pregnant girlfriend to death in Williamsburg. Alex Jeffrey, 34, pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter in July and was sentenced yesterday in
Central Brooklyn
School is back in session! Best of luck to the students starting today! According to an interview with WNYC [https://www.wnyc.org/story/back-school-09042018/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cb_bureau_ny] , Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza is poised to sign off on an integration
Central Brooklyn
via Prospect Park AllianceLace up your sneakers, grab your co-workers and save the date! The [http://ibrooklyn.com/]Brooklyn Chamber of Com [http://ibrooklyn.com/]merce [http://ibrooklyn.com/] will hold its first-ever corporate run on Thursday, October 11, 2018, at 5 p.m. in Prospect Park. The inaugural Just
Central Brooklyn
Just one day before 1.1 million children return to school in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law Tuesday morning a bill to resurrect the use of speed cameras at 140 schools across the city and expand the program to include an additional 150 schools. Photo:
Central Brooklyn
There’s a lot going on in Brooklyn every day, so we’re debuting a new feature: Lunchtime Links! We’ll give you a quick overview of what’s going on in Brooklyn, from our own reporting and other outlets, rounding up what you need to know in politics, arts,
Central Brooklyn
Photo via the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, one of the schools in District 20By Christina Veiga and Sam Park, Chalkbeat New York [https://www.chalkbeat.org/ny/] The New York City education department on Friday released a report detailing per-student funding at every public school across the district, data that
Central Brooklyn
Adorn Me by Tanda Francis, on view at Fort Greene Park (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
Image via californialabor [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJyM7kqBSNH/?tagged=rosietheriveter&hl=en]Happy Labor Day! We hope all our readers enjoy the final weekend of the summer. If you’re sticking around the area, here’s some information from the city [http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/4321/
Central Brooklyn
Think you know all about Brooklyn news? Try this week’s news quiz and see how well you’ve kept up with all the coverage on BKLYNER! If you’re reading BKLYNER regularly, consider becoming a subscriber [/subscribe/]—you can keep up-to-date on all things Brooklyn and support the local
Central Brooklyn
A drummer at last year’s J’Ouvert Celebration (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)There’s a lot going on in Brooklyn every day, so we’re debuting a new feature: Lunchtime Links! We’ll give you a quick overview of what’s going on in Brooklyn, from our own reporting and