Arts & Culture
Nothing beats a short work week! It’s the weekend again, and there are lots of outdoor events scheduled including movie screenings, performances, festivals, and a dumpling tour to help you celebrate summer’s long-awaited arrival. Don’t forget to check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around
Announcements
Last year, there were 21 cases of West Nile virus in the city, and two deaths were attributed to the disease. There were 1,083 reports of Lyme disease among New Yorkers. The following is from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: As summer nears, the Health Department reminds
Greenpoint
The Greenpoint Savings Bank on Manhattan Avenue (Via Property Shark)GREENPOINT – Big developments in the Greenpoint real estate scene are afoot as iconic property changes hands and developers reveal big plans. First, the iconic Greenpoint Savings Bank was sold to real estate investor Jack Terzi for more than $10 million,
Central Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – The line was almost down to the corner of 4th street shortly after 6:30 last night as Brooklynites waited to get into the Town Hall meeting with MTA President Andy Byford, organized by their Assembly Member Robert Carroll. Assembly Member Joanne Simon and Council Member Brad Lander
Arts & Culture
The five-story, four-ton platform and statue of Saint Paolino at the 130th Giglio Feast in Williamsburg in 2017 (Photo by Paul Stremple)WILLIAMSBURG – For over 130 years, the Italian community in North Brooklyn has been coming together every year for the Giglio Feast [/130th-giglio-italian-feast-kicks-off-williamsburg/], a week-long religious celebration that involves
Bay Ridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BAY RIDGE – Police are looking for a burglar that struck a Bay Ridge apartment earlier this week, gaining entry to the building by slipping in the front door as a tenant was
Bushwick
Hancock Street, looking towards Broadway, near where last night’s accident took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – A vehicle crash on a Bushwick street claimed the life of a 27-year old man last night on the block where he lived. Around 11:00 pm on Monday, May 28—Memorial
Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
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Arts & Culture
It’s Memorial Day weekend and the kick-off to summer! Check out our list of events happening over the long weekend to help you welcome the season and the (hopefully) warmer weather. Don’t forget to check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list
News
The corner of Hewes and South 3rd Streets, where yesterday’s gunfight broke out (Screenshot via Google Maps)WILLIAMSBURG – A gunfight erupted on a Williamsburg streetcorner just after midday yesterday, leaving a young man dead and two more in the hospital. Around 12:45 pm on Wednesday, May 24, police
Central Brooklyn
Pleasantly arranged pipes on a Brooklyn building (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)With the reveal of the MTA’s massive plan [https://www.amny.com/transit/subway-service-plan-1.18682931] to update the subway system, residents better brace for a whole lot of overnight and weekend closures: here’s how your commute might be