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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – On Friday, a daylight shooting on Fulton Mall sent onlookers running after a number of men were involved in a verbal dispute that turned violent, with shots fired that sent three
Central Brooklyn
Union Street, Gowanus (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)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 you have news tips, story ideas, or
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Grand Army Plaza – It was announced yesterday that NYC Charter Revision Commission will host a series of public hearings in each of the five boroughs. Their Brooklyn outreach is tomorrow, which is not much notice at all, but if you are stopping by the Grand Army Greenmarket between 9 am
Central Brooklyn
John B. King Jr. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Former Secretary of Education during the Obama administration, John B. King Jr., was the keynote speaker at the NYU Tandon STEMNOW [http://engineering.nyu.edu/k12stem/stemnow/] kickoff luncheon yesterday, July 12 – one of NYC’s largest lineups of summer
Business
PARK SLOPE – A reader sent in a tip earlier this week that a new Starbucks is setting up shop near the southeast corner of 4th Avenue and Union Street. 225 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Located beneath construction scaffolding at the Greystone Development site at 225 4th Avenue, the
Central Brooklyn
As if we really need an excuse to enjoy a cone, cup, or sundae, National Ice Cream Day [https://nationaltoday.com/national-ice-cream-day/] is Sunday, July 15. Here are 16 ice cream shops in northern Brooklyn where you can grab a scoop or two and celebrate. Ample Hills Creamery [https://www.
Central Brooklyn
At the Giglio Feast in Williamsburg last weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Ex-employees of Brooklyn Magazine and the Northside Festival are accusing their old boss of withholding wages for years, with invoices from $800 to $8,000 still outstanding… [http://gothamist.com/2018/07/12/northside_fest_brooklyn_mag.php] There
Bed Stuy
(Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr) Yesterday, District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced an indictment against a Brooklyn man charged with raping and robbing a woman behind a Bushwick laundromat. Thomas Gallishaw, 23, of Bushwick, has been charged with a 26-count indictment, which includes charges of
Arts & Culture
Music lovers will have lots to choose from this weekend including opera, hip-hop, Latin alternative, classical, and swing. Francophiles can celebrate Bastille Day on Smith Street on Sunday where the annual pétanque tournament will be played as the France vs. Croatia World Cup final is screened. Flatbush Caton Market will
Bed Stuy
The block of Macon Street near where 16-year old Latrell Brown was shot and killed (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Yesterday afternoon, a 16-year old was shot and killed by a fellow teenager on a Bedford-Stuyvesant street while walking with his girlfriend. Latrell Brown, 16, of East New York, was
Bed Stuy
The Mayor, Councilmember Cornegy and Borough President Adams spoke at the groundbreaking of the new Marcy Community Center (Via Mayor de Blasio’s Office) BED-STUY – For the first time in more than twenty years, residents of the Marcy Houses in Bed-Stuy will have a community center. Yesterday, Councilmember Robert Cornegy,