Central Brooklyn
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Announcements
Photo: Nathan HaselbyGet your snow boots and shovels ready because we may quite possibly get hit with 4 to 6 inches of snow this weekend, ending the spring-like days! A winter storm watch is in effect from Saturday at 6 pm to Sunday morning. Temperatures are not expected to go
Bed Stuy
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the man that burglarized an apartment near Meserole Street and Manhattan Avenue earlier this month. Around 2:40 pm on Tuesday, February 13, the suspect entered a residential apartment building and attempted to crash through the door of one of the units. He was unsuccessful
Bensonhurst
Happy Year of the Dog, BKLYNERs! Today is the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year [http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/], a time for many joyous celebrations including large family dinners, vibrant dragon and lion dances, lantern festivals, firecrackers, and lucky red envelopes (hongbaos) filled with cash. Here
Announcements
Post Office on Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D9, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay) met with Anthony Impronto, Brooklyn Postmaster on Monday, February 12, to discuss how to address the poor service provided by the postal offices in her district, that has been
Arts & Culture
It’s President’s Day weekend and there’s lots going on including art exhibits, concerts, a magic show, and retro gaming tournament! It’s also Lunar New Year on Friday! Take a look at our list of events celebrating the Year of the Dog [/year-dog-celebrating-lunar-new-year-brooklyn/] including Sunday’s Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn
The M&T Bank near Grand Army Plaza, the latest in a growing string of robberies (Screenshot via Google Maps)In a pair of Valentines Day robberies, the suspect that’s been running rampant through Brooklyn banks struck again, notching his sixth and seventh bank jobs of 2018. Police
camps
Each of these traditional camps offers a variety of activities. Over the summer kids can play sports, go swimming, paint and do lots of crafts and even take field trips while still maintaining a predictable and safe day. And, when your child outgrows camp but still needs supervision — and wants
Boerum Hill
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Mayor de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced today an agreement to replace Rikers Island with smaller borough-based jail facilities in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. Brooklyn Detention Center, 275 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Brooklyn Detention Center located at 275
clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – A posh, modern two-bedroom, two-bath condo is currently priced at $1.55 million at 4 Downing Street, in what was formerly the famed Broken Angel House [/for-iconic-clinton-hill-buildings-is-change-welcome-fortgreene/]. 4 Downing Street via Compass [https://www.compass.com/listing/4-downing-street-unit-4b-brooklyn-ny-11238/ba435e6cbffb17e91961fcd071e3e3ce9184cd5a/] Built in the 1880s, 4 Downing Street (at Quincy
Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A major sculptural work by Brooklyn-based artist, Graham Caldwell [http://www.grahamcaldwell.com/index.html], is currently on view in the lobby of 33 Bond [http://www.33bond.com/index.html]. Graham Caldwell’s “Watching Machine” on view at 33 Bond (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Composed of various
Downtown Brooklyn
A blood stain left at the scene of the 2015 shooting (Photo by Fort Greene Focus)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A member of the Fort Greene “900” crew was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in a 2015 shooting outside a Downtown Applebee’s [/17-year-old-killed-by-bullet-to-the-head-in-rush-hour-shootout-at-flatbush-and-dekalb-avenues-fortgreene/] that left an 18-year