Bed Stuy
UPDATE (1/31/18): The victim of Monday’s fatal shooting has been identified as Ernest BrownLee, 55, a resident of the nearby Sumner Houses on Myrtle Avenue, said police. The NYPD has reiterated its request for public assistance in tracking down the suspected shooter, releasing surveillance video from a
Announcements
DUMBO – In more healthcare news, Mount Sinai hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week to celebrate the opening of its new state-of-the-art urgent care center in DUMBO. Mount Sinai Urgent Care DUMBO, 110 York Street (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Health System)Located at 110 York Street (at the corner of
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] On Sunday afternoon, January 28, three men went on an armed crime spree in Brooklyn, robbing corner stores at gunpoint across four police precincts, said the NYPD. First, the suspects hit Ralph
fort greene
Brooklyn Hospital’s Maynard Building, 240 Willoughby Street, Fort Greene (Photo: Scott Bintner via Property Shark)FORT GREENE – Brooklyn Hospital [https://www.tbh.org/locate-center] is finalizing a deal to sell a 21-story medical building located at 240 Willoughby Street to the real estate development firm, Rabsky Group, for $100
Bed Stuy
On a wet Sunday morning, neighbors and elected officials demonstrated their support for Kevin Flores’s family. (Greg Lewis/BKLYNER)UPDATE (1/30/18): A Go Fund Me page has been started [https://www.gofundme.com/supportthefamilyofkevinflores] to assist Kevin’s family with the cost of funeral arrangements BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Dozens
Central Brooklyn
Pioneer & Van Brunt Streets, Red Hook (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], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily
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Announcements
Photo: NYS SenateUPDATE- 5:55 pm: Senator Marty Golden just released this statement: “To anyone who was offended by my choice of words regarding the heroin and opioid crisis facing our state, I sincerely apologize. While my words were not articulated clearly or properly, the point I was trying to
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A 1982 painting by Brooklyn-born artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, is making its museum debut right here in the artist’s hometown. Untitled, 1982 by Jean-Michel Basquiat, American, 1960-1988, acrylic, spray paint and oilstick on canvas, 72 1/8 x 68 1/8 in., on view at the Brooklyn Museum
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Just last week it was announced that the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] approved Hidrock Properties’ plans to restore the single-story retail space [/landmarks-approves-plan-restore-retail-space-beside-pavilion-theater/] beside the former Pavilion Theater across from Prospect Park. The first Ample Hills Creamery store located at
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Local middle and high school students can show their educators some love and appreciation by nominating them in Barnes & Noble’s 8th annual “My Favorite Teacher Contest.” [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/my-favorite-teacher] Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 7th Avenue (at 6th Street) via Google Maps
Central Brooklyn
A delivery man takes a break to watch a protest march in Downtown Brooklyn (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Fellowships Available for East Brooklyn Artists [https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2018/1/cl-arts-east-new-york-fellowships-2018-01-19-bk.html] [Caribbean Life] * Brooklyn Tech Cooks Up Next Generation of Hospitality Managers [https://thebridgebk.com/college-where-students-get-to-taste-work/] [The Bridge] * Pioneer
Coney Island
GOWANUS/GREENPOINT/CONEY ISLAND – Some homeowners and business owners in NYC may be unwittingly contributing to polluting the city’s waterways, according to a recent City Limits [https://citylimits.org/2018/01/16/in-unknown-numbers-and-often-unwittingly-homes-and-businesses-pollute-city-waterways/] report. The Gowanus Canal from the Union Street Bridge. (Photo: BKLYNER)While the Beach Haven Apartments