Announcements
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Founded in 1982, the family-run Court Street Office Supplies [http://www.courtstreet.net] has been stocking nearby offices, homes, schools, and courthouses with legal forms, pens, toner, and stationery products for more than three decades. Court Street Office Supplies, 44 Court Street (Photo: Nathan Haselby)After February 20th,
Business
PARK SLOPE – Here’s a list of some recent or upcoming business changes around Park Slope. Let us know if we’ve missed anything in the comments or at editor@bklyner.com. The sign posted at A&E Supply Co., 548 4th Avenue (Photo: Nathan Haselby)A&E
Central Brooklyn
With Congress failing to pass a spending bill on Friday, the federal government shut down at midnight on Saturday, January 20. How does the shutdown affect Brooklyn? According to www.ny.gov [https://www.ny.gov/emergency/federal-government-shutdown], the following WILL be impacted: * Many federal regulatory agencies will be furloughing
canarsie
Two women were found dead inside an apartment at 1023 Union Street in Crown Heights last Friday, but details are scarce (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – On Friday, January 19, police responded to a call of two unconscious females in a Crown Heights building just off Eastern Parkway. Arriving
Central Brooklyn
Corner of Prospect Place & Nostrand Avenue, Crown Heights (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], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our
Bay Ridge
A36-year old man was found shot to death outside the Roosevelt Houses in Bed-Stuy last night (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Police responded to a call of a man shot in front of the Roosevelt Houses in Bed-Stuy last night, arriving just before midnight to find the victim of a
Nonsponsored
SUNSET PARK – Brooklyn Community Board 7 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/index.page] approved the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] proposal to install four miles of protected bike lanes [/4th-avenue-protected-bike-lane-project-will-start-spring-2018/] along 4th Avenue on Wednesday—a week after Community
Boerum Hill
CARROLL GARDENS – Though it was chilly outside Thursday evening, the mood inside the auditorium at P.S. 32 was heated as neighbors expressed their feelings about the citywide Carshare Pilot Program during a Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] Transportation/Public Safety Committee Meeting. NYC
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERCROWN HEIGHTS/FLATBUSH – Adem Bunkeddeko is living the American Dream. Son of Ugandan war refugees, who arrived in the country with $50 and hope, he is running to unseat Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, [/?s=yvette+clarke] who has been representing the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn for the
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – After receiving 238 submissions from locales across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Amazon announced on Thursday [https://www.amazon.com/b?node=17044620011] that it has narrowed down the list of contenders for its second North American headquarters (Amazon HQ2) to 20 finalists. Via brooklyntechtriangle.com [http:
Arts & Culture
Temperatures are predicted [https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/11217:4:US] to hover around 50-degrees this weekend! Get out and enjoy the warmer weather and check out some of the events listed down below. Don’t forget to check out the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around
Central Brooklyn
Lincoln Place, Crown Heights (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Canarsie Commuters Demand Better Service On B42 Bus [http://brooklyn.news12.com/story/37269839/commuters-demand-mta-get-b24-bus-back-on-schedule] [News 12] * Long Abandoned Boerum Hill Building Is Flooding Neighboring Homes [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/15/brooklyn-residents-say-zombie-home-to-blame-for-basement-flooding/] [CBS New York] * Controversial Statue Of 19th-Century Gynecologist Will