Announcements
It is with regret that we inform our Kings Theatre audience that we must cancel the upcoming Silver Screen Experience of The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, slated for Tuesday, October 31st. Due to scheduling conflicts, several components needed to create the film-inspired experience are not able to take place by
Nonsponsored
Incumbent Stephen Levin of the 33rd City Council District will debate his opponent, Victoria Cambranes, this Sunday, October 29 in Boreum Hill. The event will take place at Commons Cafe, 388 Atlantic Ave, starting at 7:00 PM. While Cambranes has planned the event for some time, she hadn’t
Central Brooklyn
MRIs, ultrasound, good old mammograms: the options for breast screenings are overwhelming and it’s tough sometimes to navigate the best choice for you. Shalom Buchbinder, MD, The Brooklyn Hospital CenterThere’s also confusion surrounding mammogram screening recommendations. We turned to Shalom Buchbinder, MD, Chair of Radiology at The Brooklyn
Arts & Culture
Halloween is creeping up on us. Check out our monstrous list of spook-tacular events here [/monster-list-halloween-events-across-brooklyn/]. Not up for a ghoulish time? There are lots of other events happening around the borough this weekend as well. See what else is going on down below. Also, check out the BKLYNER Calendar
Bushwick
A couple e-bikes outside a local deli. Small businesses all across the city employ delivery rides on e-bikes (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last week, Mayor De Blasio announced [https://www.facebook.com/NYCMayor/videos/10155618175616166/] that in 2018, enforcement against e-bikes in New York City would be ramped up, as they
environment
GOWANUS – Earlier this month, a pilot study kicked off at the Gowanus Canal’s Fourth Street Basin to test-dredge the floor of the Superfund site, clearing the way for workers to dig up approximately 11 feet of sediment, or “black mayonnaise,” sitting at the bottom of the canal, DNA Info
community
WINDSOR TERRACE – When the school year started back in September, one crossing guard never appeared. Two weeks ago – the other one disappeared, with no explanation, leaving parents worried about the safety of their kids getting to and from school. The two intersections are located by the former Bishop Ford High
Arts & Culture
Dere’s no guy livin’ dat knows Brooklyn t’roo an’ t’roo, because it’d take a guy a lifetime just to find his way aroun’ duh goddam town. An’ even den, yuh wouldn’t know it all. Thomas Wolfe, “Only the Dead Know Brooklyn” Hunterfly Road Houses (Photo
Downtown Brooklyn
VINEGAR HILL – The NYPD is investigating the shooting death of a 27-year-old man in front of the Farragut Houses Wednesday night. Bus stop at Gold & York Streets via Google MapsAt approximately 8:45pm on Wednesday, October 25, police say they responded to a 911 call of a person shot
Business
PARK SLOPE – After five years, international gift shop, La Casa Artesanal [https://www.facebook.com/lacasaartesanalnyc/], will be closing its doors at 512 5th Avenue at the end of this month. “The rent went up,” is the explanation Emilio Sanchez, one of the shop’s owners, provided Tuesday afternoon for
community
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Commanding Officer Frank DiGiacomo warned attendees at the 78th Precinct’s Community Council meeting Tuesday night that there has been a recent increase in Citi Bike thefts in Park Slope due to users not docking bikes properly when they are through with their rides. > I docked a
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced yesterday that a 33-year-old Fort Greene resident was convicted of killing three men, including a 76-year-old innocent bystander, near the Ingersoll Houses in Fort Greene in September 2015. Allen Cooper (Photo via the Office of Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez)