Business
Photo by Corner MediaIs Barclays Center planning to drop the New York Islanders? An article published yesterday in Bloomberg Technology [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-30/brooklyn-s-barclays-center-said-to-be-dumping-the-islanders] reports that low attendance, poor sight lines, and sub-par ice conditions are some of the reasons the Barclays Center has decided it
Business
RIP Sport Prospect, 1988–2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)We’re sad to announce that Sport Prospect, Park Slope’s prime little league outfitter and t-shirt supplier, is shutting its doors after 29 years on 7th Avenue. The small shop, at 362 Seventh Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets,
News
Brooklyn Federal Courthouse (Photo by archtober.org via Pinterest [https://www.pinterest.com/pin/326229566727981452/])announced today that Raul Granados-Rendon, who has been on ICE’s most wanted list since 2010, was extradited to the United States last Friday.One of ICE’S 10 most wanted fugitives has been arrested
Arts & Culture
Before The Wall: A Benefit to Support Immigrant Communities, January 27, 2017. (Photo by Sonali Basak)On Friday night, as the city erupted with protests [/demonstrators-gather-cadman-plaza-emergency-hearing-immigration-ban/] against Trump’s freshly signed executive order banning Muslim refugees from entering the United States, others gathered for a different kind of protest at
Events
Outside PS 217 on Monday morning. (Photo via Audrey Walen)In addition to scores of rallies in Manhattan, events dedicated to resisting Trump’s executive order barring refugees from entering the United States [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/29/nyregion/detainees-trump-travel-ban.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&action=
Announcements
By Mayor Bill de Blasio A few weeks ago I met a man from the South Bronx named Wellington. He was diagnosed with cancer and lost his health insurance. The City of New York fought for him and discovered he was entitled to free health coverage. Within a few days
Events
Brooklyn Lunar New Year Parade (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Sunset Park’s Chinatown was a festive scene Sunday afternoon as the community gathered to celebrate the Year of the Rooster [http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/] with the 30th annual Brooklyn Lunar New Year Parade. Roaring Dragon at the
Events
Still don’t have health insurance? Call 311 or text CoveredNYC or SeguroNYC to 877877 for free, in-person enrollment assistance information. “Despite President Trump’s actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act, our efforts to provide every single New Yorker with quality, affordable health care continues,” said Congressman Joe Crowley.
News
Photo by dfirgs via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP1CmVLAW1t/?tagged=cadmanplaza]Demonstrators gathered outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse early Saturday evening after word got out via social media that an emergency hearing [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/federal-judge-grants-emergency-stay-thwart-trump-refugee-ban-article-1.2958483] was taking place regarding President Trump’s executive
camps
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News
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3APolice_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that 28-year-old Crown Heights resident, Derek Goodings, has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for fatally shooting a man during the 2014 J’Ouvert celebration. Goodings made
Animals
Prospect Park Zoo’s Red Panda via Twitter [https://twitter.com/prospectparkzoo] The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Prospect Park Zoo Steps Up to the #CuteAnimalTweetOff Challenge. [DNA Info [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170126/upper-east-side/