Central Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Cops are looking for a man and woman who were involved in a stabbing at a train station over the weekend. On Sunday, August 25 at around 5:33 p.m., cops say there was a dispute between a 41-year-old victim and a man and a woman at
Arts & Culture
Staying in town this Labor Day weekend? If so, grab some friends and family and head out to the various events happening throughout Brooklyn. Check out the Memeseum at Court Tree Gallery for unique works of art, spend the day at the New York Transit Museum and participate in the
Central Brooklyn
Letter to the Editor: Regarding the five or so highly selective High Schools in the city and the lack of diversity within them and desire to open them up to more underprivileged students, I think we are asking the wrong question. Rather than scrap the current system why not expand
Central Brooklyn
S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo by Nathan Haselby taken June 15, 2018, the morning after a fire damaged the building.) * * * * After NYC DOT lifted the Stop Work Order on the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse [/dob-to-issue-criminal-court-summons-against-developer-of-bowne-storehouse/] last week, the developer quickly got back to work demolishing
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Earlier this week School Diversity Group issued a recommendation to do away with gifted and talented programs and add more school-based enrichment [/school-diversity-group-nyc-should-phase-out-gifted-programs-curb-selective-screening-in-admissions/] , among other ideas to de-segregate the city’s schools. We asked neighbors what they thought. Today – responses from Brooklyn Heights. Q: A mayoral panel wants
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/press-release/nycedc-announces-new-plan-create-expanded-open-space-willoughby-square] (NYC EDC) and Hargreaves Jones Landscape Architecture [http://hargreavesjonesla.com/] presented new design plans for the Willoughby Square Open Space to Brooklyn Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/brooklyncb2] ’s Executive Committee Monday evening. Rendering of
Central Brooklyn
Photo: BklynerBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY The advisory group tasked with finding new ways to integrate New York City schools is recommending the nation’s largest school system eliminate gifted programs and selective admissions at most city schools. Those are some of the proposals unveiled Monday night by the School
Central Brooklyn
Scaffolding, netting, and sidewalk sheds surround 80 Flatbush (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) * * * * Demolition has begun on the controversial 80 Flatbush development, Brownstoner [https://www.brownstoner.com/development/brooklyn-80-flatbush-avenue-boerum-hill-alloy-development-khalil-gibran-demolition/] reports. Despite a lawsuit launched by Boerum Hill residents [/boerum-hill-residents-sue-to-stop-80-flatbush-upzoning/]seeking to halt the constr
Gowanus
GOWANUS – Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the four men seen in the video below in connection with a recent robbery. At approximately 2:20am on Saturday, August 24, the 25-year-old male victim left the Fire Lounge at 593 3rd Avenue before encountering the four suspects at
News
Hundreds of bicyclists rode down Coney Island Avenue to the site where Jose Alzorriz was killed. (Photo by Todd Maisel)PARK SLOPE – Hundreds of bicyclists from throughout the city jammed Bartel-Pritchard Square on Sunday to follow one rider who was pulling a white bicycle, a “ghost bike,” representing Jose Alzorriz,
Education
Greenwood Cemetery Commemorates the Battle of Brooklyn. Patriot soldiers fire on the British forces approaching. (Photo by Todd Maisel/Bklyner)GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – During the Revolutionary War, the patriots of Brooklyn fought a pitched battle with superior British forces on what is now Green-Wood Cemetery. Patriot soldiers fire on the British
Announcements
BOROUGH HALL – In an effort to raise awareness and help end the stigma for seeking help for cop’s mental health, Borough President Eric Adams released a very powerful, vulnerable video this morning. The 2:30-minute video features Adams, a former NYPD cop, sitting in a dark room. He picks