News
PARK SLOPE – The Staten Island woman who drove her car into a group of pedestrians and killed two young children in Park Slope in March was arraigned at Brooklyn Supreme Court on Thursday on a ten-count indictment charging her with second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment, assault, and other
Announcements
CROWN HEIGHTS – Council Member Brad Lander (District 39) is hosting a family-friendly event this afternoon at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum to rally for the return of the B71 bus route. “8 years ago, the MTA removed the B71 bus route that ran along Union Street,” Lander posted to Facebook
News
PARK SLOPE – The Staten Island woman who drove through a red light, killing two children in Park Slope back in March, has finally been arrested. Dorothy Bruns was arrested Thursday morning and indicted for manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and assault charges in the March 5th incident, the Daily News [http:
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Council Member Brad Lander has announced the winning 2018 participatory budgeting projects for District 39 (Borough Park, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Kensington, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace). Council Member Brad Lander speaking at the District 39 PBNYC 2018 Project Expo, April 9 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)
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Business
[UPDATED: Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 4:40pm] Back to the Land’s owner, David Basham, told BKLYNER Thursday afternoon that the store’s final day will be Sunday, April 29. The store’s lease did not expire, as previously reported. Basham explains that business has decreased significantly, making it
community
PARK SLOPE – Fans of architecture and LEGO are invited to gather at the Park Slope outpost of Barnes & Noble Saturday evening to help build a replica of Shanghai, China. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd0r8HFHYm4/] [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd0r8HFHYm4/] The LEGO Architecture community build event [https:
Arts & Culture
Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/pg/RecordStoreDay/about/?ref=page_internal]Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores, returns for a tenth year this Saturday, April 21, and over a dozen shops in Brooklyn are hosting special events including live performance, DJ sets, and special releases.
environment
PROSPECT PARK – Following up on a call about a fire in Prospect Park at approximately 6:15am Saturday morning [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-in-prospect-park-brooklyn-479774923.html] , police discovered a horrific scene—the remains of 60-year-old David Buckel, a prominent gay rights lawyer and environmental activist who set himself on
Announcements
BARCLAYS CENTER – Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/189-18/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-expansion-neighborhood-policing-nyc-subways] that the Neighborhood Coordination Officer (NCO) Program [/nypds-78th-precinct-rolls-neighborhood-coordination-officer-program-brooklyn-museum/] will expand down into the subway system, starting with Transit District 12 in the Bronx and Transit District 30 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Performing arts facility, Brooklyn Arts Exchange [https://bax.org/homepage/] (BAX), is currently seeking a new Executive Artistic Director following the March 25 announcement by its Founding Executive Director, Marya Warshaw, that she will retire at the end of 2018. Brooklyn Arts Exchange| BAX, 421 5th Avenue via
Boerum Hill
Summer = Fun One day it will be warm again in Brooklyn and it will feel like summer is on its way. There are so many fun-filled summer camp options. Here are just a few… via Park Slope Armory YMCA Facebook pagePark Slope Armory YMCA [http://www.ymcanyc.org/prospectpark/pages/
Borough Park
Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/heres-everything-on-the-participatory-budget-ballots-next-week/] began Saturday, April 7 and runs though Sunday, April 15. If you haven’t voted yet—what are you waiting for?! “This year’s projects are fantastic. Did you look at them? They’re just great,” said Council Member Brad Lander [http://council.nyc.gov/