Parkside Avenue

Police Searching For Man Who Raped And Robbed Woman In Prospect Park

PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the below photos and video in connection to a rape and robbery that occurred early Sunday morning in Prospect Park in the vicinity of Parkside Avenue and Parade Place. Via NYPDAt approximately 4am

Announcements

Prospect Park Receives Funding To Restore Tennis House, Parade Ground, And More

Photo credit: Prospect Park ArchiveProspect Park Alliance announced yesterday that $7.6 million from the New York City 2018 Fiscal Budget has been allocated to restoration projects in Brooklyn’s backyard. The four projects in Prospect Park that will reap the benefits of the capital funding include: Restoration of Prospect

Central Brooklyn

2 Men Shot Near Parade Grounds By Gunmen On Bikes, Cops Say [Update]

Crime scene on Friday morning, July 14. (Photo via BKLYNER)Two men were shot — one fatally — while sitting in an SUV parked near the Parade Grounds last night by gunmen on bicycles, cops said. At 12pm on Friday, cops listed the incident as a homicide. The victims were sitting in

Central Brooklyn

Gentrification Map By Subway Stop Shows Kensington On-The-Rise

(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)[Update 4/24: RentHop has since looked into the discrepancy in rents between the Ft. Hamilton Parkway, Church Ave, and Ditmas Ave stops and printed this retraction: “The buildings from the listings on East 2nd Street are actually in East Village and were incorrectly listed

Central Brooklyn

Six Suspects Sought Following Gunfire On Parkside Avenue

The NYPD is searching for six suspects in connection with shots fired on Parkside Avenue last week. The group of men allegedly approached their two victims, one 18-year-old man and another 31-year-old man, in front of a residential building on Parkside Avenue on Thursday, May 26 at 1:24am, according

Parkside Avenue

Rock ‘N Roll Half Marathon Running Through Neighborhood Saturday

Photo via FlickrThe inaugural Brooklyn Rock ‘n Roll Half Marathon happening Saturday morning will have over 17,000 runners participating from all over the world. Race officials announced on Thursday that it would be the largest half-marathon ever in the United States and it’s coming through our neighborhood. Map

71st Precinct

Three People Injured In Shooting On Parkside Court, Near Prospect Park: NYPD

Two men and one woman were wounded when gunfire broke out on Parkside Court, near Parkside Avenue, around 2am Saturday morning — one of a series of shootings that occurred during a particularly violent weekend in Brooklyn, and the city, the NYPD said. A 34-year-old man was shot in the leg,

Flatbush Avenue Business Improvement District

Help The Flatbush Avenue BID Make The Area Better For Residents & Shoppers

The Flatbush Avenue BID is asking neighbors to take a quick online survey to help the group gain a better understanding of how the area on Flatbush Avenue between Parkside Avenue and Cortelyou Road can better meet the needs of residents and shoppers. “The results will help inform the BID’

Dr. Cuts

Give Your Input On Creating A More Vibrant Flatbush Avenue

Flatbush Avenue – do you shop there? Why? Why not? If you do shop there, what do you like (and not like) about it? If you don’t, is there something that could change that would make you want to go there? These are the sorts of things that the Flatbush

Beverly Road

Cortelyou, Beverley and Parkside Stations Will Be Renovated in 2013

The renovation of the subway stops at Cortelyou Road, Beverley Road and Parkside Avenue will begin in September 2013 as outlined by the MTA’s Andrew Inglesby at a Wednesday night meeting of the Community Board 14 Transportation Committee. Neighbor Gordon Rothman wrote in to us with the details of

Ocean Avenue

Ocean Ave Entrance to Prospect Park Closes to Cars on June 18

Remember the plan to make the intersection of Ocean and Parkside Avenues safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers? You know, that intersection that is in the 99th percentile of most dangerous intersections in the city? Well, the process to redesign the intersection to straighten the angles is starting. Step one