Central Brooklyn
Derek Goodings (Photo via Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office)On Friday, 28-year-old Derek Goodings was sentenced to 24 years in prison and five years’ post-release supervision after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a man during Brooklyn’s J’Ouvert celebration in 2014. According to the defendant’s testimony, Goodings fired
Police & Fire
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for a teenage girl who went missing from her Flatbush home on Saturday. Naomi Barker, 14, was last seen on February 25 at 8:45am near East 29th street and Glenwood Road, according to NYPD. She is described by police as a black female, 5
Police & Fire
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celebrity
John Travolta filming “The Life and Death of John Gotti” in Bath Beach (Photo via Gina Miraculous)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Portions of the Kosciuszko Bridge to be dynamited [Curbed [http://ny.curbed.
Central Brooklyn
Captain David Wall, NYPD 66 Precinct Commander, addressing the Community Council on Thursday, February 16. The audience sat in clumps of Bangladeshis, Shomrim, Shmira, and BACOP (the Brooklyn Asian Civilian Observation Patrol); while assorted electeds’ reps, precinct residents, the head of the Kensington Shelter, and a DA fitted themselves in
Central Brooklyn
450 Flatbush Avenue. (Screenshot via Google Maps)An 18-year-old was stabbed in the stomach while hanging out with friends in Prospect Park near Flatbush Avenue on Monday night, police said. The teen and five friends were hanging out after-hours near the Prospect Park Zoo at 9:45pm on Monday, February
Arts & Culture
Not My President Day (Photo by strawwings via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQxrgEFBR8X/?tagged=notmypresidentday])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Sh*t people say at the Park Slope Food Co-op [New York
North Western Brooklyn
God’s Only Demons, Butler Street between 3rd & 4th Avenues (Image via Google Maps)Several people were arrested early Saturday morning following a police raid at a Gowanus motorcycle club. Police found guns, various types of drugs, and several people with outstanding arrest warrants at the God’s Only
fort greene
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for a man who reportedly tricked a 66-year-old Clinton Hill woman out of $9,500. On the afternoon of Friday, October 21, 2016, police report that the suspect called the victim at her home posing as a friend. The suspect reportedly told the victim that
Central Brooklyn
February 19, 2017 (Photo submitted by reader)Last night, firefighters stamped out a house fire on the border of Ditmas Park and Kensington. The all-hands fire started on the top floor of a residential building at 735 Coney island Avenue near Cortelyou Road, around 5:30pm on Sunday, February 19,
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue near Avenue U. (Screenshot via Google Maps)This month, a 25-year-old unlicensed livery cab driver was charged for mowing down a husband and wife in Marine Park before fleeing the scene in August. After being pulled over for a traffic violation on Troy Avenue on February 8, cops
Food & Drink
Photo via Putnam’s Pub & Cooker via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQBq67AgQIy/?taken-by=putnamspub]Neighbors, patrons, and fans of Clinton Hill’s beloved Putnam’s Pub & Cooker [http://putnamspub.com/] are pitching in to help out the bar’s staff while the building undergoes extensive repairs