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Bed Stuy

Teen Found Murdered on Rooftop in Bed-Stuy, Man Falls to Death From Rooftop in Gravesend

An 18-year-old was found murdered on the roof of a Brevoort Houses building yesterday (Screenshot via Google Maps)Two men are dead at housing developments on opposite ends of Brooklyn, police confirmed. One was murdered, the other apparently fell. BED-STUY – This morning, police announced that a teen found dead on

Bushwick

Playground Versus Dog Run, or Old Bushwick Versus New Bushwick?

Irving Square Park occupies a full city block in Bushwick, along Halsey Street between Knickerbocker and Wilson Avenues (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)BUSHWICK – More than half a million dollars in government money for a park project is just waiting for the Bushwick community—if only it could decide on how to

Central Brooklyn

Franklin Avenue Rezoning On It’s Way to A ‘Yes’ Vote From City Council With Three Buildings

Franklin Avenue RezoningCROWN HEIGHTS — The City Council Land Use Committee voted to approve the controversial Franklin Avenue Rezoning Plan [/franklin-avenue-rezoning-shadows-and-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-position/] on Thursday, December 13 after more than a year-long stalemate between developers and community activists. In what is now a 3-building project, the committee voted to approval overall 627 residential

Ditmas Park

Mark-Viverito Promises To Continue The Worst Landlords List As She Campaigns For Public Advocate At Newkirk Station

Public Advocate Candidate Melissa Mark Viverito on the Q train platform at the Newkirk Avenue station in Flatbush (Photo credit: Perri Litton)FLATBUSH – The former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito [https://melissamarkviverito.com/] campaigned at the Newkirk Avenue train station on Friday morning for the New York City Public Advocate’s

Crown Heights

Would Secular Education Destroy The Haredim? YAFFED Panel On Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas

Inside Oholei Torah, a Crown Heights Yeshiva. (Photo credit: Rabbi Yossi Newfield)CROWN HEIGHTS — Young Advocates For Fair Education (YAFFED), a Manhattan organization looking to revise educational standards in ultra-Orthodox schools, celebrated the last day of Hanukkah in Brooklyn on Monday evening with a party and a panel discussion on

Bushwick

A New Plan For The North Brooklyn Industrial Zone, But With Concrete Answers To Come

The North Brooklyn Industrial Zone study area (Via Department of City Planning) This week, representatives from the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) visited North Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 to talk over their bold vision for creating jobs through zoning changes to the North Brooklyn Industrial Business Zone (IBZ)

Carroll Gardens

Politicians Demand Safety Improvements After Gravesend Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run

This morning, Borough President Eric Adams and Councilmember Mark Treyger arrived at the corner of West 2nd Street and Avenue Y to call on the city to improve street safety at the intersection where a local woman was killed yesterday in a hit-and-run collision. Francine LaBarbara, 57, was walking home

Bushwick

Governor Cuomo Pledges To Inspect L Train Tunnel Thursday at Midnight

Governor Cuomo touring the Gateway Tunnel in North Bergen in October (Via NY Governor’s Office)Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced that he’d make a midnight inspection of the L train’s Canarsie Tunnel this week in advance of the spring shutdown to make sure there’s no way to

bath beach

‘Father K’ Plays To A Packed Theater In Bay Ridge

The Rev. Khader El-Yateem at the Alpine Theatre.BAY RIDGE — Rev. Khader El-Yateem returned to his old neighborhood for a night to see the Brooklyn premiere of “FATHER K,” a documentary based on his 2017 run for the City Council seat to represent Bay Ridge, his home for nearly two

Business

City Council, Including Espinal and Menchaca, Supported 2017 Bill Raising Penalty On Violation Fueling Signage Crisis

Councilmembers Rafael Espinal (left) and Carlos Menchaca (right). (Justin Mitchell/BKLYNER).BROOKLYN — Despite being out front handling Brooklyn residents’ confusion and outrage [/officials-take-action-amid-outrage-over-signage-fines/] over a wave of signage violations sweeping the city in recent months [/merchants-take-down-signs-as-panic-over-fines-sweeps-city/], City Councilmembers Rafael Espinal and Carlos Menchaca both sponsored a bill last year that

brownsville

State Senator-Elect Zellnor Myrie Announces Transition Team

Zellnor Myrie (Photo: Office of Zellnor Myrie)CROWN HEIGHTS – State Senator-Elect Zellnor Myrie announced on Thursday a six-person transition steering committee ahead of his January 9 swearing-in. The transition team will advise Myrie on staffing and the organization of both the Brooklyn and Albany offices. The crew will also help

Bed Stuy

Brooklyn DA Announces Event To Erase Past Convictions for Marijuana

A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)As discussions swirl about the possible legalization of marijuana and what it could mean for local residents [/espinal-marijuana-tax/], the Brooklyn District Attorney has announced two events to help Brooklynites erase past low-level marijuana convictions. Next