Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A musician with deep roots in Brooklyn returns to New York City on Thursday (November 15) to celebrate the release of his latest album Mask [https://daviddominique.bandcamp.com/]. David Dominique was born in Queens and spent time in Long Island growing up, but his father taught at
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN – Two individuals have been arrested and charged after the shooting death of Carlton Spencer at the City Point Target [/city-point-shooting/] store on Wednesday night, police announced. After an altercation that began outside made its way into the shopping center on Albee Square around 11:15 pm on Wednesday, November
Business
Board members Kareem Dolah and John DeWind of the Nostrand Avenue Improvement Association.CROWN HEIGHTS — A neighborhood group in Crown Heights is taking its community organizing a step further by incorporating and registering as a non-profit. A group of residents and merchants filed and incorporated Nostrand Avenue Improvement Association (NAIA)
Bed Stuy
GREENPOINT – An off-duty cop was arrested after crashing his car while driving the wrong way down a one-way street in North Brooklyn this weekend, police confirmed. Harry Sepulveda, 31, was arrested and charged with driving with ability impaired, refusing to take a Breathalyzer and driving the wrong way after crashing
brownsville
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)CROWN HEIGHTS – The man who shot an killed Khadeem Anderson, 28, in a Crown Heights deli over the summer has been arrested, police confirmed this morning. Carlos Lysius, 36, of Coney Island was arrested in the killing, charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. The
Central Brooklyn
Subway car from the 1918 Malbone wreck.CreditNew York Transit MuseumPROSPECT HEIGHTS—Lawmakers and transit officials gathered outside the Willink Plaza Entrance of Prospect Park Thursday to remember the worst subway accident in New York’s history-the Malbone Street wreck [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/nyregion/100-years-after-new-yorks-deadliest-subway-crash.html]
Announcements
The BPL announced [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/support/bpl-literary-prize] on Monday the winners of the fourth annual Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize. [http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/faculty/faculty_profile.jsp?faculty=510] Jeanne Theoharis [http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/academics/faculty/faculty_profile.jsp?faculty=510]
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The North Flatbush Business Improvement District [https://nfbid.com/about/] (NFBID) was joined by the NYC Department of Design and Construction [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ddc/about/about-ddc.page] (DDC) and the NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.
Events
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Council Members Brad Lander [https://council.nyc.gov/district-39/] (District 39), Stephen Levin [https://council.nyc.gov/district-33/] (District 33), and Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] (District 38) will be joined by Theatre of the Oppressed [https://www.tonyc.nyc] next Tuesday, October 23 in hosting
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are looking for a suspect who shot another man outside a Sheepshead Bay mini mart earlier this week. The shooting took place around 11:00 pm on Tuesday, October
clinton hill
Fall weather and turning leaves also means heating season for Brooklyn residents (Donny Levit / BKLYNER)It’s officially cold in Brooklyn! The high temperature is expected to top out at barely 50° today and many residents will be relying on their heaters to stay warm. But what is your landlord’
community
A Prospect Heights Apartment building in the district the community is looking to landmark. Via Preserve Prospect Heights [https://www.preserveprospectheights.com/the-district]PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Community Board 8 voted in favor at it’s October 11 general meeting, to pursue a new landmark district designation in Prospect Heights they say