Bed Stuy
The shooting incident on Hawthorne Street. (Photo via Loudlabs NYC)BROOKLYN – Seven people were shot, and two have died in two separate shooting incidents that took place yesterday night. On Wednesday, October 21, shortly after 9:30 p.m., cops responded to a call of a man shot on Herkimer
Animals
Prospect Park Lake in August. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN – Someone dumped hundreds of live eels into the Prospect Park Lake last night. On Sunday, September 27 at around 7:30 p.m., a man reportedly entered Prospect Park through the Vanderbilt Street entrance carrying two garbage bags.
Announcements
One South towers over Williamsburg. Liena Zagare/Bklyner.Six Brooklyn neighborhoods made it to the top 10 NYC neighborhoods to watch for in 2020 list by StreetEasy. Number one on the list? Williamsburg. At the end of each year, StreetEasy, a local real-estate marketplace, releases a list of the top
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerPROSPECTS LEFFERTS GARDEN – A one-year-old is dead and police have labeled it a homicide. Last week on Tuesday, November 19 at around 10 a.m., cops were called for an unconscious baby boy at Winthrop Street near Albany Avenue. One-year-old Aidenn Joyette was unconscious and unresponsive. He
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN – The PLG Arts Film Festival [https://plgarts.org/events/plg-arts-music-festival/] is just around the corner and here’s the official lineup. The non-profit promotes the arts and local artists from PLG and the surrounding areas. Now in its third year, the festival boasts 12 performances spaces between Parkside
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN – Cops need help searching for a suspect who allegedly shouted homophobic slurs and punched a man earlier this month. On April 4, a 24-year-old man was walking on Lincoln Road at about 1:25 p.m. As he was walking, another man came toward him, shouted anti-gay
Central Brooklyn
EAST NEW YORK – A teenager was accosted by two men in an East New York L train station over the weekend and police have now released video of the robbers. The incident took place on Saturday, August 25, around 2:45 pm at the Livonia Avenue station. As the 18-year
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerPROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN – Cynthia Nixon endorsed Council Member Jumaane Williams for Lieutenant Governor and Williams endorsed Nixon for the next Governor of New York yesterday. “Cynthia is the leader we need right now,” Williams said. “She’s been a fighter and I have been a fighter. That’
Central Brooklyn
Marcus Gamble, 24, of Charlotte, North Carolina has pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sale of a firearm in connection with trafficking 33 firearms from his home state into Brooklyn, Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today. Last December, Gamble sold a combined 25 loaded firearms to an undercover police
Arts & Culture
Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Angela Y. Davis (Photo by Haymarket Books via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPnCfbBjhdP/?taken-by=haymarketbooks]) With the closing of Cobble Hill’s beloved Bookcourt [/shuttering-bookcourt-space-sold-for-13-6-million-one-developer-in-deal-terminated-leases-of-gowanus-artist-studios/] at the end of last year, it seems more important than ever to support local independent bookstores. It’
Animals
Zoya munches away on invasive plants like poison ivy. (Photo by Heather Andelsman/Park Slope Stoop)Don’t be surprised if you run into a goat or two, or eight, on your daily jog through Prospect Park this summer. For the next five months, a group of eight goats will
burgers
The burger at the Hard Times Sundaes food truck. (Photo: Hard times sundaes [https://www.facebook.com/1437735989798249/photos/pb.1437735989798249.-2207520000.1443040518./1523514144553766/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Southern Brooklynites, if you love a gut-busting, drool-inducing burger, it’s time to make a pilgrimage to Mill Basin. The neighborhood’
day camps
Happy Earth Day! Let’s celebrate by looking at our fabulous outdoor camps. The Park Slope Day Camp [http://www.parkslopedaycamp.com/] 339 8th St, Windsor Terrace, Bay Ridge, Carroll Gardens as well as 2 Park Slope locations, 718-788-PSDC (7732) For children entering grades PreK-10 Transportation available. For 24 years,