Arts & Culture
PROSPECT PARK – Join the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] and Brooklyn Arts Council [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/] (BAC) in celebrating the borough’s cultural diversity at the inaugural Brooklyn Roots Festival [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/events/2018/7/29#brooklyn-roots-festival] this Sunday at Prospect Park’s Children’
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Democratic challenger Zellnor Myrie addressing Brooklyn residents (Via ZellnorForStateSenate [https://zellnorforstatesenate.com/])Today, Zellnor Myrie, a candidate in the Democratic primary [https://zellnorforstatesenate.com/] for the 20th District State Senate seat challenged incumbent Senator Jesse Hamilton to a series of debates across the district. The 20th district primarily covers Crown
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced last Friday that a 24-year-old Prospect-Lefferts Gardens resident was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for violently assaulting a 58-year-old homeless man and streaming the attack on Facebook Live. Daquan King (Photo via the Office of Brooklyn District Attorney
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush/Kensington- Over the last month, many of you have been asking what’s up with the green markings on the sidewalks that have been spotted from McDonald Avenue, along Church Avenue to Flatbush, to Coney Island Avenue, Beverley Road, Cortelyou Road and most side streets in the middle : In
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – Last week the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/name-weed-harvester/] unveiled the newest addition to its fleet—a new aquatic weed harvester—and they need the public’s help in naming it. Prospect Park’s new aquatic weed harvester via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
Central Brooklyn
WILLIAMSBURG – Police have made an arrest in the death of Jose Osorio, 19, who was shot and killed in Williamsburg last December. The shooting that claimed Osorio’s life [/wednesday-crime-blotter-shooting-death-in-williamsburg-hit-and-run-in-madison-and-more/] took place on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, and left another victim shot in the shoulder. Last week, police arrested Donovan
Central Brooklyn
Photo by John McCartenFLATBUSH/DITMAS PARK/PLG – Mayor Bill de Blasio was back at PS6 in Flatbush for his second Town Hall since he first held one on March 14, 2016. With primaries in June, Adem Bunkeddeko who’s running to unseat Congresswoman Clarke was greeting residents just outside the
Central Brooklyn
Councilmember Eugene at Ditmas Junior High to announce the results of Participatory Budgeting in District 40 (Via CM Eugene’s Office)KENSINGTON – City Councilmember Mathieu Eugene stopped off at Ditmas Junior High earlier this week to reveal the results of the Participatory Budgeting vote in his 40th District. Receiving the
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The NYPD confirmed that FDNY EMT Andrew Davis, 23, was arrested while on duty on Tuesday, May 22, for assaulting his girlfriend. Davis was cuffed and charged with assault and harassment after hitting the woman near Classon Avenue and Eastern Parkway around 1:15 am, said police. PROSPECT
Central Brooklyn
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN – The cherry blossoms will be in peak bloom this weekend (April 28 & 29) and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be hosting Sakura Matsuri 2018, the popular annual festival where visitors can enjoy the flowering trees as well as nearly 60 performances, demonstrations, and exhibits celebrating Japanese
Central Brooklyn
During the first weekend of March, three deaths occurred across Brooklyn [/march-weekend-deaths/]. Now, after a violent holiday weekend, the last weekend of the month is a tragic mirror to the first—three deaths in two days in Brooklyn neighborhoods closed out the month. The Great Indian Curry restaurant on Flatbush
Business
DITMAS PARK – Honey Nail Salon will be taking over this beautiful spot at 1414 Cortelyou Road, across from the Flatbush Food Coop. I was hoping for a food spot, given we already have quite a few nail places around here, but its likely too close to PS139 to get a