Announcements
The new app was launched in a press conference within the NYC Office of Emergency ManagementDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Amid the myriad notifications pushing their way to the front of your phones—texts, tweets, Tinder connections and Times headlines—get ready to make room for one more. The new Notify NYC app
Announcements
The security cameras in McGolrick Park have been upgraded (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – The NYPD 94th precinct will benefit from increased police numbers both in McGolrick Park and throughout Greenpoint and Williamsburg after a summer fraught with fatal violence and community concerns over hate speech. State Assemblyman Joe Lentol was
Kids & Family
(Courtesy Twitter/Gizmodo [https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/747837159483318272])Ikea is issuing a massive recall prompted by concerns over child safety following the deaths of six children under the age of 4 and injuries to many more. Ikea, which has a location [http://www.ikea.com/us/en/store/brooklyn]
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Photo by Fort Greene FocusA woman was killed after riding her bike the wrong way on Classon Avenue. A 34-year-old victim died early Friday morning after being struck by a 2015 red Fiat near Lexington Avenue, while riding southbound the one-way throughway, say cops. She suffered massive trauma to her
Business
Image via Google Maps.With homelessness a growing concern in Sunset Park, Community Board 7 (CB 7) came together Wednesday, March 30, to discuss the issue — particularly as it surrounds the Red Carpet Inn (536 39th Street), which has been used as a site for temporary housing without the community’
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Let there be light. Now that a $4.8 million lighting installation project has been completed at Harlem’s Polo Grounds Towers public housing development, the city is continuing to go full steam ahead at the next eight (8) locations — including our very own Ingersoll
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A renovated basketball court. Stairwell lighting at Ingersoll and Whitman Houses. New security cameras and paint at Farragut Houses. Bathroom and technology upgrades at local schools. Real-time bus signs along the B44 and B65 routes. These are just a few of the 19 projects that have made it to the
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The debate around traffic, pedestrian, and street safety is a constant in Brooklyn, with changes large and small happening almost daily: new bike lanes and pedestrian islands added, left turns banned, and extended crossing times for pedestrians are just a few examples. But there’s
Animals
Image via daneawisher [https://www.instagram.com/p/BA5G4EVNfhE/].Well, the blizzard really showed up this time. And as of this article (Saturday, January 23 at 1:10pm), the snow is still going strong. Whether you’re cozying up inside, or venturing out for a little looksee, here are some
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Photo courtesy of Councilmember Laurie Cumbo’s office.Last spring, Councilmember Laurie Cumbo introduced a bill known as Int 762 that would “require all taxicabs, hail vehicles, liveries, black cars, and luxury limousines to have a panic button installed that would allow a passenger to send a distress signal to
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President Barack Obama’s announcement that he is taking executive action to strengthen gun control laws [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-unveil-new-gun-restrictions-slams-congress-for-inaction/2016/01/04/81d539e8-b2fb-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html] , increase background checks, and provide financial and human resources to implementing these new rules, along with existing rules, has been met with
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Photo via NYPDPolice are looking for a man they say was stalking a 15-year-old girl. On Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at about 8:15am, the 15-year-old girl was on the south bound platform of the Atlantic Avenue station. She noticed the suspect was staring at her and following her around
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.A 17-year-old resident of Ingersoll Houses was arrested on Friday, October 30 and charged with murder, attempted murder, and criminal possession of a weapon — all in the second degree — in the shooting death of 16-year-old Armani Hankins [/blog/2015/10/27/17-year-old-killed-by-bullet-to-the-head-in-rush-hour-shootout-at-flatbush-and-dekalb-avenues/] last Monday, October
National Night Against Crime
If you have questions about police-community relations or about issues on your street and neighborhood, and want to meet local police officers face-to-face, then now’s your chance. Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 4 is the National Night Against Crime — a nationwide day where police precincts across the city and country hold
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Photo by DevrimPlease be cautious if you’re walking on Cortelyou Road, between E. 18th and E. 19th Streets — neighbor Devrim let us know he found this chunk of meat with about a dozen large needles stuck to it on the sidewalk. Devrim told us he threw the dangerous meat
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There are many reasons to go to a Community Board 14 meeting [http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/march-2015-meetings/] – perhaps you’re having a problem in your neighborhood, maybe you’d like to voice your opinion to an elected official, or you’d like to connect with some like-minded civically engaged neighbors