Animals
(Photo by Ella Rabinovich)Early Friday morning, a neighbor discovered this shark washed up on the shores of Brighton Beach on May 12. The shark was about 3 feet long and injured, she said. So far, we have been unable to officially confirm this sighting. Police officials, the Parks Department,
Announcements
Ribbon cutting ceremony at Marine Park, May 11. (Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC Parks)With the spring season well under way, Brooklyn’s largest park just got a lot more fun for teens and adults. Last week, City Council Member Alan Maisel and parks officials unveiled major upgrades to Marine
Central Brooklyn
“Bold winK” bike rack designed by David Byrne, Fort Greene (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign
Central Brooklyn
Weather permitting, repaving of Ocean Parkway will start on Monday 5/15, from 9 pm to 5 am, and on weekends they plan to work from 9 pm to 7 am. The work is to be performed in two phases. Resurfacing will begin at Church Avenue to Avenue N first,
Bensonhurst
Mother’s Day is almost here. Whether you’re going to her place or she’s coming to yours, I’m sure you’ll want to have a home to boast about. These are some listings you can showboat. (Courtesy Zillow/Mary A Mulcahey of Halstead Property [https://www.zillow.
camps
We get it; Brooklyn is #trending with Brooklyn-based summer camps. Although you might think the booming borough has it all, it doesn’t have Chelsea Piers Summer Sports Camp [http://www.chelseapiers.com/summer-camp/]s [http://www.chelseapiers.com/summer-camp/]. Chelsea Piers is Manhattan’s premier destination for youth sports
Arts & Culture
Check out the 8th annual Bay Ridge SAW art walk this Saturday! Photo: Sophia Chizuco at The Owl’s Head. (By Jason Jamal Nakleh)Okay, so we’re facing facts: After today’s sunshine, the weather forecast is still calling for rain all weekend long. But don’t let that
Central Brooklyn
City Council Member Vincent Gentile and community advocates celebrating the support of the “aggravated illegal conversion violation” bill. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Today, City Council unanimously passed a bill to enforce fines on landlords that illegally subdivide homes to create “modern tenement housing”, an issue that has led to
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Central Brooklyn
Ocean Avenue near Glenwood Road. (Screenshot via Google Maps)UPDATE 5/10: Coney Island resident Stanislav Bochkarev died in Kings County Hospital on May 5, and the incident has now been deemed a homicide, said cops. The investigation remains ongoing. Oleh Dubrovskyy, a 27-year-old Flatbush man, is charged with attempted
Announcements
Downtown Brooklyn proposed developments, rendering via Alloy DevelopmentFor the 7th year next week TerraCRG’s Only Brooklyn Real Estate Conference [http://onlybklyn.com/] will gather Brooklyn leaders, developers, investors, and financiers in Fort Greene for a day of reflecting and discussing the future of real estate development in our borough.
Central Brooklyn
Photo courtesy of the Office of Carlos MenchacaThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Sunset Park Block Renamed Cinco de Mayo Place [New 12 [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/sunset-park-road-renamed-cinco-de-mayo-place-1.13578847] ] -FDNY Rescues Two Felines From
Nonsponsored
Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz at East 16th Street and Gravesend Neck Road. (Photo via Cymbrowitz’s office)After almost a decade, a ‘forgotten’ street corner in Sheepshead Bay is expected to open to pedestrians again next month, said Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz. The city fenced off the corner of Gravesend Neck