News
Photo via Chelsea Skye/twitter [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYOBAG?src=hash]) Yesterday, New York State lawmakers approved a measure to delay the City Council’s Plastic Bag Bill, which would slap a 5 cent fee on disposable grocery bags. The Republican-led State Senate voted in favor of a moratorium
Police & Fire
West 33rd Street between Neptune & Mermaid Avenues. (Screenshot via Google Maps) Two women and one man have been charged with gang assault after the death of a woman inside a Coney Island housing project earlier this year. Cops found Vanessa Rivera, 42, inside Surfside Gardens Houses on West 33rd
Announcements
Brooklyn’s premiere design event, BKLYN DESIGNS [http://www.bklyndesigns.com], is gearing up for another successful edition at the Brooklyn Expo Center [http://brooklynexpocenter.com/] in Greenpoint from May 5-7, 2017. Presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [http://www.ibrooklyn.com/], the show will kick off the first
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)There’s a large number of New York City drivers who register their cars out-of-state, costing the city an estimated $73 million in unpaid parking tickets, $1 million in license plate fees, and more than $93 million in tax revenue, reports Crain’s New York
Events
Dan Donovan is Brooklyn’s only Republican Congressman, representing Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Staten Island for the 11th Congressional District, and at least some of his Brooklyn constituents are really unhappy. This morning the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce held a Brooklyn Newsmakers breakfast series with the Brooklyn Congressional Delegation,
Arts & Culture
The Parking Spot movie poster (via Mario Corry)The struggle of finding a prime parking space on the streets of Brooklyn can be mundane, frustrating, contentious—and humorous? Bay Ridge actor and filmmaker Mario Corry thinks so. He recently wrote and starred in The Parking Spot, a short film satirizing
Announcements
Photo via Department of Youth & Community Development [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/jobs/syep.shtml]Attention neighbors between the ages of 14 and 24! If you’re looking for a summer job, you can apply now for the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program [http://www1.nyc.
News
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This summer in the city just got better: the legendary New York Cosmos [http://www.nycosmos.com/] soccer club announced yesterday that MCU Park in Coney Island will be their new home. They will share the stadium of Brooklyn Cyclones [http://brooklyncyclones.com/], a much loved minor league baseball team
Neighbors
Salvatore Lucchesse leaving the 61st Precinct in police custody. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell/Sheepshead Bites.The Gravesend toddler’s gruesome death has been reclassified as a homicide, following an examination by the Medical Examiner’s Office. Salvatore Lucchesse, 24, was indicted on December 9, 2016 for beating his girlfriend’s
Police & Fire
“The leading cause of pedestrian injuries are left turning vehicles” NYPD flashing sign on Ocean Parkway south of Avenue X. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)In light of the recent traffic fatalities in southern Brooklyn [/second-fatal-collision-sheepshead-bay-week-marking-third-death-dangerous-intersection/] , we met with Captain Hagestad at the 61st Precinct to discuss how cops are
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