Events
Argyle Street, Ditmas Park (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Saturday, October 26 3RD ANNUAL KIDS HALLOWEEN PARADE + SCAVENGER HUNT [https://industrycity.com/event/ic-beyond-kids-halloween-parade/] Industry City, 274 36th Street, Sunset Park, 10am-4pm The third annual Kids’ Halloween Parade + Trick-or-Treat Scavenger Hunt will include mural painting, a pumpkin patch, and other family-friendly activities.
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Ben Mullins/Unsplash. [https://unsplash.com/photos/oXV3bzR7jxI] Specialized High School Admissions Test [https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/learning/testing/specialized-high-school-admissions-test] (SHSAT) will be administered this weekend, on October 26 and 27, and families this morning were yet to find out where and at what time thanks
Central Brooklyn
Bernie Sanders for President campaign event. Photo by Phil Roeder/Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/21145251444/in/photolist-ydwWyL-ydFNii-DsEuaF-2dMhLeo-D3GAGN-D3GAE3-D3GAJG-Dsvjh7-D3GBq1-DuPfeP-DuPfrT-Dkf6ay-Dkf69S-D3GBDs-DsvjYY-D3GBhA-CWjsvB-Dkf6L3-Dkf6gf-Dsvjj1-CWjsQe-CxqNpK-D3GAQo-D3GBKu-Dkf62C-DsvjLU-CWjsHa-D3GAVd-D3GBEE-CxqNjz-CxiXVd-CxqND2-CxiXTu-uKPWCA-ydF3cx-ySXm3h-vVL7to-ySX8nC-yT3NpX-ydwjSA-zbo9aa-CD84u5-Dkf6hC-CWjtcg-Dkf6Ns-wakZkE-wsqemg-D9vYj1-D9vYQb-CD84pA] As th
midwood
Sheryl Augustine, 66, of New Paltz was crossing Ocean Ave. at Emmons Ave. just before 5pm on October 16, when a driver made a right turn from Emmons onto Ocean Ave. and struck her, killing her, and making her the fourth elderly resident to be killed in Sheepshead Bay this
Central Brooklyn
The aftermath of the July 27 mass shooting in Brownsville. Todd Maisel/Bklyner BROWNSVILLE – Police have arrested a suspect in the July 27 mass shooting at a Brownsville playground that left one person dead and eleven others injured. Kyle Williams, 20, of Brownsville, was arrested Wednesday in connection with the
Bay Ridge
Doctor’s Row. (Photo via LPC)UPDATE: It’s now official. While Doctors’ Row became a Historic District on June 25, 2019, when the Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to grant it the designation, the City Council had to approve it to make it truly official, and that happened yesterday,
Coney Island
Breast Cancer Awareness. Courtesy of Salman Asif. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unwomenasiapacific/10801184393/in/photolist-hssTP8-dtbCrk-pzFq8N-8FG4ae-76eePY-5noK6i-5voxvm-7cfqJM-hsrY3x-5rdFU5-5r1ekE-pcBNdP-6eb4z7-pK1zEd-dijxsa-fhAkFz-5uSUwU-dHwj7D-avuYoB-ZjQa4G-ZHzaEz-pTq4eo-38ueVL-iJriT-9LUPP7-CiJt9-ncXkY1-iJqLV-3fv5ve-4ssPBV-5FnMq6-5k2U9n-75Snqx-75Snqk-aCwUxY-7wcqXy-avciBt-5GeSQK-arxhNL-9psUTe-7aEY78-7S9HRn-8MGy6x-iJqLS-ayuPVh-gs87ZB-5xxsQ5-8MGi3P-aoeTha-7aEYf4] BROOKLYN – More than 30,000
Police & Fire
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Yesterday afternoon as I was writing about a dramatic increase in recent traffic fatalities [/stop-killing-us-now/], another elderly neighbor was killed while crossing a street. And while we can argue whether 60-year-olds are elderly, the yet to be identified victim is the youngest of those killed in Sheepshead Bay
Arts & Culture
There is so much happening this weekend from open studios, movies, music, fall festivals, and even a Howl-o-Ween block party [/sean-casey-animal-rescues-halloween-block-party-a-howling-good-time/]. The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival [/horror-show-brooklyn-horror-film-festival-returns-october-17-24/] and the BRIC JazzFest [/bric-jazzfest-a-week-of-jazz-concerts-film-poetry-more/] both kick off this weekend. On Saturday, you can cheer on the runners at the NYC RUNS Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Whether you are out shopping, waiting for a bus, riding your bicycle – these days on the streets of Southern Brooklyn, you are more likely to be killed by a speeding and inattentive driver than a bullet – or anything else. So far this year, Brooklyn South has logged the
affordable housing
One of the cornerstones of our great nation since the end of World War II has been the unified dream of homeownership. It was a value strongly backed by the US government and many municipalities across the United States. Many veterans returning home were eligible for a plethora of programs
gravesend
Richard Hall and Eddie Martins, the two former NYPD detectives whose “on-duty sex” with an eighteen-year-old girl in their custody led to a change in state law, have been sentenced to five years of probation, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Thursday morning. Hall and Martins were initially charged with