Central Brooklyn
The Loujaine and the Red Hook Grain Terminal (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Earlier this month, Brooklyn food incubator PilotWorks suddenly went out of business, leaving small businesses stranded. The Bridge BK took a look at what went wrong, and how they failed so quickly. [https://thebridgebk.com/cooked-sudden-fall-business-incubator/] Many small restaurants
Central Brooklyn
Last week, the city’s Right to Know Act went into effect, creating new rules to govern interactions between police and civilians in an effort to increase transparency. The Act was sponsored by Councilmember Antonio Reynoso (D-34), who sponsored the bill, hoping to decrease the instances of civilians mistakenly consenting
Arts & Culture
Lots of rain is expected to come our way on Saturday, so check before you head out to any planned outdoor events this weekend. The Fort Greene PUPS Dog Costume Contest has been postponed until Sunday, October 28 (11:30am) due to the forecast (more info below), and Fort Greene
Bay Ridge
Pamela Harris speaking with fellow politicians during her 2015 run for office. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Former Assemblymember Pamela Harris, who resigned from her 46th District seat after an arrest earlier this year, has been sentenced to six months in jail following conviction on multiple counts of fraud and
News
East 58th Street in Flatlands, near where the man was arrested (Screenshot via Google Maps)FLATLANDS – A man died after being arrested by police officers responding to a call in Flatlands early yesterday morning. Just before 6:00 am, on Tuesday, October 23, police responded to a call of a
Bensonhurst
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – Two lucky Mega Million winners in Southern Brooklyn will take home $1 million as a second place consolation prize from the record-breaking lottery drawing Tuesday night. The Brooklyn ticket holders purchased their winning stubs in Bensonhurst and Gravesend. A&C Mini Market in Bensonhurst issued one of
Central Brooklyn
Jumaane Williams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)City Councilman Jumaane Williams announced, on Tuesday, a bid for the New York City Public Advocate seat. The three-term Councilman of the 45th council district (East Flatbush, Flatbush, Flatlands, Marine Park, and Midwood) is looking to take the would-be vacant seat of current Public
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE/SHEEPSHEAD BAY – As Election Day nears, the crusade to win the 22nd Senate District seat is pushing both sides of the political aisle down a path of sketchy electioneering practices. During a Department of Education meeting on specialized high schools State Senator Marty Golden’s communications director, John
Central Brooklyn
A tag on the backside of the NuHart plastics industrial site in Greenpoint (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)What’s old is new again: the Small Business Jobs Survival Act is gathering steam once again. Check out what you need to know about the thirty-year-old bill. [https://thebridgebk.com/small-businesses-need-a-boost-is-this-law-the-answer/] Man the
Central Brooklyn
80 Flatbush rendering, Courtesy of Alloy Development and LuxigonLottery winners may have it made in the shade, but in real estate, sunlight sounds better. A new study from Localize [http://labs.localize.city/we-found-the-buildings-with-the-most-shade/] used a custom algorithm to discover the buildings in Brooklyn that are deepest in the shadows.
News
Marty Golden. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)By Jay Brown and Rachel Posner On August 15, 2017, long-time Marty Golden employee and loyalist John Quaglione stood in front of a crowd at Xaverian High School and said this: “I’d be remiss not to say that we just saw a tragedy
Borough Park
CLINTON HILL – A group of young men held up a Clinton Hill wine shop Friday night, but the armed oenophiles seemed to prefer cash to cabernet. The robbery took place on Friday, October 19, around 7:00 pm said police, when four suspects in their late teens or early twenties