Borough Park
MIDWOOD – After rumors that Assemblymember Dov Hikind would face a fierce opponent during the upcoming midterm elections, the longtime incumbent announced today that he will not run for re-election.Hikind broke the news on Twitter with an eight-minute video touting his achievements as an accomplished Assemblymember of the 48th district
Bed Stuy
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)KENSINGTON – Police are looking for three men responsible for a pre-dawn break-in at a Kensington building last weekend along Foster Avenue. The incident took place around 4:40 am, when the three suspects forced open the door to 620 Foster Avenue, said police. Inside, the men stole
Central Brooklyn
The Pulaski Bridge going up in the late Brooklyn evening (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * East Flatbush Residents Push Back Against “Overdevelopment” [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/23/jumaane-williams-east-flatbush-residents-call-for-contextual-rezoning/?platform=hootsuite] [City Limits] * A Toll Booth In Prospect Park Is A Relic Of Past Transit [https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/prospect-park-flatbush-avenue-tollbooth-brooklyn-history/] [Brownstoner]
Business
Malia Mills Photo Credit: Avi GlicksteinFour years ago, fashion designer Malia Mills moved her studio from the garment center in Manhattan to Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. She’d been in Manhattan since beginning the business in her apartment in 1993 in between nights waitressing at the Odeon. The
midwood
The 9 new units listed at 2802 Kings Highway are in a new 6-story development (Via NYC Housing Connect)MIDWOOD – Nine units are up for grabs on the NYC Housing Connect [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery.html] website, though at 130% of the Area Median Income (AMI), they aren’
mill basin
The body was found in the waters off the Mill Basin bridge (Screenshot via Google Maps)MILL BASIN – On Monday, a body was found floating in the water near the Mill Basin bridge, the NYPD confirmed. Officers responded to a call of a man in the water at 9:30
Announcements
MARINE PARK – The Ireland-based discount fashion chain, Primark [https://www.primark.com/en-us/homepage], will debut its first Brooklyn store next month at the Kings Plaza Shopping Center [http://www.kingsplazaonline.com]. (Courtesy: Macerich [http://www.macerich.com/Leasing/Property/159911])The retailer currently has 352 stores in eleven countries
bath beach
DYKER HEIGHTS – President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. and former White House aide Sebastian Gorka will be headlining Brooklyn Republican Party’s Spring Fundraiser, set for May 16 at the Dyker Beach Golf Course [https://www.facebook.com/dykerbeach]. Patrons can expect to pay $200 per dinner ticket, but
Arts & Culture
Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office of Media & EntertainmentNew Yorkers are notoriously hard to pin down — in every sense. We’re always moving. We’re always busy. Plus, our tastes vary widely and are not always obvious. That elderly woman on the train putting away her knitting and pulling
Bay Ridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BUSHWICK – Police have released surveillance video that shows a man wanted for question in connection with the stabbing death of 46-year old James Otis in Bushwick last week. [/bushwick-murder-busdriver/] The former MTA
Central Brooklyn
Fitzhugh Karol’s Searches, 2017 at Prospect Park (Photo: 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], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have
celebrity
MILL BASIN – Josh Marshal of Talking Points Memo (TPM) posted a podcast episode this week, on Michael Cohen [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/podcasts/the-josh-marshall-podcast/ep-9-why-did-donald-trump-get-in-so-deep-with-michael-cohen-we-explain] , President Trump’s lawyer who has been in the news a bit these past weeks. The Brooklyn angle – turns out El Caribe, [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/