gravesend
GRAVESEND – Last Friday, September 22, BKLYNER reported [/person-reportedly-struck-f-train-avenue-x-station/] that a person was struck by an “F” train at the Avenue X subway station, suspending “F” train service between Kings Highway and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue in both directions for approximately two hours. A FDNY representative said firefighters responded to a call
Central Brooklyn
SUNSET PARK – Irene Castillo, 52, immediately called her family in Mexico City and Puebla when she heard the news of a second earthquake on Tuesday. Her relatives in Mexico City said they were fine, but were terrified of the destruction and fallen buildings. In Puebla, each of Ms. Castillo’s
community
SUNSET PARK – Locals and visitors alike partied into the sunset to cap the summer off. Sunset Park’s 5th Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) [https://www.facebook.com/SunsetParkBID/] hosted its annual street festival this past Sunday. Stretching from 44th Street to 59th Street along 5th Avenue it featured a
community
Photo by Andrew Sundberg for Mother to Mother Brooklyn.PARK SLOPE & SUNSET PARK — Britni Blackketter is all about service. She pursues opportunities to both serve and create communities wherever she lives. After settling in Park Slope two years ago, it was only natural she sought to serve and created
Holidays
Labor Day Parade, Union Square, New York, 1882 (Source: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Labor_Day_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Labor_Day_New_York_1882.jpg] )Happy Labor Day! We hope all our readers enjoy a final summer sendoff this holiday weekend. If
Nonsponsored
Council Member Carlos Menchaca (center); Eric McClure, Executive Director of StreetsPAC (left); NYC Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez (right). Photo courtesy of the Office of Carlos MenchacaRED HOOK – At a press conference in Red Hook on Thursday, City Council Member Carlos Menchaca (who represents Red Hook, Sunset Park, and Windsor
Events
SUNSET PARK – The Queens Night Market [http://queensnightmarket.com/] is coming to Industry City [https://industrycity.com/] for some rock, roll and retail. “Rock, Shop and Roll” is a night market set for Saturday, September 9, touting shopping, food and entertainment, with a musical theme. A collaboration between the organizers
Destinations
SUNSET PARK – What do Brooklyn, Copenhagen, Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Seoul have in common? Each is home to one of the world’s top ten coolest neighborhoods! Photo by BKLYNERLonely Planet [https://www.lonelyplanet.com/travel-tips-and-articles/10-of-the-worlds-coolest-neighbourhoods-to-visit-right-now/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d2769fd4] recently released the survey, “10 of the world’s coolest neighborhoods to
Bensonhurst
District 20 Superintendent (Photo by Sylwia Jasinski, District 20 Family Support CoordinatorSUNSET PARK — Monday morning, August 28, ground was officially broken on P.S./I.S. 746K, a new school that will be home to both, an elementary school as well as a middle school focused on arts. The new
North Western Brooklyn
The NYPD is searching for the man seen in the below photo in connection to a grand larceny incident that occurred within the 72nd Precinct [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/72nd-precinct.page] which covers parts of Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace. Via NYPDAt approximately 10am on
Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Federal Courthouse (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Bridget M. Rohde, announced yesterday [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/15-defendants-arrested-trafficking-heroin-fentanyl-and-crystal-methamphetamine-brooklyn] that an investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Brooklyn federal and state prosecutors, and the NYPD, led
Food & Drink
Frying Pan Wheelhouse (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Sunset Park – Ever since it debuted in May, I’ve been meaning to check out the Frying Pan Wheelhouse [https://www.fryingpanwheelhouse.com] at Industry City, the Brooklyn satellite of the Frying Pan [http://fryingpan.com/site/], the popular Chelsea restaurant/bar/party