Business
From Assemblymember Jaime Williams (D59): Unbeknownst to the residents of Marine Park, Mill Basin and the Rockaways, the “Party Boats”, with their intoxicated and rambunctious revelers, were moved to the Mill Basin area. The quiet inlet off of Jamaica Bay will no longer be so quiet. In a surprise phone
Bushwick
The apartment building on Central Avenue where a former MTA busdriver was found stabbed to death on Monday (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – Yesterday’s stabbing death of a Bushwick man has been ruled a homicide, police confirmed this morning. Around 4:30 pm on Tuesday, April 17, police responded
Central Brooklyn
Looking north on Flatbush Avenue, near where Friday night’s pile-up occurred (Screenshot via Google Maps)FLATBUSH – A horrifying multi-car crash on Friday night sent eight people to the hospital, with two in critical condition, after a drunk driver slammed into a car while speeding down Flatbush Avenue near Farragut
Business
Throttle-style e-bikes will remain banned in New York, while expensive pedal assist bikes may be legalized by the DOT (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last year, Mayor De Blasio announced a crackdown on e-bikes, stating that NYPD would begin issuing tickets to riders and confiscating electrically powered bikes, which have been illegal
Announcements
BARCLAYS CENTER – Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/189-18/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-expansion-neighborhood-policing-nyc-subways] that the Neighborhood Coordination Officer (NCO) Program [/nypds-78th-precinct-rolls-neighborhood-coordination-officer-program-brooklyn-museum/] will expand down into the subway system, starting with Transit District 12 in the Bronx and Transit District 30 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/
News
Councilmember Antonio Reynoso addresses those gathered for the inaugural “Bike Train” commute over the Williamsburg Bridge (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – At the corner of Hope and Union this morning, about 30 cyclists gathered at 8:00 am, drinking coffee and listening to music on a portable speaker before their commute.
Police & Fire
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Last week, The Independent published a story about what it’s like inside the floating sex party in New York [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/new-york-sex-party-chemistry-orgy-sheepshead-bay-a8285271.html] , and now Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn) is calling for an investigation into the “floating orgy” held on a party
Greenpoint
The long-awaited North Brooklyn Traffic Study, a project from the NYC Department of Transportation, funded in conjunction by Councilmember Stephen Levin (D-33), has finally arrived. Last night, DOT staff presented their findings and recommendations to Community Board 1 in Williamsburg—which elicited mixed reactions from residents, who packed the meeting
bath beach
Via NYC DOTBy Andrew Gounardes, a candidate in the New York’s 22nd Senate District race. BAY RIDGE In the wee hours of the morning on March 31st, the New York State Legislature and Governor Cuomo approved a $168 billion budget, and once again there was absolutely zero money allocated
canarsie
Looking north on Remsen Avenue towards the intersection with Church. Parker was struck by a car on Sunday while crossing Remsen mid-block. (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – After being hospitalized following a hit and run crash on Remsen Avenue on Sunday night, 65-year old Dorothy Parker of Canarsie has
Nonsponsored
SUNSET PARK – If studies show that the Brooklyn-Queens Connector (BQX) [https://www.nycedc.com/project/brooklyn-queens-connector-bqx] light rail will not ultimately pay for itself, the project may be nixed, the New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-ditch-de-blasio-brooklyn-queens-streetcar-plan-article-1.3913029] reported on Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Friends of the
Announcements
Councilmembers Brad Lander and Peter Koo with LinkNYC President Jen Hensley (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – At the corner of 5th Avenue and 13th Street in Park Slope this morning, the screen of the giant LinkNYC kiosk flipped back and forth between two pages: an advertisement, of course, and a