Bensonhurst
Piles of trash are an ongoing problem on this strip of 61st Street between 8th and 15th Avenues. (Justin Mitchell/Bklyner).BOROUGH PARK / SUNSET PARK – Food containers, industrial lights, protective diapers, tiles—one stretch of the sidewalk next to the tracks carrying the N-train through southwest Brooklyn is an ongoing
Central Brooklyn
The Williamsburg Bridge silhouetted against the setting sun this weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Whether or not Ben Stiller showed up at your house to canvas [https://brooklynreporter.com/2018/11/actor-ben-stiller-spotted-canvassing-bay-ridge-with-dem-state-senate-hopeful/] this week, we hope you braved the rain and the long lines [/ballot-scanners-down-throughout-brooklyn/] and made it out to vote
Bay Ridge
Candidate for State Assembly District 64 Adam Baumel poses with the wheelchair accessible car he drives for Uber. Photo Megan Myscofski/BklynerBAY RIDGE – Some politicians go home after a debate. State Assembly Candidate Adam Baumel gets in his car and does a shift with the ride share app Uber. Baumel
Central Brooklyn
Amity Street, Cobble Hill (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 news tips, story ideas,
Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
Outside the Greenpoint Library, now coming Summer 2019 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Another axe-throwing bar has opened in Brooklyn [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/10/29/brooklyns-second-ax-throwing-bar-opens-greenpoint] , this time in Greenpoint, where bladed weapons seem to be on the rise [http://gothamist.com/2018/10/19/brooklyn_yupsters_heads_will_
Business
Patrons attend Socceroof’s opening party on November 1 in Sunset Park. (Justin Mitchell/Bklyner).SUNSET PARK – Socceroof [https://www.socceroof.com] threw its grand opening party in Sunset Park Thursday night. The brand new facilities feature 10 fields, a bar and a rooftop view of the Statue of Liberty
Bay Ridge
The woman’s body was found in the Bay Ridge Channel and taken from the water by NYPD Harbor units at Pier 4 (Screenshot via Google Maps)SUNSET PARK – Yesterday, a body was found floating in the waters of the Bay Ridge Channel, off Sunset Park, police confirmed. Police responded
Arts & Culture
Following the trick or treating and Halloween shenanigans, the weekend is looking to be on the quieter side, but there are a couple of new art exhibits and concerts to check out. Also, BRIC is hosting a family-friendly house party and Target First Saturday returns to the Brooklyn Museum with
Central Brooklyn
A spooky trip to the pumpkin dentist on Bergen Street, between Bond and Nevins (Photo by Nathan Hasselby)Well, the L-pocalypse officially has a date [http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-new-york-city-transit-nycdot-announce-new-schedule-details-l-tunnel] : the Canarsie Tunnel will close on Saturday, April 27, 2019 for 15 months of repairs. The next day,
Central Brooklyn
Over the last year, traffic deaths and injuries caused by garbage trucks have dominated news cycles and community board meetings, with Brooklyn residents among those calling for stricter enforcement from the city on violations by private carting trucks. The message finally got through, it seems, and the NYPD has started
Central Brooklyn
St. Marks Avenue, Park Slope (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 news tips, story