Central Brooklyn
Supreme Court of New York Liena Zagare/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – A Crown Heights man has been sentenced to 24 years to life in prison for a 2014 kidnapping and murder, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Thursday. The victim, Menachem Stark of Williamsburg, was killed on January 2, 2014, during a
Central Brooklyn
Image via Olivia OldhamBUSHWICK – While overall crime in the city continues to fall, the NYPD on Tuesday announced hate crimes are up again this year so far, particularly against Jewish people. As of May 2018, there were 58 reported hate crimes directed at Jews that year, while 2019 as of
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG – Community staple, Mugs Alehouse [http://www.mugsalehouse.com], will be closing on June 22nd after over 26 years of business. Co-owner Ed Berestecki, who runs the alehouse with his wife and other co-owner, Halina, said that the bar was initially scheduled to close on the first of June, but
hate crimes
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are now investigating two recent attacks in Williamsburg as anti-Semitic hate crimes. The apparent incidents happened less than a week and a mile apart from one another and have left the Jewish community “frightened” and asking authorities, “will I be safe?” The first incident occurred after 1 a.
Bushwick
A week and half into the L Train slowdown and things are…okay. The plan, which replaced the much-dreaded L Train shutdown, has left commuters a bit irritated, but not wholly upset about the service changes. The L train line at Bedford Avenue. Todd Maisel/BklynerSo what exactly are riders
community
WILLIAMSBURG – Police need help finding the driver who struck a woman and left the scene yesterday afternoon. A 25-year-old woman was crossing the street at Lee Avenue and Middleton Street at around 2:50 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9th. Then, someone driving a 2007 Chrysler struck the woman. The
homicide
Savannah Rivera via Facebook.WILLIAMSBURG – Neighbor charged with murdering a 20-year-old pregnant woman with an ax over the weekend. On April 20, the NYPD received a call about a 21-year-old woman being transported to Elmhurst Hospital with lacerations to her head and body. To investigate, cops went to the woman’
Borough Park
Burning of chametz in Boro Park. Todd Maisel/BklynerFriday marked the beginning of Passover in the Jewish faith and Good Friday for Christians worldwide, meaning thousands of people in Brooklyn participated in special religious rituals to mark the holy days. In the Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, Jewish residents burned bread and
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG — The city closed a daycare center on Monday after the school refused to provide vaccination records to the city in the wake of a measles outbreak which has now climbed to 329 cases. United Talmudical Academy, at 75 Ross St. in Williamsburg, is the first institution to close. Brooklyn’
Health
WILLIAMSBURG – The city today declared a public health emergency [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/press/2019/emergency-orders-measles.pdf] in Williamsburg that has been struggling to contain a measles outbreak within the Orthodox Jewish community. “Under the mandatory vaccinations, members of the City’s Department of Health and
Borough Park
WILLIAMSBURG — The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is naming names. Today it announced five more schools defied its mandate by allowing unvaccinated students to attend school, as the Brooklyn’s measles toll climbs to 158. The DOHMH first barred [/health-department-to-yeshiva-students-immunize-or-stay-home-as-measles-outbreak-spreads-across-southern-brooklyn/] unvaccinated students from attending schools in ultra-Orthodox communities
community
Cyclist holds a sign calling attention to the death of Aurilla Lawrence who was killed last Thursday night on her bike. Todd Maisel/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – “A ray of sunshine in a dark world.” That was the message at a memorial gathering of tearful bike messengers from throughout the city on Broadway