Announcements
KENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK/WINDSOR TERRACE – The P.S. 130 PTA is holding its 8th Annual Spring Auction on Saturday, April 14, from 6:00pm to 9:30pm at Don Patron located at 1217 Church Avenue in Ditmas Park. The school is looking to raise $30,000 and so far the
Central Brooklyn
57 Caton Place is the yellow brick building. To the left of it is Kensington Stables and The Kestrel. To the right – a church parking lot.WINDSOR TERRACE – The owners of 57 Caton Place, (57 Caton Partners, LLC) have proposed to rezone parts of the block their lot is on
Central Brooklyn
WINDSOR TERRACE – The family of a Windsor Terrace woman who passed away unexpectedly on Monday has set up a GoFundMe page [https://www.gofundme.com/t4auh-tonyas-funeral-expenses] for her seven-year-old twins. Tonya Muro via us.iearn.org [http://us.iearn.org/news/in-memory-of-tonya-muro] Tonya Muro was the Executive Director of iEARN-USA
Big Story
Scene of the incident last night, where a right turning box truck with Bread depo logos on the sides killed a pedestrian crossing Ocean Parkway. Photo by Sam Polcer.We are incredibly sad to report that last night another life was claimed at the intersection of Church Avenue and Ocean
Announcements
Photo via Brooklyn Prospect Charter SchoolWINDSOR TERRACE – Just 90 minutes after the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-respond-shooting-parkland-florida-high-school-n848101] , two teenage boys went to social media, threatening a shooting at Brooklyn Prospect Charter School. [https://www.brooklynprospect.org/] “Don’
Arts & Culture
WINDSOR TERRACE – Park Slope filmmaker Jay Cusato [http://www.jcusato.com/] will present two dramatic readings of Stoopdreamer this weekend, a play documenting the gentrification of the once predominantly Irish-American, working class community of Windsor Terrace. The performances will be staged in the very neighborhood where the story takes place
Announcements
Photo: NYC DOT via Twitter [https://twitter.com/NYC_DOT]PROSPECT PARK – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/001-18/mayor-de-blasio-prospect-park-now-completely-car-free-starting-today] on Tuesday that Prospect Park is “now completely car-free.” As of January 2, Prospect Park’s entire loop drive is permanently off-limits to private cars.
Central Brooklyn
The Peking Express restaurant, which was burglarized on Christmas Eve (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Police are looking for the man who burglarized the Peking Express restaurant across from McGolrick Park on Christmas Eve. Around 10:15 pm on Sunday, December 24, a man used an unknown object to force
Central Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Monday, December 11, 2017 at 12pm] – More information has come out regarding the hit-and-run incident that occurred in Prospect Park last Thursday morning. Michael Gitelis, an 18-year-old from Flatlands, stole a Hyundai Sonata in Camden, New Jersey some time after midnight on Thursday, December 7 and drove into Brooklyn,
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – The NYPD is searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian in Prospect Park this morning. Photo via Harvey K / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theharv58/6805188814/in/photolist-bnmnxC-7KqGp4-dhysjP-9XGVEn-9rQvTt-ecVqDK-ab77GB-9bfUCg-5HdCGb-4KPf6B-8392Ri-6cBDwA-9rJYYc-a8BgD9-51638U-b3kp8-5fqYA6-ab9XEj-CWBFEx-4tm4p-64tP7S-dK8RG-d3cwQU-ao23y9-ftTWf-9WAzC2-ab9XBJ-do4uFD-mLPih-4sYLvC-pUNQcw-2jzEnw-7z82jY-9EVarh-3ASWC-iJXA2n-do4C9h-8ojEVe-vbSNk-4zLBCi-8ByMpE-67qp
Animals
WINDSOR TERRACE – Kensington Stables [http://kensingtonstables.com] may be safe for the next five years, according to the property’s seller. Kensington Stables (Photo: BKLYNER)The stables, located near Prospect Park at 55 Caton Place near East 8th Street, went on the auction block in February [/historic-kensington-stables-sold-bankruptcy-auction-week/]. The property was
Central Brooklyn
WINDSOR TERRACE – An anonymous LLC recently filed for permits to construct a three-story residential building at 271 McDonald Avenue across from Green-Wood Cemetery at Fort Hamilton Parkway. 271 McDonald Avenue via Google MapsThe 30-foot-tall building will feature 12 apartments, approximately 1,162 square feet each, which typically connotes condominiums, according