This Week In BKLYNER: Bengali New Year, Black-Owned Coffee Shops & More

Fitzhugh Karol’s Searches, 2017 at Prospect Park (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)

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Brooklyn Heights: Scaffolding Collapse Injures 3 In Brooklyn Heights

Bay Ridge: Bay Ridge Democratic District Leader Seat Opens Up

Kensington: “Shubho Noboborsho!” — Kensington Celebrates Bengali New Year

Flatlands/Flatbush: Two Deaths In Flatlands and Flatbush Over The Weekend

Prospect Park: Prominent Lawyer Dies After Setting Self On Fire In Prospect Park

Brooklyn Heights/Prospect Heights: Students From Two Brooklyn Schools Will Have Artwork Exhibited In Group Show At The Guggenheim

Brooklyn-wide: 37 Black-Owned Coffee Shops In Brooklyn – Updated With Map

Williamsburg: Take A Look At Williamsburg’s New Waterfront Park, Opening This June

Bushwick: 100 Affordable Units Up For Grabs at Former Rheingold Site in Bushwick

Bed-Stuy: Famed Architect Daniel Libeskind’s First NYC Building Will Be An Affordable Senior Residence In Bed-Stuy

Green-Wood Cemetery: Statue Of Controversial Doctor Removed From Central Park… And Sent To Brooklyn

Brooklyn-wide: DUMBO Remains Priciest Neighborhood In Brooklyn

Bed-Stuy: Bed-Stuy Block Co-Named Jackie Robinson Way

Bushwick: Rats! De Blasio Visits Bushwick To Announce Rodent Extermination Plan

Coney Island: Republican Liam McCabe Likely To Run For Assembly Seat Vacated By Pamela Harris

Bensonhurst: Will Senator Simcha Felder Return To The Democrats?

Bushwick: Eye-Popping Primary Color Apartments Headed for Bushwick’s Stanhope Street

Boerum Hill: CB2 Land-Use Committee Votes Against 80 Flatbush Development

Carroll Gardens: Emma’s Torch Relocates To Smith Street In Former Wilma Jean Space

Bensonhurst: Water Main Repairs In Bensonhurst Are Almost Completed

Brooklyn-wide: Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair Resigns Following Opposition To Proposed Changes In Rules

Borough Hall: Celebrate Arab-American Heritage at Borough Hall Next Week!

Greenpoint: Food, Cocktails And Rock & Roll: NYC’s Taste Of The Nation Event

Fort Greene/Bushwick: Brooklyn Borough President Launches #BLKCoffeeInBK Tour

Dyker Heights: Dyker Heights Postal Worker Arrested After 17,000 Pieces Of Undelivered Mail Found In His Possession

Fort Greene: BRIC Wins Five 2018 New York Emmy Awards