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Around 1:40 pm this afternoon, an airplane was circling over Dyker Heights. Citizen showed this.
Saturday, July 1st, 2023School on 13th Avenue & 64th Street Is Wrapped
I saw what looked like a huge garbage bag around Diafthora School on 13th Avenue and 64th Street. The school received the nickname Diafthora, which means corruption in Greek. (Info) I wondered what the construction company was doing that they needed to cover the building. Then I noticed the wind blowing and the hole in […]
Sunday, June 25th, 2023RIP Brian Crespo
Brian Crespo was only 14 years old. (News here, here and here) RIP. .
Sunday, June 25th, 2023MESA Charter High School Wants to Know If Parents Are Interested in It Opening Here
MESA charter high school is looking to open another location in the Fall of 2025. They want to know if there is an interest in South Brooklyn. If you are interested, take this survey. Info on the school’s current location is Bushwick: MESA Charter High School opened its doors on August 19, 2013, and for […]
Saturday, June 24th, 2023Fire at Giovanni’s Brooklyn Eats Restaurant
Giovanni’s Brooklyn Eats Restaurant at 1657 8th Avenue in South Slope had a fire in their kitchen this morning around 11:00 am this morning. (Video here) Thankfully, there was no customers in the restaurant and the staff was able to get out. The restaurant has a lot of damage, so it will be awhile before […]
Friday, June 23rd, 2023Charlie Ragusa Can’t Endorse Justin Brannan – Why Would Brannan Ask Him?
The NY Post had a story about Councilman Justin Brannan (See here) Justin Brannan called Charlie Ragusa, a Brooklyn Democratic Party State Committeeman and District Leader in Southern Brooklyn since 1982. Brannan and Ragusa spoke over the phone about endorsements on Wednesday. Charlie Ragusa told Brannan it was too early for an endorsement because the […]
Friday, June 23rd, 2023St. Dominic’s Street Festival is on 6/24
Other events happening (See here) .
Thursday, June 22nd, 2023$12,000 Stolen from Figland Market
Figland Market at 6512 14th Avenue was robbed at 5:00 am on June 14th. (Story in the Brooklyn Reporter) The thieves went through the back door of the halal meat store. .
Thursday, June 22nd, 2023Brook-Krasny Says Wind Transmission Act is Wonderful, But Don’t Leave Out Public Input
Yesterday, I spoke on the Assembly floor about the Planned Offshore Wind Transmission Act, a bill that would allow more wind power development near Jones Beach State Park without any input from the local community. I came to America from the Soviet Union where the government… pic.twitter.com/4OawNfBUjq — Assemblymember Brook-Krasny (@AlecBrookKrasny) June 22, 2023 .
Tuesday, June 20th, 2023Shirtless Man Assaulted Man on 65th Street
The title from the Citizen App sounds funny, but it isn’t. A man was assaulted on 65th Street and 18th Avenue around 1:40 pm. As the police gather information, the video pans to the shirt on the ground. .
Tuesday, June 20th, 2023Guardians of the Guardian at CB 10’s Meeting
A representative of Guardians of the Guardian was at Community Board 10 last week. Thank you to these great Brooklynites for standing up for Brooklyn! The last we heard from the Guardians of the Guardian was in 2010 when they worked to get Angel Guardian Home Landmarked. (See here) This property was always well-maintained. The […]
Tuesday, June 20th, 20239 Story Building on 63rd Street & 12th Avenue?!
Josephine, the District Manager of Community Board 10 wrote a letter to Sarah Carroll, the Chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission about a nine-story building on 63rd and 12th Avenue with a strange property line extending to the 64th Street behind the landmarked Angel Guardian Home! In September 2022, when this property was being planned […]
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