Police from Carroll Gardens plans to protect the residents of 76th precinct by alerting drivers who leave electronics inside of their cars. Trying to prevent car break-ins, police officers will be sending warning pictures to the drivers who left their valuables in a visible place inside the vehicle. It is an attempt to make the...
Author: Izabela Rutkowski (Rutkowski Izabela)
Another Car Accident in Bay Ridge
30-year-old woman was hit by a car when she was crossing Forth Avenue in Bay Ride breaking one of her arms and causing head trauma. It is the latest of a series of car accidents in Bay Ridge which Fourth Avenue was declared the third most dangerous corridor in Brooklyn by The National Highway Traffic...
Fired for Complaining about Unsafe Working Conditions
Employees who complained about unsafe working conditions were fired from a major community organization in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a new lawsuit says. Three people working in Restoration Corporation complained about facing hazardous materials including mold, asbestos and bodily fluids and two weeks after were fired. Read the story at dnainfo.com
Animated GIF’s on Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn Academy of Music will host the city’s first large-scale showcase of animated GIF’s. Graphic Interchange Format photos will be displayed on a large screen on Flatbush Avenue. See the story at the New York Daily News.
What’s Old is New Again: Cloth Diapers
Six women sat on comfy couches and massaged their bellies. They spoke about sleeping habits, organic food and midwives. They introduced each other and instead of giving an age, they proudly talked about how far along they were in their pregnancies. Faced with the plethora of products for their babies, the group of pregnant Brooklynites...
Bakery Rolls Back Prices to 1983 for One Day Only
To mark its 30th anniversary, T&D bakery rolled back their prices for one day only to what they charged in 1983, the year they opened the store.
Volunteers Restore Photos Damaged During Sandy
When water flooded the first floor of her Mill Basin house, 82-year old Shirley Swiss was riding out the hurricane with her daughter, Nancy Dimondsten. The two women nervously lingered on the top floor of Swiss’s two-story house when they both suddenly realized that the living room coffee table where Swiss kept all family photos...
An Art Project For Everyone
A Williamsburg’s library of 26,000 sketchbooks began its 2013 tour.
Merchants in Bay Ridge Fear Toll Hikes Will Hurt Business
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge round-trip toll shoots up to $15. Brooklyn merchants worry what it might mean for their Staten Island customers.
Public Drinking Complaints Soar in Greenpoint
Kerry Jones opened her small shop featuring artesian goods in Greenpoint more than a year ago. The neighborhood that is transforming from an enclave of Polish immigrants to a world of artists and young professionals was her favorite place in the city. Then, she began to notice the neighborhood’s famous drinkers who often sit in...