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Headlines: Crime Drop Continues For Sheepshead Bay Station House Emeline Michel Comes To Brooklyn Center New York State Lawmakers Vote To Delay The City’s Plastic Bag Bill Three Suspects Charged With Gang Assault Following Death Of Coney Island Woman BKLYN DESIGNS Accepting Applications Crime Drop Continues For Sheepshead Bay Station House By Carly Miller on Feb 07, 2017 04:49 pm Crime is down in almost every major felony in Sheepshead Bay’s 61st Precinct for 2016, according to annual crime statistics released by the NYPD. In the seven major crimes — murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, grand larceny auto — the precinct’s crime rate plummeted 21.5 percent in 2016, compared to just 4.8 […] Emeline Michel Comes To Brooklyn Center By BKLYNER on Feb 07, 2017 04:00 pm Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts continues its season on Saturday, March 4 with Haitian singer/songwriter Emeline Michel. Called “the Joni Mitchell of Haiti,” Ms. Michel has toured the globe both as a performer and in her role as a Red Cross Ambassador. With “a voice serene and warm like the breeze” (The New York […] New York State Lawmakers Vote To Delay The City’s Plastic Bag Bill By Carly Miller on Feb 07, 2017 02:26 pm Yesterday, New York State lawmakers approved a measure to delay the City Council’s Plastic Bag Bill, which would slap a 5 cent fee on disposable grocery bags. The Republican-led State Senate voted in favor of a moratorium on the Bag Bill 43-16, as part of an agreement between the Senate and Assembly, halting the bill at […] Three Suspects Charged With Gang Assault Following Death Of Coney Island Woman By Carly Miller on Feb 07, 2017 10:03 am Two women and one man have been charged with gang assault after the death of a woman inside a Coney Island housing project earlier this year. Cops found Vanessa Rivera, 42, inside Surfside Gardens Houses on West 33rd Street between Neptune and Mermaid Avenues on Saturday, January 21 around 4pm, said cops. She had trauma to her […] BKLYN DESIGNS Accepting Applications By BKLYNER on Feb 06, 2017 05:00 pm Brooklyn’s premiere design event, BKLYN DESIGNS, is gearing up for another successful edition at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint from May 5-7, 2017. Presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the show will kick off the first weekend of NYCxDESIGN – New York City’s official citywide celebration of design – with a pool of […] See ALL News Brooklyn Headlines: Crime Drop Continues For Sheepshead Bay Station House  Emeline Michel Comes To Brooklyn Center  Flatbush Farm Put Out To Pasture  Romantic Restaurants For Valentine’s Day (North Brooklyn)  New York State Lawmakers Vote To Delay The City’s Plastic Bag Bill  Blindspot Filming in Ditmas Park  Kensington School Kicks-Off Black History Month With A Beat  Three Suspects Charged With Gang Assault Following Death Of Coney Island Woman  BKLYN DESIGNS Accepting Applications  Cars Registered Out Of State Cost The City Millions In Revenue, Reports Find  See More News Local Promotions Discount on Trail Blazers PLG Day Camp and Overnight Camps BKLYNER Reader Discount TAX SEASON PROMOTION FOR FREELANCERS See ALL Promotions   Subscribe Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Instagram Contact us! Have a story idea? Contact editor@bklyner.com 347-533-4474 Want to advertise? Contact us! View this email in your browser Past Issues