Local Heroes And Horses Highlight Brooklyn Week In Review

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – Here's a roundup of the top headlines from Patch from around Brooklyn this week.

Prospect Park Horses Deliver Supplies During Coronavirus

The clip-clop of hooves echoed through pandemic-stricken Brooklyn streets as horses carted valuable supplies and food. It's not a scene from the 1918 influenza — perhaps the last pandemic during the "horse and buggy" era. Read more...

Local Hero's Masks Protect Neighbors, Benefit Food Pantry Efforts

As a branded content writer for Buzzfeed, Kemi Ajisekola isn't typically accustomed to slow workdays. Her typical Monday-Friday routine is filled with producing web stories that center around retail, fashion and fitness clients driven by advertising efforts that have slowed considerably during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more...

Bed-Stuy Left Out Of City's Open Streets Social Distancing Effort

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN - A further 12 miles of streets across New York City will be open only for foot and bicycle traffic starting Thursday, including in many Brooklyn neighborhoods. Boerum Hill? Check. Carroll Gardens? Check. Park Slope? Yes, with an asterisk. Bed-Stuy? Nope. Read more..

Brooklyn Community Groups, Churches Speak Out On Social Distance

BROOKLYN, NY - Leave spreading the word on social distancing to local churches and community groups, not the NYPD. That was the consensus from a round table discussion hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Wednesday. He set up the virtual meet up after reports and videos showing that black and brown New Yorkers bear the brunt of harsh social distancing enforcement by cops. Read more...

Teen Accused Of Beating Girl For Air Jordans Killed In BK: Report

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN - A 16-year-old boy shot and killed in Crown Heights was part of an infamous, caught-on-video March crowd attack on a girl, according to police and reports. Police found Tyquan Howard on Tuesday afternoon with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, authorities said. Medics rushed him to Brooklyn Hospital where doctors later pronounced him dead. Read more...

Brooklyn Woman Shares 'My Local Heroes' Tales During Coronavirus

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN - A bicycle shop owner who turned down a $7 million offer for his property. The artist who founded a blog to promote local artists without asking for a dime. A boutique owner who switched from making wedding dresses to protective masks amid the new coronavirus outbreak. These are just a few of Eleanor Traubman's heroes. Read more...

Rapper Nick Blixky Shot Dead In Brooklyn

PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS, BROOKLYN - An up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper died after being shot on his hometown's streets, police said. Nickalus Thompson, 21, was better known as Nick Blixky — an artist whose videos racked up millions of views on YouTube and reportedly was set to release a new album. Read more...