Remembering 9/11

Photo by MK Metz

Sept. 11, 2001
View from the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.


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Candlelight Vigil in Brooklyn Tonight (Monday) to Mourn Police Killings

Tonight (Monday) at 7:00 PM, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will hold a candlelight vigil at Grand Army Plaza with police officers, interfaith leaders, and community members.

A statement from the BP's office says the vigil is being held "in the wake of recent acts of violence nationwide, including two men fatally shot by police in Louisiana and Minnesota as well as five Dallas law enforcement officers killed during a protest of police-involved shootings."

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ISIS Can't Come to Brooklyn, and More Brooklyn Briefs

RT @DevCNY: ISIS Can’t Come To Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/UY1zcO6nDy

— Darleny López (@darlopez) November 16, 2015

- It's official: ISIS can't come to Brooklyn. (Memorable video above; language alert.)

- Help redesign city streets at the Atlantic Avenue Safety Improvement Workshop. [Brownstoner]

- A 70-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a vehicle on Atlantic Avenue Monday afternoon. [DNAinfo]

- Photos: Brooklynites march in candlelight vigil past French cafes and bistros to honor Paris. [Brooklyn Eagle]

- Two taken to hospital after shooting at a bus stop in Canarsie. [ABC7]

- Brooklyn's Ample Hills just landed $4 million to launch an ice cream empire. [Eater]

- One person was stabbed and another was punched in the face Monday afternoon on a subway platform in East NY. [NBC]

- Wonderful video plays tribute to South Brooklyn's enduring mom and pop stores.  [PMFA]

- A bicycle delivery man was critically injured when a tree fell on him in Red Hook Monday afternoon. [ABC7]

- Still waiting for FIOS? Brooklyn BP Eric Adams will be hosting a public forum on Verizon's Brooklyn rollout Tuesday night. [Brownstoner]

- An ad that surfaced last week on Craigslist offering a tricked-out dumpster as a rentable apartment was phony. [Brooklyn Eagle] 

- Just once month before 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens,' Gowanus’ Halyards Bar is showing every ‘Star Wars’ movie in the nerdiest way possible. [Brokelyn]


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9/11 Memorial Services in Brooklyn

The Sept. 11 Tribute in Light, from Brooklyn. Photo: MK Metz

If you would like to attend a special service or memorial event in Brooklyn today in honor of the almost 3,000 people who lost their lives in the World Trade Center on 9/11/2001, several sources have compiled events.

* The Brooklyn Eagle has put together a roundup of interfaith 9/11 remembrance services in Brooklyn Heights. These include Grace Church's annual Sept. 11 Requiem Eucharist on Friday at 7:30 a.m., and Assumption Roman Catholic Church's annual 9-11 Mass of Remembrance for the firemen at the Engine Co. 205/Hook and Ladder 118 firehouse on Middagh Street.

The 10:45 a.m. Mass will honor Fr. Judge and the eight firefighters from Engine 205/Hook & Ladder 118: Captain Martin J. Egan, Lt. Robert Wallace, Lt. Robert Regan, Firefighter Vernon Cherry, FF Leon Smith, FF Joseph Agnello, FF Peter Vega and FF Scott Davidson.

* Bensonhurst Bean details Senator Marty Golden's two 9/11 memorial events in South Brooklyn, the first one in Marine Park, at 6 p.m. and a second vigil at the American Veterans Memorial Pier at 7:30 p.m.  The ceremonies will feature a patriotic program, including a 21-gun salute and a candle lighting vigil.

In addition, neighbors have organized an annual candle lighting vigil at 6:30 p.m. at Bill Brown Playground — also known as Bedford Park.

* On Friday evening, Bargemusic will present a free Memorial Concert. More on this at BHB. 

Across the city, a moment of silence will be observed at 8:46 a.m., the moment when flight 11 hit the north tower of the World Trade Center.


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Brooklyn War Memorial Restoration Campaign Kicks Off

Brooklyn’s WWII veterans were honored at the Brooklyn War Memorial in Cadman Plaza Park on Sunday.

The Memorial is dedicated to the more than 300,000 men and women of Brooklyn who served in WWII. Inside the stately structure -- which has been closed since 1990 -- are the names of roughly 11,500 Brooklyn service members who died during the war.

The Cadman Park Concervancy has established a GoFundMe campaign to raise  money to refurbish and reopen the Memorial. It's about time!

Visit brooklynwarmemorial.org to learn more.


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