Vianella Burns

2 days ago | patch.com | Vianella Burns

BROOKLYN, NY — Are you hungry? Because A Bed-Stuy eatery just cracked the New York Times’ top 100 in NYC. A&A Bake Doubles and Roti, located at 1337 Fulton Street on the corner of Verona Place, is a new addition to the New York Times’ list of the 100 best restaurants in the city, which was released this week. "It’s always a scene at A&A, where Bedford-Stuyvesant locals shuffle along the line, pointing at trays of fall-apart oxtails and saucy curry chicken," according to the New York Times.

2 days ago | patch.com | Vianella Burns

BROOKLYN, NY — Police are searching for three suspects following the armed robbery of a 20-year-old man in Brooklyn, NYPD officials said. According to the NYPD, the 20-year-old victim was sitting inside Grace Playground at Belmont Avenue and New Jersey Avenue on May 10 when three men approached and quickly surrounded him. One of the suspects then pulled out a gun and forcibly took cash, iPhones, and other belongings before fleeing on foot.

2 days ago | patch.com | Vianella Burns

BROOKLYN, NY — An elderly man was left in critical condition after being struck by an MTA bus while waiting to cross a Brooklyn street, according to the NYPD. The 87-year-old man was standing at the corner of East 12th Street and Avenue Z around 6:40 p.m. on Monday when he was struck by an MTA bus making a left turn, police said. Responding officers found the man pinned beneath the city bus, and rushed him to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn in critical condition, police said.

2 days ago | patch.com | Vianella Burns

BROOKLYN, NY — A man was injured in an early morning shooting in Prospect Lefferts Gardens on Wednesday, police said. Police found the 28-year-old man with two gunshot wounds to the stomach outside 170 Fenimore St., near the corner of Flatbush Avenue, just before 3 a.m., officials said. First responders rushed the man to Kings County Hospital, where he is now listed in stable condition, an NYPD spokesperson told Patch.

3 days ago | patch.com | Vianella Burns

BROOKLYN, NY — A massive new Lidl supermarket has officially opened in Downtown Brooklyn, nearly a year and a half after the grocer signed a long-term lease on Fulton Street. The new 30,000-square-foot Lidl is located at 490 Fulton Street near Bond Street, in a space formerly occupied by an Express Factory Outlet, Chase Bank, and Burlington.