With great sadness we report the passing of R’ Tzion Yakubov OBM, the owner of the popular Kingston Bake Shop and long time Crown Heights resident. He passed away on Thursday, the 6th of Elul, 5782 following an extended illness.
On Friday, September 2, 2022, at 11:45 a.m., Congressman and Governor Candidate Lee Zeldin will be joined by local Jewish Community leaders outside the Jewish Children’s Museum to speak out against recent violent antisemitic attacks, the spread of antisemitic hate throughout New York and the lack of serious consequences and punishment for those who commit hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers.
As the city and state’s administrations look to restrict concealed gun carry following the Supreme Courts landmark ruling, some businesses have decided to do the opposite. This sign went up today on a local business, and many more may soon follow suit.
Nearly three million people are expected to descend on the Crown Heights area for an annual J’ouvert & West Indian American Labor Day Parade that has been canceled the last two years.
United Lubavitcher Yeshiva’s popular Simcha Hall received a beautiful and elegant upgrade this summer with a new modern entryway.
Repairs continue on the front entranceway to 770 with the pouring of a new cement base, paving the way for the return of 770’s iconic entryway.
A shooting marred the calm of Crown Heights Monday evening when a flurry of shots rang out in the park located at Kingston Ave and Park Pl.
Three thieves attempting to steal a moped in Crown Heights lost their loot and car in quick succession after Crown Heights Shomrim arrived and intervened.
During his daily Daf Yomi Shiur, Rabbi Eli Stefansky read a moving tribute to Crown Heights Businessman and Baal Tzedaka R’ Shimmy Ben-Abou who passed away just a few days ago. The tribute was submitted by Crown Heights resident R’ Shloimy Klein.
A group of Crown Heights businessmen met this week with the Hanhala of the Central Tomchei Temimim, to form a new committee which will serve to strengthen Tomchei Temimim at 770.
Nechoma Dina Eckhaus, a Crown Heights native and digital designer, has launched her debut gallery of artistic masterpieces in Jewish art, providing a modern yet timeless option for lovers of design.
Over the last year, many people who drove from New York State to Montreal, Quebec found a rude welcome when their vehicles were targeted by thieves and stolen.
With great sadness we report the untimely passing of R’ Shimmy Ben-Abou, a Crown Heights businessman and philanthropist who owned the Kosher Town Supermarket in Crown Heights. He passed away on Shabbos, the 30th of Av, 5782, following an illness.
This Shabbos at the BESHT: This weeks Shiur will be given by renowned Rabbi, Rabbi Michoel Seligson.
Missionaries have again targeted Crown Heights with a mailing of Shmad content, trying to entice Jewish residents into reading materials designed to lead them astray.
An explosion in a Sanitation truck picking up recycling on Sterling Street in Crown Heights created a scene Thursday after a discarded E-Bike Battery exploded and started a fire.
The “Vaad Bedek Habayis” began the final stage of the major exterior renovation of 770 Eastern Parkway this week having already finished work on the yard, sidewalk, and library of Agudas Chasidei Chabad completed throughout the summer months.
