Posts Tagged ‘brookland’
Contention BNCA meeting results in support for 901 Monroe Development
image excerpted from 901monroe.com
Last night’s marathon meeting of the Brookland Neighborhood Civic Association was the most well-attended meeting in years, and the reason was clear: passions are running high in the neighborhood over the 901 Monroe Street proposed development. The project, proposed at 61-feet with a C-2-B zoning is very controversial in the neighborhood over [...]
Early Morning Shooting, Crash Wakes Brookland
Just before 4am, a loud boom woke me from a cold sleep. I got up, looked around, and lay back down until I heard the sirens of a significant police and fire response. Dressing quickly, I was outside about 4:15am this morning, to see Engines 15 and 17 fighting a car fire in my neighbor’s [...]
More »Death at Construction Site in Brookland
‘construction vertigo’
courtesy of ‘amarino17′
[Update, 11:30a: DCRA has re-checked their records, and the site had all the required permits, and passed several inspections during the process. This appears to have just been a tragic accident, not a permitting process gone awry. OSHA has been brought in to investigate the incident. According to DCRA's Gil, the trench [...]
Late night robbery turns to police shootout in Brookland
‘Badged Audience’courtesy of ‘M.V. Jantzen’
A home invasion robbery in Brookland last night (10th and Irving Streets NE) turned into a shootout with police late last night, according to Commander Lamar Greene of the Fifth District. Greene reported that officers were responding to a reported burglary in process and “confirmed a home invasion, officers surrounded the [...]
Candlelight Vigil for Raj Patel tonight in Brookland
‘lights joined’courtesy of ‘philliefan99′
On Saturday night, two men in masks with guns walked into the Newton Food Mart to rob it. They held the owner’s wife and son at gunpoint when the owner, Raj Patel, came out from the back room. The robbers shot him in the chest and he died from his wounds. Tonight [...]
She Loves DC: Kaya Henderson – Interim Chancellor, DCPS
Photo courtesy of DCPS
Yesterday afternoon, we had the chance to sit down with DCPS Interim Superintendent Kaya Henderson to talk about her new position within the school system, what she loves about DC, and what her goals are as the new interim superintendent of the city schools.
You graduated from Georgetown, you have a bachelors in [...]
Where We Live: Brookland
’snowy, icy, icky’
courtesy of ‘wageslaves’
Welcome to the first installment of a new feature on We Love DC! Every two weeks, we’ll introduce you to a different neighborhood in the city. This week: Brookland! Located in Northeast, Brookland is full of small-town charm with the amenities of being in the middle of a big city. It’s walkable, [...]
