It’s been a busy week in Brooklyn—when is it not?—but the weekend is finally upon us. The weather is rainy...
20K-Square-Foot Aldi Supermarket Coming to Flatbush Junction
Flatbush is getting a new supermarket. The discount supermarket chain Aldi has signed a lease for a 20,110-square-foot space at...
Cornegy Snags Transit Workers Union Endorsement in Brooklyn Borough President Race
Council Member Robert Cornegy, Jr. has picked up an endorsement from the city’s major transit union in his campaign to...
New Schools Data Shows Large Attendance Disparities for Students in Shelter and English Language Learners
New York City students living in shelters missed an average of nearly one of every four school days this January,...
Rejuvenation, Celebration and “Ridiculous Emceeing” at BAM’s First Live Virtual Spring Event
Rejuvenation, celebration and “ridiculous emceeing.” That’s what BAM has on offer for its first live, virtual concert of the spring,...
Brooklyn’s Open Streets Expose Tensions In Gentrifying Neighborhoods
The city’s Open Streets program, in which streets are closed off to vehicular traffic to create space for pedestrians and...
City Announces New, Free Summer Education Program for All Students
School and camp are getting rolled into one “holistic” youth experience this summer, in an attempt to improve the student...
Ramadan Mubarak from Bklyner!
From all of us at Bklyner: Ramadan kareem to those who celebrate! Ramadan is the most sacred month of the...
Amusement Parks Reopen in a Much-Needed Boost for Coney Island
New York’s families, elected officials and candidates descended on Coney Island on Friday morning to celebrate the reopening of the...
Williamsburg Houses RAD Conversion Plan Begins to Take Shape
Plans to transfer the NYCHA’s Williamsburg Houses—one of the oldest public housing complexes in the country—to private management under the...
New Poll Shows Broad Support for Return to 24-Hour Subway Service
A new survey of New York City voters finds broad support for a return to overnight subway service. The report,...
Small East Williamsburg Residential Proposal Gets Caught in a Larger Fight Over Land Use
IMAGE A proposal for a four-story apartment development in East Williamsburg is facing resistance from the local community board over...
Prospect Park’s Concert Grove is Open!
Prospect Park’s Concert Grove officially reopened today with a fresh look, after years of being fenced off from the public due to structural damage.
Plan to Install Green Energy Storage on Williamsburg Roof Raises Tenants’ Ire
A proposal to install energy infrastructure on a Williamsburg roof to ease the load on north Brooklyn’s power grid faces...
From Books to Bathrooms, Participatory Budgeting Voting Kicks Off in Three Brooklyn Council Districts
From now through April 14th, any resident aged 11 or older in these Council Districts will be able to vote for project proposals in their area.
