Billy Richling is a staff reporter for Bklyner, covering politics, real estate and everything else. He lives in Flatbush, and previously worked for the Times Square Alliance.
Central Brooklyn
Recent mailers from Senator Kevin Parker. (Image: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)Internet safety. NYPD entrance exams. Lupus Awareness Month. Anti-Asian hate crimes. Those are just four topics from a deluge of mass mailers from Brooklyn State Senator Kevin Parker that some constituents say have flooded their mailboxes in recent weeks. “I’
hate crimes
Vandalism at the Tayba Islamic Center on Coney Island Avenue. (Image: Imran Khan)A Brooklyn mosque was vandalized with the words “Death 2 Palestine” early Thursday morning, during the Eid-al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. At about 6:45am, officers responded to a 911 call at the Tayba
Central Brooklyn
Rendering of the approved development. (Image: Morris Adjmi Architects)The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved a hotly-contested proposal to build a residential development next to the Hebron Seventh Day Adventist School in Crown Heights on Tuesday,. The development, which the LPC approved unanimously at its Tuesday hearing [https:
environment
A railing above Newtown Creek. (Image: Paul Stremple/Bklyner)The Department of City Planning (DCP) published draft goals and strategies [https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterfrontplan.nyc%2Fdraft-goals-and-strategies&data=04%7C01%7CCWassif%40planning.nyc.gov%7Cba619a14e8894b41ce4408d913bffb16%7C32f56fc75f814e22a95b15da66513bef%7C0%7C0%7C637562537525196594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%
Central Brooklyn
Kings Highway Plaza at 5200 Kings Highway. (Image: RIPCO Real Estate)A new Target has opened in East Flatbush, alongside outposts of Smashburger and the discount store Five Below. All three leases are within the Kings Highway Plaza [https://www.ripcony.com/property-listings/5200-kings-hwy-brooklyn-ny-11234/] development at 5200 Kings Highway, and
Cypress Hills
Image: NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Hank Gutman at a press event on Conduit Boulevard on Monday, May 10th. (Image: NYC DOT)The city is lowering the speed limit on a major eastern Brooklyn thoroughfare in an attempt to reduce crashes and save lives. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this
Gowanus
The Gowanus Canal. (Image: Google Maps)A judge has temporarily stopped the clock on the contested Gowanus rezoning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page] process, ordering the city to provide the court with details for a planned public meeting before the process can continue. On Friday,
Election 2021
Five candidates seeking to represent Coney Island in the City Council gathered virtually on Thursday night to talk about the neighborhood’s challenges and opportunities. Last month, Coney Island celebrated the long-awaited reopening [/amusement-parks-reopen-in-a-much-needed-boost-for-coney-island/] of its amusement parks after a long, pandemic-induced closure. But the tourism-reliant neighborhood still faces major
Election 2021
Candidates seeking to represent north Brooklyn in the City Council laid out their plans to improve the area’s parks, public spaces and environment at a virtual forum [https://www.facebook.com/NBKParks/videos/292728329099431] last week. While all of the candidates said they support increasing funding for the city’
Borough Park
At a virtual forum Thursday afternoon, five leading candidates for Brooklyn Borough President weighed in—or demurred—on a hot-button issue for Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community: how strictly to regulate secular education in the city’s yeshivas. The candidates—Council Members Antonio Reynoso [https://www.reynosoforbrooklyn.com/], Robert Cornegy
News
Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes and Council Member Antonio Reynoso at a press event on Thursday, May 6th, 2021. (Image: Billy Richling/Bklyner)Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes and Council Member Antonio Reynoso joined local residents outside NYCHA’s Red Hook Houses on Thursday afternoon to draw attention to ongoing cooking gas
Central Brooklyn
The “New & Noteworthy” section at the remodeled Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. (Image: BPL)The leadership of Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) and public officials gathered on Thursday morning to unveil the first phase of a $60-million-renovation of the Central Library branch at Grand Army Plaza. The renovation