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.
affordable housing
114 Kingsland Avenue (Image: Google Maps)IMAGE A proposal for a four-story apartment development in East Williamsburg is facing resistance from the local community board over larger concerns about a loss of manufacturing space in Brooklyn. Solomon Feder is looking to build eight rental units, all one-bedrooms or studios, on
Central Brooklyn
The newly renovated Concert Grove Pavilion inside Prospect Park (Image: C. Paul Martinka)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. Representatives from the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/], the city’
environment
315 Berry Street (Image: Google Maps)A proposal to install energy infrastructure on a Williamsburg roof to ease the load on north Brooklyn’s power grid faces angry opposition from tenants who say they’re being left in the dark. The company MicroGrid Networks [https://mgn.energy/] (MGN) is looking
Central Brooklyn
Left to right: Stephen Levin (CD33), Carlos Menchaca (CD38) and Brad Lander (CD39)After a pandemic-induced pause, the city’s participatory budgeting program is restarted yesterday in three Brooklyn City Council districts. Participatory budgeting [https://council.nyc.gov/pb/], a City Council-run program that allows members of the public to
Coney Island
Coney Island during NYC’s phase 2 reopening last July. (Image: Erica Price)The famed amusement district is poised to re-open this week. This Friday, April 9, Deno’s Wonder Wheel Amusement Park [https://www.denoswonderwheel.com/] and Luna Park [https://lunaparknyc.com/] will open to the public, albeit at
Arts & Culture
Melanie Charles performing at the Breathing Pavilion. (Image: Argenis Apollinario/Downtown Brooklyn Partnership)The normally bustling plaza at 300 Ashland Place [https://www.downtownbrooklyn.com/listings/the-plaza-at-300-ashland] is now a place for quiet introspection. That’s thanks to a weekly live music series [https://www.downtownbrooklyn.com/events/breathing-pavilion-a-weekly-music-series-featuring-joel-ross] presented
Business
A two-part panel on low-income entrepreneurship in Brooklyn organized by the Center for an Urban Future included LaToya Meaders from Collective Fare, Camille Newman from the Brooklyn Women’s Business Center, Chymeka Olfonse from BUILD NYC, La-Shawn Allen-Muhammad from the Central Brooklyn EDC and Ras Omeil Morgan from iaRas iTal.
Holidays
Image via davidking [https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidking/2357160552/].To all who celebrate, a very happy Easter from all of us at Bklyner. In Christianity, Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection [https://tntribune.com/what-is-easter/] of Jesus Christ following his crucifixion on Good Friday, a foundational moment for the faith.
hate crimes
Pakistani American Youth Society co-founder Kashif Hussain (Image: Billy Richling/Bklyner)MIDWOOD – Community leaders, elected officials and candidates for local office gathered at the heart of Brooklyn’s Pakistani community Thursday afternoon to mourn the killing of a DC Uber driver and demand an end to hate. 66-year-old Pakistani immigrant
Food & Drink
Attorney General Letitia James and other elected officials announcing a settlement with Hillandale Farms Corporation. (Image: AG’s office)New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured 1.2 million eggs for food banks around the state, as part of a settlement against a prominent egg producer [https://lnks.gd/
Bed Stuy
Michael Hollingsworth (Image: Tess Mayer)Tenant organizer Michael Hollingsworth [https://www.m4bk.com/] has been endorsed by a notable construction and building union in his run for a Fort Greene City Council seat. LiUNA-NY [https://liuna-ny.org/#about], a PAC connected to the New York branch of the Laborers’ International
News
Marijuana. (Photo by dankdepot/Flickr)After years of political wrangling, the New York State legislature voted to legalize recreational marijuana [https://abcnews.go.com/US/york-legalizes-recreational-marijuana-expunges-pot-convictions/story?id=76775175] use this week. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation on Wednesday, less than a day after the State Senate and Assembly