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.
Development
The proposed River Ring development in Williamsburg. (Image: Bjarke Ingels Group and James Corner Field Operations)A large-scale development proposal that would bring two massive mixed-use towers and a beach to the Williamsburg waterfront is back on the table after a coronavirus-induced pause. The project, known as River Ring [https:
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Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte, who chairs the Brooklyn Democratic Party.The ongoing battle between the Brooklyn Democratic Party [https://www.brooklyndems.com/] and its official youth arm reached a new low last week, after party chair Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn declined to re-certify the charter of the Brooklyn Young Democrats [https://www.
Education
Rendering of the new rooftop garden planned for P.S. 97 in Gravesend. (Image: NYC School Construction Authority)A crowded Gravesend public school will get a long-awaited extension, including a new greenhouse facility and roof garden, by the fall of this year. The $70 million addition to P.S. 97,
Borough Park
Highlawn School in GravesendTwo MTA buses blocking each other’s path yesterday evening at a Boro Park intersection resulted in a conflict between the drivers and a massive traffic backup, according to videos shared to Twitter. The cause, the MTA says: an illegally parked minivan and shipping container. In the
Downtown Brooklyn
City Council Candidate Elizabeth Adams issued a novelty parking violation to DOT and NYPD in Downtown Brooklyn on Thursday morning. (Image: Billy Richling) Elizabeth Adams stood near a vehicle-blocked Downtown Brooklyn bike lane with transit advocates and cartoonishly large traffic violation notices on Thursday morning to call for an end
Bensonhurst
Last week’s rally. Courtesy of Jimmy LiBrooklyn’s elected officials and community leaders reacted with sadness, frustration and anger after news broke that multiple spas in the Atlanta area were targeted in shootings [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/17/us/atlanta-shooting-spa.html] on Tuesday that claimed the lives
Development
A rendering of the proposed Acme Smoked Fish development in Greenpoint. (Image: Gensler Architects)A rezoning proposal that would facilitate the creation of a nine-story office building along with a new processing facility for Acme Smoked Fish [https://www.acmesmokedfish.com/] in Greenpoint took the next step toward approval, after
Central Brooklyn
The June 22nd Democratic primary is just a few months away, and all eyes are on the mayor’s race. But there are also several highly competitive races for City Council, Borough President and judicial seats happening in Brooklyn. In the absence of formal polling, contribution numbers can give us
affordable housing
Rendering of the proposed development a 737 Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park—center of the image. (Image: DencityWorks Architecture)Council Member Carlos Menchaca announced his support Tuesday morning for a controversial spot-rezoning that would allow for the creation of a 14-story mixed-use building at 737 Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park.
COVID-19
Images of some of the New Yorkers lost to the pandemic were projected onto the Brooklyn Bridge during the COVID-19 Day of Remembrance ceremony (Image: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)The city paid tribute to some of the 30,000 New Yorkers who lost their lives to the coronavirus by
Central Brooklyn
Chava Sharabani, right, has unsuccessfully pushed for more than a decade to convince her ex-husband to sign a legal Jewish divorce. She appears here with Amber Adler, a City Council candidate who said she had previously struggled with similar issues, and Adler’s two children. (Image: Anna Rathkopf)Chava Sharabani
News
It’s been a long, busy week in Brooklyn, but the sun is shining and the weather is warm. Here are some end-of-the-week links from around the web to keep you in the know. * A growing number of the borough’s elected officials are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to