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Billy Richling

Billy Richling

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.
Mar
30
Design Nonprofit Launches Fellowship to Envision the Future of Gowanus

Design Nonprofit Launches Fellowship to Envision the Future of Gowanus

A rendering of the storefront of Van Alen Institute’s new location at 303 Bond Street in Gowanus, remade as
4 min read
Mar
29
Unintended Consequences: Advocates Concerned State Housing Bill Could Hurt Industrial Business Zones

Unintended Consequences: Advocates Concerned State Housing Bill Could Hurt Industrial Business Zones

State lawmakers are considering legislation to increase the city’s affordable housing stock, but groups who represent Brooklyn’s working
4 min read
Mar
29
Wonderforest Nature Preschool and Cain Sloan Store To Open At Pacific Park

Wonderforest Nature Preschool and Cain Sloan Store To Open At Pacific Park

38 Sixth Avenue in Pacific Park. (Image: Developer)A new pre-school and home decor shop are coming to Brooklyn. Greenland
2 min read
Mar
26
Happy Passover from Bklyner!

Happy Passover from Bklyner!

Image via Wikimedia Commons.Bklyner wishes a zissen Pesach to all Brooklynites who celebrate! Passover, which begins at sundown on
1 min read
Mar
26
Controversial Neptune Ave Shelter Site To Get Both New Owner And New Provider

Controversial Neptune Ave Shelter Site To Get Both New Owner And New Provider

100 Neptune Avenue in Brighton Beach, the site of a planned 170-bed shelter. (Image from Google Maps)A well-known service
4 min read
Mar
25
Boris Noble Drops Out of Sheepshead Bay Council Race

Boris Noble Drops Out of Sheepshead Bay Council Race

Boris Noble (Image: campaign)Boris Noble dropped out of the race for the District 48 Council seat in southern Brooklyn
3 min read
Mar
24
Brooklyn News Roundup

Brooklyn News Roundup

Brooklyn. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Brooklyn. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) We’re only half-way through the week, but there’s
1 min read
Mar
24
Late Arrivals, Early Departures: Who’s Coming and Going in Brooklyn Elections

Late Arrivals, Early Departures: Who’s Coming and Going in Brooklyn Elections

Carlos Menchaca (Image: William Alatriste/Campaign)We’re just under three months away from New York City’s June 22nd
4 min read
Mar
23
Mayor Expands Cure Violence Program to Three More Brooklyn Precincts

Mayor Expands Cure Violence Program to Three More Brooklyn Precincts

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday, March 22, 2021. (Image: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)In his latest effort to
2 min read
Mar
23
Across Brooklyn, Providing Emergency Food Remains a Challenge

Across Brooklyn, Providing Emergency Food Remains a Challenge

The Brooklyn Nets Food Pantry at PS/IS 308 on January 15, 2021 in Brooklyn, New York (Image: Michelle Farsi)
3 min read