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.
Crews will begin work Friday evening, but the real impact on traffic will be felt Monday, when DOT will reduce the number of lanes between Atlantic Avenue and the Brooklyn Bridge from three to two in both directions.
A rendering of the proposed education and welcome center at Green-Wood Cemetery. (Image: Architecture Research Office) Green-Wood Cemetery could soon host a large new building on its campus. The Green-Wood Historic Fund [https://www.green-wood.com], which oversees the 478-acre cemetery in western Brooklyn, is looking to build a new
Brooklynites looking to dive into the borough’s revolutionary history can chat with Continental soldiers and sing along with brigands at Green-Wood Cemetery’s annual Battle of Brooklyn commemoration [https://www.green-wood.com/event/battle-of-brooklyn-an-eighteenth-century-american-faire/2021-08-29/] this Sunday, August 29th. The Battle of Brooklyn, fought in 1776, was the first
The developer behind a controversial plan to redevelop the site of a longstanding supermarket in Crown Heights has sold the property.
Popular Bank is seeking to create a Banking Development District (BDD) that would give them millions in public deposits in exchange for offering services for vulnerable populations.
The former staffer for various government agencies placed fourth in the June Democratic primary.
A 30-year-old driver has been arrested and charged with manslaughter after killing a 6-year-old girl in Dyker Heights on Tuesday, according to police. Qiuhua Zhu was driving south on 12th Avenue in a Lexus SUV, police said, when at about 8:00pm, he crossed over the double yellow line into
Nonprofits are seeking to both care for and raise awareness of the importance of New York City’s “urban forest,” which buffers the city against the threats from heat and flooding, absorbs carbon, and makes streets and parks more attractive.
Transportation
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is now soliciting feedback for an expansion of the bikeshare program in the neighborhoods of Bed-Stuy, Ocean Hill, Crown Heights, and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. The agency plans to role out docks in the new locations sometime in 2022.
Real Estate
Tenants rallied outside their Flatbush apartment building this morning to demand the landlord address what they say are long-standing problems that put their safety at risk.
environment
“When people ask me if we’re better prepared for the next big storm,” Treyger said, “The answer is we’re more informed, we know more about our vulnerabilities, but we are not prepared for the next storm. We need more of a comprehensive plan than just giving us sand whenever there's beach erosion.”
development
A proposed development that would bring two large towers, a new park, and public beaches to the Williamsburg waterfront has officially begun to make its way through the city’s rezoning process.