Business
Grand opening flags still waiving, April 24 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)After only one year, the Gala Fresh Farms at 3100 Ocean Avenue in Sheepshead Bay is re-branding as a new supermarket, according to store employees. The store was sold to another company and the shift will happen
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Last week, RentHop released a report [/gentrification-map-subway-stop-shows-kensington-rise/] mapping price increases surrounding subway stops throughout the city and — using that data — concluded that Kensington’s rent’s had skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2017. But they’ve since discovered an error in that data, which
Central Brooklyn
Characters on the wood walls of the Oak Room had been painted over by the hall’s previous owners. They were discovered when the paint was stripped during renovations, Grand Prospect Hall. (Photo by Pamela Wong)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us
Announcements
P.S.152/P.S. 315 play space design on Bedford Avenue. (Photo by Carly Miller)The results are beginning to come in for New York City’s Participatory Budgeting Cycle 6! City Council Member Jumaane Williams announced the three winning projects for District 45 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-45/
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Friends of the EndThe weather may not hold out all weekend, so enjoy every moment of sunshine available at these (mostly) outdoors Earth Day-themed weekend events from Ditmas Park to Marine Park. Looking for more earth day events in the Park Slope area? Check out our full guide
Central Brooklyn
Leslie Carrington, founder of HolistiCityLyfe. (Photo via Leslie Carrington)When I met Leslie Carrington, Ditmas Park native and owner of HolistiCitiLyfe, at Cafe Madeline, she pulled out a stainless steel thermos and plopped it on the table next to my coffee cup. “I make this amazing mixture, it’s my
News
> This morning’s commute, brought to you by 2017, and also, Lord Voldemort #mta [https://twitter.com/hashtag/mta?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/qs8dmJtJPR [https://t.co/qs8dmJtJPR] — beth stebner (@bethstebner) April 21, 2017 [https://twitter.com/bethstebner/status/855406910497071104] Just in time for the rain this morning,
Big Story
Constituents lined up to ask the panel questions at the progressive-organized town hall, April 19, the Bay Ridge Manor. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER) Wednesday night, members of Congressional District 11 met in Bay Ridge for the political event that they’ve been demanding for months: a live, public town
Central Brooklyn
The block of Coney Island Avenue, near Glenwood Road, on which Pearl Travel was located. (Photo: Google Maps)Yesterday, a Midwood travel agent was sentenced to up to 6 years in prison for pocketing $350,000 from Pakistani immigrants for whom he was supposed to make travel arrangements to Mecca.
Big Story
(Aerial photo submitted by reader)As of this week, 7,000 gallons of diesel oil — of the 27,000 spilled by a private fuel depot [/breaking-oil-spill-dumps-27000-gallons-toward-gravesend-bay/] — have been recovered from the Gravesend Bay using concentric booms, the State DEC told BKLYNER. However, about 20,000 gallons remain at large in
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)[Update 4/24: RentHop has since looked into the discrepancy in rents between the Ft. Hamilton Parkway, Church Ave, and Ditmas Ave stops and printed this retraction: “The buildings from the listings on East 2nd Street are actually in East Village and were incorrectly listed
Nonsponsored
(Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Corner Media)The wheels of change are spinning for drivers crossing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, as officials are asking whether two-way tolling, coupled with new cashless toll booths, could alleviate traffic snarls that snake through the entire city. The two-way proposal would split the toll between drivers