Irina Groushevaia is the Managing Editor and covers Bushwick, Williamsburg, and beyond. Questions & tips: Irina@bklyner.com
Announcements
Join a Brooklyn Toy Drive this winter to help families and their loved ones to celebrate the holidays this season! By joining one of these charitable drives you support children in need. The Kingston Public House Toy Drive [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/toy-drive-tickets-82131749273] When: Friday, December 6, 6:00
brighton beach
Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups, art shows, and recent closures. Openings Present Bodies: Papermaking at Dieu Donné Lina Puerta, Radishes & Cabbages Tapestry (from the Willard Crop’s Festival series), 2019. Courtesy of Lina Puerta.A Brooklyn exhibition will embrace
Downtown Brooklyn
SUV crashed into scaffolding on Pearl Street. Lloyd Mitchell/BklynerDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Wednesday morning, a pedestrian was fatally struck by an elderly man driving an SUV in Downtown Brooklyn. An 81-year-old driver in an SUV struck a 40-year-old woman on Pearl Street in Downtown Brooklyn around 9.30 a.m. A
Announcements
FAD Market Holiday Pop-Up [https://fadmarket.co/holiday-pop-up-the-invisible-dog-art-center-december-7-8-14-15] . Photo by Stephen Yang/FAD Market.‘Tis the season! Support your local businesses and makers by choosing to shop at these Brooklyn holiday markets. Often, these markets represent voices left out of the mainstream consumerist trends, uplifting women, LGBTQ+, and people of
Nonsponsored
Winter’s here: Just days after pleasant holiday dinners, New York gets hit with challenging weather. The mayor and other city representatives held a weather preparedness press conference today to address any snow-related questions and ensure New Yorkers of the city’s weather emergency plans. According to the National Weather
affordable housing
322 Gates Avenue. Courtesy of Google Maps.322 Gates Avenue [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/AdvertisementPdf/890.pdf], Bed-Stuy * Apartments are available for tenants at 130% of AMI. * 6 one-bedroom apartments for $2,276. Income range for one person is $78,035 – $97,110. * 3 two-bedroom apartments for $2,746
Holidays
Christmas tree. Photo by Michael Voroshnin on Unsplash.BROOKLYN — Join holiday festivities across the whole borough, with parades, tree lighting ceremonies, and more! Dyker Heights Christmas Lights November 30, Saturday An unspoken competition between neighbors broke out into a yearly tradition of adorning the neighborhood with massive holiday decorations. You
Announcements
Industry City ice rink rendering.SUNSET PARK — Industry City will debut its open-air ice rink this Saturday, November 30. The massive complex in Sunset Park [/industry-city-rezoning-moves-ahead-can-the-community-get-behind-it/] will uncover its ice rink for the first time this weekend. The ice rink will be surrounded by a plethora of holiday décor including
Business
BROOKLYN – Instead of shopping on Thanksgiving and Black Friday at large chain stores that don’t even let their employees enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with family at home [https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/11/07/black-friday-2019-jcpenney-stores-open-2-pm-thanksgiving-day/4168438002/] , consider shopping locally during Small Business Saturday [https://www.americanexpress.com/us/
Announcements
Air Co. Vodka. Courtesy of Air Co.WILLIAMSBURG – A young startup in North Brooklyn released a sustainable spirit earlier this month, a vodka made out of “air, sun, and water.” The brainchild of former marketing executive of Smirnoff Vodka’s campaign, Greg Constantine, and chemist and environmentalist Stafford Sheehan, Air
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BROOKLYN — As the temperature drops consider helping a fellow New Yorker out with a winter coat. You can donate a new one or lightly used one at one many Brooklyn drop-off locations. Don’t have time? You can also donate $20 [https://coatdrive2019.funraise.org/] to provide a coat for
Holidays
Thanksgiving on the L-train. Courtesy of Reddit User. [https://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/e17sfi/thats_one_way_to_make_sure_your_guests_arrive_on/] L TRAIN — Around 7 p.m. on Sunday, a surprise Thanksgiving dinner took over the L-train from Union Square to Brooklyn. Every commuter on