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Bay Ridge
Photo: The Brannan CampaignBAY RIDGE — City Councilman Justin Brannan announced on Friday funding for a new 3rd Avenue Business Improvement District (BID). Brannan will award a $37,000 Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative to the Bay Ridge Merchants of Third Avenue, who for the past decade have voluntarily helped provide a
Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS – Hunky Dory will open in the old BKW Winery [https://bkwinery.com/bkw-thank-you] space at 747 Franklin Ave. in December. BKW Winery closed at the end of July after just two short years in the neighborhood. The 24-table eatery will include a 17-seat bar and will serve breakfast,
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSOUTHERN BROOKLYN — Dyker Heights Civic Association [http://www.dykerheightscivicassociation.com/] and the Bay Ridge Community Council [https://www.facebook.com/BRCC51/] will hold a candidate’s forums this week in Southern Brooklyn. The Dyker Heights Civic Association will host their forum on Tuesday, October 9 at St.
Business
706 Nostrand Ave. The site of the new Nostrand Social coming to Crown Heights CROWN HEIGHTS — Nostrand Social, a new music and supper club is coming to 706 Nostrand Ave at Prospect Place. Work has begun on the old Mazon’s stores, which closed more than a year ago, to
Announcements
Site of Solidarity Space, a new community center coming to Bay Ridge. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – Former State Senate candidate Ross Barkan announced Wednesday that he’s turning his campaign office into a much-needed community center in Bay Ridge. Named Solidarity Space, it is located at 307 82nd
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE – Mallory McMahon has waited more than 200 days for a sit-down with her local state senator. First, she called the Southern Brooklyn office several times before scribing an email of disappointment to other local officials. When that didn’t work she alerted the press. That was in February,
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Photo: Courtesy of Andrew Gounardes for State SenateBENSONHURST — Gov. Cuomo visited Brooklyn on Tuesday to endorse the Democratic senatorial candidate Andrew Gounardes, in what seemed more like a presidential campaign rally. Dozens packed into the Stars and Stripes Democratic Club to rally for Gounardes and witness a rare Southern Brooklyn
News
CONEY ISLAND – With a little more than a month left before the general election, the endorsement “get” for the 46 Assembly seat is on its way. Frontus struggled to secure endorsements from political figures during her primary run against Ethan Lustig-Egrably, suggesting her opponent had secured the establishment backing. Now,
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BAY RIDGE – Before they face off in the Nov. 6 primary, the candidates for Southern Brooklyn seats are slated to go head-to-head tomorrow, Wednesday at the Bay Ridge Inter-Agency Council for Aging at the Ft. Hamilton Senior Center (9941 Fort Hamilton Pkwy), between 9 am and noon. The forum will
Arts & Culture
Deborah Kass’ sculpture “YO/OY” and Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine’s “DO NOT DISAPPEAR INTO SILENCE” in front of The Brooklyn Museum as part of the museum’s “Something to Say” art series. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The Deborah Kass [https://deborahkass.com/index2.html] installation “OY/YO” just
Arts & Culture
Attika J. Torrence, Joseph C. Grant Jr. and Rob Stapleton address following the Brooklyn debut of The Stuff during The Bedford Stuyvesant Crown Heights Film Festival at the Billie Holiday Theatre.BEDFORD STUYVESANT — It’s film festival season and Brooklyn’s all in. The Bedford Stuyvesant Crown Heights Film Festival
Announcements
Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum (IRT Eastern Parkway Line [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastern_Parkway_%E2%80%93_Brooklyn_Museum_(IRT_Eastern_Parkway_Line)] )PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum station, on the 2 and 3 lines, is getting a long-awaited station upgrade, making the station ADA compliant,