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Bklyner Endorses Brannan for Council District 47
If you want your district to have the best possible representation in the city council right away, you should look beyond politics and pick Justin Brannan, a moderate Democrat.
endorsements
If you want your district to have the best possible representation in the city council right away, you should look beyond politics and pick Justin Brannan, a moderate Democrat.
Ahead of the November 7 local elections, when we get to pick our city council members again, NY1 held a debate Tuesday night (you can watch it here) between the two incumbents in what will be the new District 47 – Ari Kagan, a recent Republican representing current Council District 47,
The weather has turned pleasant and just about every neighborhood in Brooklyn wants you to come out and enjoy all it has to offer — from Atlantic Antic Downtown, 3rd Avenue Fair in Bay Ridge, art crawls in Ditmas Park and Prospect Lefferts Gardens, to lots of literary events to go
I could never understand why the Parade Ground entrance facing Prospect Park had no crosswalk. The sports fields stretch over 40 acres, offering everything from soccer to basketball to baseball to tennis courts, serving tens of thousands of residents. Of course, there is no gate to the park there either,
Brace yourselves, folks, because we've got some road drama coming our way in mid-October. BQE will be closed between the Atlantic Avenue entrance ramp and the Manhattan Bridge exit ramp in the Queens-bound lane. Staten Island-bound traffic will be reduced to one lane during the same period, and
Real Estate
With the building on Park Circle rapidly approaching completion, several new mixed-use developments are being quietly revealed on the blocks of Coney Island Avenue north of Beverley Road. The wide commercial avenue here is home to gas stations, autobody shops, two schools, and a few residential buildings. It's
food
District 47 was significantly redrawn to accommodate the new District 43 and now includes Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, and Coney Island, with a narrow sliver of Dyker Heights connecting the two. On the Democratic side, there is no primary, and whoever wins among the Republicans will challenge current Bay Ridge
As the sky turns an even darker shade of brown, it's time to stay indoors and pull out those old KN95 masks to help you breathe a bit easier when outside, regardless of how good a shape you are in, NY State's health officials recommend. The
District 43 was drawn following the 2020 Census to acknowledge the large Asian population that had settled in Bensonhurst and Sunset Park neighborhoods over the last two decades. The new district is 54% Asian, 27% White, and 15% Hispanic, home to just over 175,000 residents. When it comes to
If you've lived here any length of time you know there is no better way to cool off than heading to the beach (sorry Prospect Park). However, if you've been on a beach after a storm, you may have discovered all kinds of stuff floating in
food
Welcome back to another roundup of the latest food news, the Brooklyn edition. Some good places to get artisanal cheese and fancy pork, ponderings over unionizing at mom-and-pop shops, and some food-related events in Park Slope and Bay Ridge to enjoy this weekend. Have a good one. New: Jaffa, an
food
Lea's reopening, Cross Road is open, Brooklyn Perk is expanding south, people keep brewing beer in the basement, getting pizza and fixing bikes, Chipotle, Everytable, Guac Time, and ... and who knows what's Sweeter than Sugar? Oh, and Smorgasburg is returning to Prospect Park on Sundays until
Newsletter
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Brooklyn's celebratory parade will be this Sunday at 12:30 pm, starting by the Bartel-Pritchard square (Park Slope/Windsor Terrace). The NYC Half Marathon will take over until 4 pm on the other side of the park. Politics & Crime * Retired officer
Brooklyn's St. Patrick's Day Parade - the 48th - will be this Sunday, March 19. Since 2019, it has welcomed LGBTQ members to march along. Bands and marching units will parade from 15th Street & Prospect Park West, going down 15th Street to 7th Avenue, along