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Fireworks, BQE Doom, Election Results, and more

Happy Independence Day weekend! Macy's Fireworks will be above the East River, starting around 9:25 pm, and will continue for about 25 minutes. Best spots to see:

Today is Primary Day: Brooklyn Voter’s Guide

As a new American, it took me a while to realize what really matters when it comes to voting. Here in NYC, it is primaries, particularly Democratic primaries. Even Republicans are Democrats in this town. The primaries this June 28 are for Assembly, County, and Statewide races. Early voting turnout

Plan Your Vote, Fleishers is Dead, Long Live Garden Carver, and more.

Rent increases for the rent-stabilized apartments are starting this fall, school is almost over, and the city's pools will open next week (dress as a mermaid? [https://www.bkmag.com/2022/06/19/coney-island-mermaid-parade/]), but for now, welcome back to your civic duty: take a moment and plan your vote.

Newsletter

Baby Bird, Taiwanese General Store, Traffic Calming, School Budgets, Lots of Real Estate

This newsletter is a little heavy on real estate and school news, and there's some good stuff in the food section. The city attacks mosquitoes, and southern Brooklyn will likely get a lot more pedestrian-friendly street corners. You get a chance to tell MTA what you think about your commute

Adventures of Bailey the Dog, Crown Heights versus Clinton Hill, New Library, Mental Health, Food Tips, and more

New York passed stricter gun laws, the first Democratic gubernatorial debate was on Tuesday, and primaries are just a few weeks out. A dog from Brooklyn made headlines for his adventures escaping to New Jersey. A DSA-backed Assemblywoman is looking to get reelected in a district where its poorer residents

Politics

It's Crown Heights Versus Clinton Hill In The Assembly Primary Between Phara Souffrant Forrest and Olanike "Ola" Alabi

In Assembly District 57, this year's primary pits first-term incumbent Assemblywoman Phara Souffrant Forrest [https://pharaforassembly.com/] against a longtime community activist and former District Leader Olanike "Ola" Alabi [https://olanikealabi.com/]. Souffrant Forrest, a former nurse and tenant leader, has the endorsements of DSA and Working Families Party. Alabi

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Chili Dogs, Working From Brooklyn, PLG and Crown Heights Assembly Race, Food, Rooftop Movies, and More.

Brooklynites don't want to commute into the city, so more and more employers are setting up offices in Brooklyn. A Park Slope Church is looking for the stolen Tabernacle, a Flatbush Church is to be redeveloped to bring coworking spaces to the neighborhood, Park Slope may get two new 16-story

Brian, Jelanie, Tim and Pierre, and The Race To Represent PLG and Crown Heights

It's hard to pick a candidate in the 43rd Assembly District, where everyone who's running is promising basically the same things.

Parade, Hurricanes, Haiti, Scandals, Beaches, and more

The cannons at Fort Hamilton fired yesterday morning as ships sailed under the Verrazzano bridge into New York harbor, marking the beginning of the Fleet Week. Church bells rang 21 times today to remember the lives lost in the school shooting in Texas. Congressional and State Senate lines were finalized,

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Redistricting, Special Election, New Food To Try, Lots of Events

This weekend we celebrate Notorious B.I.G. across the city; Open Stages - 15 of them - will bring lots of music to Park Slope; and Brooklyn Half returns on Sunday for the 40th time, so plan on that. Oh, and it will be hot, 90 degrees hot this

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Real Estate, Politics, and Poop Patrol

Lots of stuff this week, including another Special Election, two parades, food with a side of politics and so much more.

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We Don't Know What We Don't Know, Old School Italian, Pizza and other tidbits

Polls, crime, e-bikes, cash for kindergarteners, oxtail pizza, Flatbush Sears redevelopment plans, history of Sea Gate, and more.

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Vote, Vote, Vote, and Vote again, Food, Books, Five Boro Bike Tour, and more

New York's voters can be forgiven for not being able to keep up with all that is happening. Just when you thought you knew what congressional or senate district you live in, that changed this week after New York's highest court tossed out the Democrat-drawn lines over gerrymandering. It is

editorial

How many times can NYC residents be expected to show up to vote in a year?

Between the City elections last November, special elections this February, March, and May in some Brooklyn Assembly districts, now June and August primaries followed by a November general election, some of us will be heading to the polls four times!

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Southern Brooklyn SD27, Covid, Coney, Foreclosures, and more

Lots of little news this Earth week, from garbage container pilots and bike lane sweeping, to new rides at Coney Island, new ball fields, and more.

Politics

Iwen Chu Is Primed To Win The New Brooklyn Senate District

If you live in any of the areas along Sunset Park, Bensonhurst, where there has been an incredible influx of Asian residents, you now likely reside inside a district that was drawn to give Brooklyn's Asian community a voice in the New York senate. And that voice is almost certain

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Crime, Education, Affordable Housing, and more.

The subway shooting in Sunset Park that injured over 20 people [https://bklyner.com/subway-terror-in-sunset-park/] was the biggest thing that happened in Brooklyn this week. Thankfully, no one died, and the shooter was apprehended the next day [https://nypost.com/2022/04/13/brooklyn-shooting-suspect-frank-james-in-police-custody/] . But yesterday, just around 5:30

23 Injured In Subway Attack In Sunset Park

This morning, at a busy subway station in Sunset Park, a stocky, dark-skinned man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and a green construction type vest, pulled on what appeared to be a gas mask, opened a canister that filled the train car with smoke and started shooting as the Manhattan-bound

Development

Let's talk about Ana María, housing, and how much rent is up.

The average rent in Brooklyn is over $3,000 a month, and year-over-year rental prices are up across-the-board with studio, one- and two-bedroom units up by 20.98%, 25.16%, and 23.66%, respectively, MNS real estate report shows.

Politics

Ana María Archila Wants To Empower

Ana María Archila [https://www.anamariaforny.com/], a lifelong immigrant advocate, and Brooklyn resident, is running for Lt. Governor’s office in this June’s primaries. Originally from Colombia, she has spent the last 20+ years working in working-class communities in Staten Island, Queens, and Brooklyn, organizing, educating, advocating, and

politics

Bklyner Spring Pop-up: Back to bring you local election coverage and more

Bklyner is back to bring you weekly reporting on the upcoming elections leading up to the June 28 primaries + other stuff, because there is so much more to living here.

Friday, Sept. 10: Remember Everything

There are not many dates that shape the ways of the entire world. September 11, 2001, was one of them. Everything was different after that day - some for better, some for worse. I don't think I would have ended up living in Brooklyn if it was not for 9/

The 20 Year Saga Of The Still Empty Culver El Affordable Condos

The Culver El Affordable Housing Project on 37th Street has been almost 20 years in the making and so far has resulted in exactly zero affordable housing units. Yes, 36 of the 68 large affordable condo units have been constructed, but they are all still sitting empty more than two

Thursday, Sept 9: Live in Brooklyn

Living in Brooklyn is amazing. It's hard. It's annoying. It's inspiring. It's empowering. It is so, so very special. I hope you take advantage of all it has to offer. Piotr put together a fantastic list for our last week of Bklyn Sounds. And I hope that when things need

Wednesday, Sept. 8: Let's Talk About Schools

Monday, Sept. 13 will be the first day of school for most NYC Public School kids, including mine (many public charters started back in August). Mayor's press conference this morning focused on what is being done to keep everyone safe at school [https://bklyner.com/school-reopening-update/], though not all questions