Central Brooklyn
On Community Board 14 Agenda: Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 6:15 PM Location: CB14 District Office (810 East 16th Street, Brooklyn 11230) SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (SOC): A Special Order Calendar application has been filed with the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) to extend the term of the previously
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Via FacebookIt’s almost weekend, so here are Weekend Art Events: Sept. 28-30 (The Great DUMBO Drop, Red Hook Regatta, Chile Pepper Fest & More) [/weekend-art-events-sept-28-30/] Would an enormous storm surge barrier save NYC’s coast—or destroy it? The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a radical
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The MTA route map seems to have misplaced Coney Island Avenue onto Ocean Parkway. Via MTAKINGS HIGHWAY – Starting Monday, October 1, 2018, tens of thousands of commuters from Bensonhurst to StarrettCity/Spring Creek Towers that use bus service along Kings Highway [/b82-and-why-we-need-fast-and-reliable-bus-service/] will be able to enjoy a faster ride
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Green parrots of MidwoodThe state finally released the public school test scores [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/26/find-out-how-well-your-new-york-city-school-scored-on-state-tests/] yesterday, and the results are … well, unimpressive overall and disturbing when one drills down along racial and socio-economic lines. New York Test Scores Highlight Gaps Among Students from
Animals
OwnerDr. Anna Samuel at the ribbon cutting last week.SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Back in 2015, we wrote about the East 17th Street’s Bay Veterinary Clinic Closing After 37 Years, To Be Replaced By 5-Story Office Building [/east-17th-streets-bay-veterinary-clinic-closes-after-37-years-to-be-replaced-by-5-story-office-building-sheepshead-bay/] . As it happens, a new veterinary clinic opened in mid-August in its place
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CONEY ISLAND – DII Stores, the neighborhood’s discount store, celebrated grand opening this Monday at its new location at 626 Sheepshead Bay Road. “We are pleased to begin welcoming new and existing customers to this new ultra-modern location,” said Morris Dweck, principal at DII Enterprises of the 11,900 square
Announcements
Some good news for local news aficionados – there’s a new kid in town and they are hiring. It was announced this morning that in response to dwindling local news coverage, THE CITY, a new non-profit news site aimed at providing in-depth and non-partisan coverage of New York will be
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* Judge allows the lawsuit against the city’s property-tax system to proceed – Court rejects de Blasio administration’s attempt to have the case tossed. [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/judge-allows-lawsuit-against-citys-property-tax-system-proceed] (Crain’s) At issue is the fact that folks in gentrified neighborhoods seem to pay less in taxes [/mayor-responds-criticism-property-taxes-homeless-shelters/] than
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The fall is finally really here. UN is still here, President Trump is in town today and tomorrow, as are protesters, so please avoid driving to Manhattan today and the rest of the week unless you absolutely have to and be prepared for the trip to take longer. * Did you
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK – A ten-year-old boy was hurt in a hit and run on Argyle Road, right next to the PS139 Playground. The ten-year-old may be a student at PS139, according to those who witnessed the accident. Witnesses said that a silver car with KSX 6323 license plate hit the boy
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Tumeric Latte at Crumbs & Coffee, 423 5th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) It’s the UN week, so don’t even think of driving to Manhattan [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/t0924/street-closures-expected-traffic-delays-relating-the-united-nations-general-assembly-monday] . What else happened since Friday? There was the Atlantic Antic [https://www.instagram.com/
Neighbors
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Corner of Avenue U and Coney Island Avenue will from now on also be known as Lester’s way. Lester Kronfeld, in whose memory the corner is now renamed, is the late founder of the famous “Lester’s” [https://www.instagram.com/shoplesters/] clothing store on Avenue U