Bay Ridge
RED HOOK – Bike season will be kicking into full gear with the Five Boro Bike Tour [https://www.bike.nyc/events/td-five-boro-bike-tour/] this Sunday (plan accordingly! [https://www.bike.nyc/events/td-five-boro-bike-tour/route-services/]), and that means – Friday and Saturday is your last chance to get your bike ready, and decked
Bushwick
205 Water © S9 ArchitectureOn a bright morning late last month, I visited the Manhattan offices of S9 Architecture [http://s9architecture.com/] – a firm that has played a special role in the huge changes sweeping Brooklyn. You might not have heard their name, but you know their work: Since their first
bath beach
BENSONHURST/GRAVESEND – Community Policing has been rolling out across the precincts in Brooklyn for a couple of years now, and the beginning of April it also started in Precinct 62, under Captain Anthony Longobardi. Chief Fausto Pichardo did the presentation for the community last week: 62nd Precinct, which includes Bensonhurst,
environment
McCarren Park BBQ areas map, via NYC ParksWILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT – NYC Parks has created three new barbecue areas in McCarren Park, just in time for the warmer weather we are supposed to finally have this week. Nine double-headed grills, 18 new picnic tables, and three large, red charcoal bins are now
Central Brooklyn
Simcha Eichenstein Declares Candidacy for Brooklyn Assembly Seat [http://hamodia.com/2018/04/26/simcha-eichenstein-declares-candidacy-brooklyn-assembly-seat/] vacated by Dov Hikind. (Hamodia) From bootlegger to the mayor [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/27/nyregion/tracking-graft-from-the-bootlegger-to-the-mayor.html] – neighbors in news again – Mr. Reichberg, Mr. Rechnitz, cops … (NYT) A new bus line to
Arts & Culture
MAPLETON/BOROUGH PARK – Mapleton Branch Library reading garden will look quite different come next spring. Naila Rosario from Brooklyn Public Library presented the latest designs at the Community Board 12 April meeting and they were approved without objections. Here is what the site looks like: and here what it will
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK – The April meeting of the 70th Precinct Community Council took place on Wednesday at 249 Caton Avenue. Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector James Palumbo [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/70th-precinct.page] had this to report: * The incident at the Flatbush Stop and Shop on Tilden
Borough Park
BOROUGH PARK/KENSINGTON – The Community Board 12 meeting on Wednesday night was a heated affair, with many residents at the Kensington corner of the district upset over being kept in the dark about plans that will substantially affect their parts of the area, issues with schools and sanitation dominated. The
Arts & Culture
2,500 people via McWatters [https://medium.com/@mmcwatters/the-population-of-a-q-e7418c737fad] * Harbor Seal Spotted Sunbathing In Gowanus This Past Week-End [https://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2018/04/harbor-seal-spotted-sunbathing-in.html] (PMFA) * Population of the Q Train [https://medium.com/@mmcwatters/the-population-of-a-q-e7418c737fad] (McWatters) * Oceanside Grill at the renovated Aquarium [http://beta.nydailynews.com/new-york/
celebrity
MILL BASIN – Josh Marshal of Talking Points Memo (TPM) posted a podcast episode this week, on Michael Cohen [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/podcasts/the-josh-marshall-podcast/ep-9-why-did-donald-trump-get-in-so-deep-with-michael-cohen-we-explain] , President Trump’s lawyer who has been in the news a bit these past weeks. The Brooklyn angle – turns out El Caribe, [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/
Business
GRAVESEND – Work at the old Staples location at 1949 Stillwell Avenue has been progressing quickly, following the approval of plans in late December, and the building is starting to look a lot more like a Foodtown – which it will become soon, though we have not been able to confirm the
Bushwick
Mr. Adams is a man of his word. On Tuesday, after we published the list of Black-Owned Coffee Shops in Brooklyn, our Borough President, Eric Adams announced he planned to not just tweet about it#BLKCoffeeinBK [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLKCoffeeinBK?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw], but support