Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK/KENSINGTON – NYC Department of Transporation (DOT) had promised to have the traffic light by the new elementary (PS889) and middle school (IS890) on the corner of Hinckley Place and Coney Island Avenue up by February. We were delighted to see that the workers were busy installing the signal
Bensonhurst
1980s tax photoBENSONHURST/GRAVESEND – A neighbor asked the other day to look into what has been going on at the McDonald’s on Bay Parkway and 67th street. So we did. For a little while now it has been covered in scaffolding, with a permit allowing work outside regular hours
library
MILL BASIN – The library this morning was packed. Seniors, children from the local public school, politicians and the Brooklyn Public Library administrators all milled around enjoying the bright and pleasant space. As you enter, you are greeted by the reception desk. To the left is the children’s area, with
News
BOROUGH PARK – Another White Castle bites the dust. Just last year we were lamenting the decline in the number of White Castle spots in the borough, a popular spot for Valentine Day celebrations [/know-white-castle-valentines-day-hot-spot/], and yesterday the location at Fort Hamilton & 42nd Street called it a night. This morning,
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Representatives from the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) came to the Community Board 13 meeting on Wednesday night with an update on the large projects in the works for Surf Avenue. Residents met the projected addition of over 2,500 units or potentially 10,000 new
Announcements
Have you ever received a ticket for parking at one of those metered spots on the side streets, just off commercial strips, on days that alternate side parking rules are suspended yet meters are supposed to be in effect? If you did, it was probably for not displaying a paid
Central Brooklyn
Rendering of 1702 Newkirk Avenue via BizdesignsDITMAS PARK – The corner of Newkirk Avenue and East 17th street is about to exchange a two-family Victorian for a 12 unit modern apartment building. The permits were approved at the end of last year for both the new building as well as full
Coney Island
Aerial photo of the Coney Island Creek via the Coney Island Creek Resiliency Study.GRAVESEND – Beach Haven Apartments [http://beachhavenapts.com/], the 16 apartment building complex in Gravesend, has been fined $400,000 for dumping untreated sewage [http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/112334.html] – as much as 200,000
bath beach
The FIX NYC Panel [http://www.hntb.com/HNTB/media/HNTBMediaLibrary/Home/Fix-NYC-Panel-Report.pdf] that Governor Cuomo tasked last fall to look into alleviating the gridlock in Manhattan and raising money to fix the subways [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-fix-nyc-advisory-panel] has released their proposal and it recommends congestion
Business
CONEY ISLAND – NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) has released the recently completed Commercial District Needs Assessment for Coney Island [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/sbs/downloads/pdf/neighborhoods/n360-cdna-coney-island.pdf] – one way the city is helping facilitate conversations about what is happening along the commercial corridors in our
Central Brooklyn
Gowanus Canal (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Readers Share Their New York Subway Stories [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/magazine/readers-share-their-new-york-subway-stories.html?_r=0] (NYT) * Dogs keep getting zapped on this block in Bed Stuy [https://nypost.com/2018/01/10/dogs-keep-getting-zapped-on-this-brooklyn-block/] (NYPost) * Thanks for finding my son – An open
Central Brooklyn
Ms. Noel’s lawyer Jonathan Twersky, Aga Trojniak of Flatbush Tenants Coalition, and a neighbor outside the courtroom.Ms. Noel’s [/can-city-really-not-find-apartment-one-elderly-woman-flatbush-octogenerian-still-homeless/] lawyer Jonathan Twersky from Southern Brooklyn Legal Services and her neighbors were back in the Brooklyn Housing Court on Tuesday, on her behalf. Hon. Julie Poley presiding, the