Pam was a staff reporter at Bklyner, covering North-Western parts of Brooklyn between 2016 and 2019. She also writes about art at arthag.typepad.com.
Nonsponsored
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Another one of Brooklyn’s most expensive properties has sold after a year and a half on the market and a more than $4 million price chop. Via Douglas Elliman [https://www.elliman.com/new-york-city/146-willow-street-brooklyn-woembsn]146 Willow Street (between Clark & Pierrepont Streets), which initially asked for
Bed Stuy
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are searching for the man seen in the photo below in connection to a burglary that occurred in the early morning on Halloween. At approximately 3:40am on Tuesday, October 31, police say the suspect forced his way into a residential building in the vicinity of East
Central Brooklyn
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Announcements
PARK SLOPE – After being closed for five months, the revamped Prospect Ave “R” subway station reopened [http://www.mta.info/news/2017/11/02/enhanced-prospect-av-r-subway-station-opens-brooklyn] on Thursday. Among some of the new upgrades the station received are interior and exterior countdown clocks, LED lighting, Wi-Fi, and glass barriers by the
East New York
EAST NEW YORK – The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced [http://www.nychdc.com/pr_10-27-2017] last week that a site located at Chestnut Street and Dinsmore Place, just off Atlantic Avenue, will be home to a new 274-unit affordable housing development called Chestnut Commons.
Bed Stuy
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – The NYPD announced today that a deceased man found inside a Bed-Stuy building following a fire in September was murdered. 466 Chauncey Street, Bed-Stuy via Google MapsAt approximately 9:30am on Saturday, September 30, police responded to a call of a fire at a residential building located at 466
Nonsponsored
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A Florida-based private equity firm has purchased 21 Clark Street (between Hicks & Willow Streets) from the Jehovah’s Witnesses and plans to convert the building into a luxury senior residence. 21 Clark Street via Google MapsKayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors purchased the 16-story property in Brooklyn Heights
Business
PARK SLOPE – New management will soon take over Kleen Machine, the long-running laundromat located at 309 5th Avenue, and bring in new and improved machines. As reported in October [/will-new-laundromat-replace-kleen-machine/], the property’s owner, Daniel Borrero, Jr., said that he’d been looking for a new laundry service tenant for
Arts & Culture
Halloween has come and gone and it’s gotten considerably colder out. The flurry of events from last week leading up to October 31 has tapered down, but there are still lots of cool things to see and do this weekend. Find out what’s going on down below. Also,
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – A water main break near the intersection of Pacific Street and Albany Avenue caused major damage Thursday morning, shooting water and debris into the air, flooding streets and homes, and damaging nearby cars. Intersection of Pacific Street and Albany Avenue, Crown Heights via Google Maps The pipe burst
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – As reported in March [/three-new-gowanus-developments-retail-arts-pets/], the non-profit organization, Powerhouse Environmental Arts Foundation [http://www.powerhousearts.org/], enlisted world renowned architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron [https://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index.html] to convert the Bat Cave, the abandoned warehouse across from Whole Foods, into an arts center. Bat Cave,
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the men seen in the video below in connection to a robbery that occurred last week. At approximately 10:40am on Sunday, October 22, police say the two suspects approached a 44-year-old man on Rogers Avenue between Lenox