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.
Central Brooklyn
Rikers Island Photo by ksu_nyc via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BSHNuitDOv1/?taken-at=227993118]The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Mayor de Blasio Announces Plans to Shut Down Rikers Island. [ABC7 [http://abc7ny.
Animals
Kedi by kedifilm via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHAVVNSkPvK/?taken-by=kedifilm]It’s April! Don’t be an April Fool—check out some of these fun happenings this weekend. Along with a three-day celebration of Prospect Park’s 150th anniversary, this weekend brings art, dance, cats, and cheese.
Announcements
NYC Compost Bin (Photo by Sparkle Kitchen via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sparklekitchenhome/photos/a.476761679149323.1073741828.476273699198121/509098995915591/?type=3&theater] )Good news for eco-friendly Brooklynites! The NYC Department of Sanitation is expanding its organics curbside collections to additional neighborhoods throughout the borough, including Downtown Brooklyn, Southern
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Photo by BKLYNERThe Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) released its Winter 2017 Brooklyn Retail Report [https://www.rebny.com/content/rebny/en/research/REBNYRetailReport/Winter_2017_Brooklyn_Retail_Report.html] yesterday, revealing that the average asking rents for available ground floor retail spaces have increased in seven of
green
Intersection at 6th Avenue and Flatbush Avenue (March 30, Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Flatbush Avenue, between Bergen Street and Sterling Place, is going to get a lot nicer—and safer. A project that will transform three islands along Flatbush Avenue into pedestrian-friendly green spaces kicked off this week. The
Arts & Culture
Rendering via KPFNYCHA has commissioned architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) to design a resiliency and renewal program for the Red Hook Houses in response to the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The storm left thousands of Red Hook residents without power and basic necessities for weeks
community
District 39 Participatory Budgeting Project Expo at Camp Friendship in Park SlopeVoting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] began Saturday, March 25 and runs though Sunday, April 2. If you haven’t voted yet—what are you waiting for?! Wednesday night New York City Council Member Brad Lander [http://council.nyc.gov/
Central Brooklyn
Ingersoll Houses at Navy and Myrtle by snapitschelsea via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRd6wyxlUah/?taken-at=258605691]President Trump’s initial budget outline would cut millions of dollars from affordable housing projects across New York City. The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), which develops affordable housing
Animals
Suzy BQE (Photo courtesy of Anne Levin)A group of feline-friendly rescuers joined forces and rescued a young, injured cat from the side of the BQE yesterday afternoon. Kevin Wolff initially spotted the kitty on the side of the BQE, underneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, while on his way to
celebrity
Photo via Corcoran [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/listings/display/3798550]Actress Chloë Sevigny is packing up and moving out of Park Slope, the area she once described as “the dorkiest, hokiest neighborhood [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/24/chloe-sevigny-on-the-cosmopolitans-new-york-s-frat-boy-takeover-and-asshole-michael-alig.html] .” Sevigny purchased the four-bedroom, three-bathroom apartment at
Food & Drink
Cooks & Captains at 254 5th Avenue (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Another farm-to-table concept restaurant enters the Brooklyn restaurant scene. Cooks & Captains [https://www.cooksandcaptains.com/] officially opened in the former Grand Central Oyster Bar space at 254 5th Avenue (between Garfield Place and Carroll Street) two weeks ago.
Business
Key Food, 120 Fifth Avenue (Photo by Nathan Haselby)One of the largest developments on 5th Avenue in Park Slope is getting closer to becoming reality: Avery Hall Investments has finally sealed the $45 million deal to acquire the site of Key Food property, Real Deal reported yesterday. Avery Hall’
News
1173 Bergen Street via Google MapsThe battle continues over the opening of a senior men’s homeless shelter at 1173 Bergen Street in Crown Heights. Today Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Katherine Levine issued a temporary injunction against the shelter, extending the previous temporary restraining order until mid-April while she reviews
Arts & Culture
A rendering of one piece in the multi-part Public Art Fund project Ai Weiwei: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors (Image courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio)To celebrate its 40th anniversary, the Public Art Fund will present Good Fences Make Good Neighbors [https://www.publicartfund.org/view/exhibitions/6185_ai_weiwei_
community
Senior Resource Fair (Photo courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership)The Fort Greene/Clinton Hill Senior Resource Fair [http://myrtleavenue.org/announcing-the-2nd-annual-senior-resource-fair/] returns tomorrow, March 29, from 11am to 2pm at Mercy Home [https://www.mercyhomeny.org/] at 273 Willoughby Avenue (at Classon Avenue). The free event, presented by the
history
The vacant lot on 9th Street between 3rd & 4th Avenues believed to be the final resting place of hundreds of Revolutionary War heroes (Image via Google Maps)A vacant lot located on 9th Street between 3rd & 4th Avenues in Gowanus may be the final resting place of hundreds