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.
North Western Brooklyn
https://youtu.be/zN90kFW-Udw Park Slope – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in finding the man seen in the above video who they say sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl within the confines of the 78th Precinct. The 78th Precinct [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/patrol/precincts/
Business
Hiller & Moon, 814 Union Street (Photo by Liena Zagare)Park Slope – Since 2002, Blue Apron Foods has sat near the corner of Union Street and 7th Avenue, offering gourmet specialties to its Park Slope neighbors including cheese, charcuterie, pastries, coffees, chocolates, and much more. So it was surprising for
Food & Drink
Lots of new restaurants will be opening up around Brooklyn in the coming weeks. Here’s what we’ve spotted during recent wanderings around the neighborhoods of northern Park Slope, Prospect Heights, and Carroll Gardens. What have we missed? If you know of anything new opening up soon in your
Announcements
33 Bond Street (Image via TF Cornerstone [https://tfc.com/retail/33-bond-street] )33 Bond Street [http://33bond.com] in Downtown Brooklyn launched Phase II of its affordable housing lottery today, offering an additional 108 units to applicants. Located between Schermerhorn and Livingston Streets, the 25-story, 714 unit, mixed-use development launched
Arts & Culture
Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/coneyislandfun/photos/gm.1737803993191073/10155107784154514/?type=3&theater] The weekend’s almost here! There’s lots happening starting on Thursday including dessert, music, magic, and puppies! Don’t forget to check out our listings for Battle of Brooklyn commemorative events [/commemorate-the-241st-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-brooklyn/] and local
green
A Citi Bike station on 5th Avenue and 3rd Street outside of J.J. Byrne Playground and the Old Stone House. (Photo: BKLYNER)Gowanus – Elected officials, transportation advocates, and local union members joined Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] Tuesday morning (August 15) for a ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the opening
Central Brooklyn
Photo courtesy of the Office of the Acting District AttorneyCrown Heights – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a 52-year-old Crown Heights resident was sentenced to seven years in prison for an attempted robbery of an MTA station booth last year. At approximately 10:45pm on August 12,
Central Brooklyn
(Courtesy Twitter/ReachNow [https://twitter.com/reachnow/status/856562079561601026])Will a City supported carshare program help reduce car ownership in Brooklyn? The NYC Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) intends to find out with a two-year pilot program launching this Fall. While the agency will not run a carshare service, it
Carroll Gardens
St. Mary’s Playground groundbreaking (L-R: CB6 Parks Chair Mark Shames, Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s Executive Director Andrea Parker, Brad Lander, Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher, CB6 Co-Chair Michael Racioppo, and members of the Gowanus Green Team), Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNERCarroll Gardens – Just
Animals
Garfield via “Save the Cats of South Slope” Go Fund Me PageSouth Slope – A Go Fund Me page was set up last month to help a group of homeless cats living in a feral colony in South Slope. “New York City is not a fun place to live if you
Business
Stems, 639 Vanderbilt Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Prospect Heights – Following a temporary Department of Health & Mental Hygiene-imposed shut-down [/developing-sycamore-closed-temporarily-doh-inspection/] earlier this summer, the flower shop Stems [http://www.stemsbrooklyn.com] has moved from the space it shared with the beloved Ditmas Park bar, Sycamore [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.
News
257 Gold Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The 8,000-square-foot commercial space on the ground-floor of BKLYN GOLD [http://www.bklyngold.com/], the luxury rental building located in Downtown Brooklyn, has finally found a tenant. Changing Tomorrow Childcare is planning to open up a daycare center in the space