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.
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The Church of the Redeemer formerly located at 24 4th Avenue, Photo via Property Shark by Kate Leonova (March 2007)The Boerum Hill site where the Church of the Redeemer stood for 150 years will become a twelve-story condominium building, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2017/07/05/adam-america-buys-boerum-hill-dev-site-for-36m/
Animals
Photo by Milla Chappell @realhappydogs [https://www.instagram.com/realhappydogs/]Park Slope dog lovers have three great pup-up events to check out this week. First, real estate firm Compass is hosting Brokers for Barkers [https://brokersforbarkers.splashthat.com/] today, an event to benefit Foster Dogs Inc [http://fosterdogsnyc.com], a
North Western Brooklyn
Via NYPDThe NYPD are searching for a pair of thieves with a serious nicotine habit. The two men seen in the surveillance images above have been targeting drug stores throughout Brooklyn and making off with thousands of dollars in cigarettes taken from behind the counter of each store. In one
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Photo via Nest Seekers [https://www.nestseekers.com/675372/3-br-loft-dumbo-brooklyn-ny?src=4UfY7bG] Former nightlife impresario and current hotelier, Ian Shrager [http://ianschragercompany.com/], recently purchased a spacious, light-filled loft at 31 Washington Street in DUMBO. Shrager, along with his business partner Steve Rubell, launched the iconic nightclubs Studio 54 in
Events
The electric cars that will be racing in this weekend’s FIA Formula E Championship at Red Hook’s Brooklyn Cruise Terminal were unveiled this morning [https://patch.com/new-york/gowanus/watch-formula-e-racing-comes-red-hook]. The FIA Formula E Championship [http://www.fiaformulae.com/en] is the world’s first fully-electric, single-seater racing
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Downtown Brooklyn
Photo via Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/events/movies-metrotech][Updated: Wednesday, July 12 at 5:30pm] Unfortunately, due to the threat of rain, tonight’s movie has been canceled. The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Forest City Ratner Companies are hosting Movies@MetroTech, a series of free, summer movies at
Central Brooklyn
MTA riders experienced another nightmare commute Tuesday evening when signal problems at DeKalb Avenue once again [/signal-problems-dekalb-affecting-b-d-n-q-r-trains/] caused major backups, service changes, and headaches. At least one MTA train was stuck on the Manhattan Bridge for approximately half an hour yesterday evening, July 11, NBC New York [http://www.nbcnewyork.
Announcements
452 Lafayette Avenue via Google MapsThe affordable housing lottery launched yesterday, July 10, for two new rental units available at 452 Lafayette Avenue (at Franklin Avenue) on the border of Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy. The newly constructed five-story building is smoke-free and offers a roof terrace and a laundry room.
Arts & Culture
Carriages at Grand Army Plaza, 1900 (Courtesy of Prospect Park Alliance)In honor of Prospect Park’s 150th Anniversary [/prospect-park-turns-150/], the Prospect Park Alliance is joining forces with the Brooklyn Historical Society to present The Means of a Ready Escape: Brooklyn’s Prospect Park [http://brooklynhistory.org/exhibitions/current.html]
Business
Image via TF Cornerstone [https://tfc.com/retail/33-bond-street]The owners behind Chelsea Piers, the mega sports/entertainment/events complex overlooking the Hudson River on Manhattan’s westside, plan to develop a 52,000-square-foot fitness facility at the base of the new luxury rental tower, 33 Bond Street [https://tfc.
Food & Drink
The Malai pop-up outpost at Gotham Market at The Ashland (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Gotham Market at The Ashland [/grand-opening-gotham-market-ashland/] (590 Fulton Street at Ashland Place) welcomed Malai Ice Cream Monday evening, the second vendor for the food hall’s rotating pop-up space. Founded in 2015 by NYU Stern
Arts & Culture
Movie Marquee Poems (Photo courtesy of Nitehawk)Over the 4th of July weekend, Park Slope’s former Pavilion Theater (188 Prospect Park West) began showcasing short poems on its marquee. For the next few months, Movie Marquee Poems will exhibit a series of film-inspired poems on the old movie theater’