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.
Business
PARK SLOPE – Ahead of the next New York State Liquor Authority [https://sla.ny.gov] (SLA) hearing to consider the fate of Woodland’s liquor license, The Black Institute [https://theblackinstitute.org] (TBI) has launched a petition in support of the beleaguered business. Woodland, 242 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Piper Theatre [https://pipertheatre.org/] presents the world premiere of a haunting original work, The Lincoln Dress [https://pipertheatre.org/emerging/the-lincoln-dress/], in three intimate performances at The Old Stone House [https://theoldstonehouse.org/event/the-lincoln-dress/2019-07-08/]. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/1874207722679621/]Written and directed
Central Brooklyn
EAST NEW YORK – On Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the opening of the first section of the new Shirley Chisholm State Park, located along Jamaica Bay in East New York. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo delivers remarks during the opening of Shirley Chisholm State Park, July 2, 2019 (Photo: Mike Groll/
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – After more than twenty years of working in DUMBO, artist Tom Fruin relocated his studio to Gowanus in March. Tom Fruin’s Watertower (2012), on top of 20 Jay Street, seen from the Manhattan Bridge bicycle path (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Brooklynites can get a glimpse of Fruin’s work
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Opera On Tap [https://www.operaontap.org/] will present an interactive, musical walk “through America’s volatile political history” in twelve performances over four nights at The Old Stone House [https://theoldstonehouse.org]. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/684000438720201/]“It really focuses on American music looking
News
PARK SLOPE – Three people were injured Sunday afternoon when scaffolding fell from the roof of a building and crashed into the courtyard of a neighboring bar. Scaffolding fell from 243 4th Ave down into the courtyard of Mission Dolores at 249 4th Ave (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The scaffolding collapse occurred
Events
PARK SLOPE – After years of planning, a statue of the beloved children’s book character, Knuffle Bunny, was finally unveiled Thursday morning at the Park Slope Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/park-slope]‘s Reading Circle And Storytelling Garden. Knuffle Bunny statue at Park Slope Library’s Storytelling Garden (Photo:
Downtown Brooklyn
FORT GREENE – Next month, the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/] will launch Movement Mondays, a series of free fitness classes held outdoors at The Plaza at 300 Ashland (at Lafayette & Flatbush). Movement Mondays via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/330204337626076/] The program kicks off on July 1
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL/PARK SLOPE – The long vacant Times Plaza Station Post Office on Atlantic Avenue will soon become an eleven-story residential building according to reports. Times Plaza Post Office, 542 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The post office closed in January 2017 [/going-postal-times-plaza-p-o-near-barclays-closing-2-new-locations-will-divide-mail-services/] , two years after the USPS lost
Gowanus
GOWANUS – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) voted Tuesday morning to calendar eight buildings across five properties in Gowanus for consideration as individual landmarks. Gowanus Flushing Tunnel/Pumping Station and Gate House at 196 Butler Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The sites
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – A ten-foot-tall steel sculpture will soon be installed at the triangular Greenstreet space at Flatbush, 7th Avenue, and Park Place. The Greenstreet triangle at Flatbush Ave, 7th Ave, and Park Place (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Elizabeth Masella, Public Art Coordinator for NYC Department of Parks & Recreation [https:
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – Representatives for Fortis [https://fortispropertygroup.com/] and MPFP Landscape Architecture & Urban Design [https://mpfp.com/] provided another update regarding the upcoming renovation of Henry Street Park III during the Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org] Parks Committee meeting on Wednesday. The site of Henry Street