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
1173 Bergen Street (Photo by Nathan Haselby)On April 28, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Katherine Levine extended the temporary restraining order once again [/opening-crown-heights-homeless-shelter-delayed/] on 1173 Bergen Street, prohibiting the homeless shelter from opening while Crown Heights neighbors negotiated with the shelter’s operators and the City. This was the
News
Free bicycle helmet fitting and distribution event (Photo by NYC DOT via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/NYCDOT/photos/gm.772857019548315/10154574568367887/?type=3&theater] )In preparation for the annual Bike the Branches ride this Saturday (May 20), the Brooklyn Public Library and NYC DOT will be giving away
Announcements
On Monday May 22, NYC DOT will begin post-Superstorm Sandy recovery construction on the Third Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal. Traffic will be reduced to a single lane between the hours of 7am to 3:30pm from Monday to Friday, May 22 – May 26, and then again from Tuesday
Announcements
Image via MTA [http://nymta.civicconnect.com/courtesy]The MTA launched a new awareness campaign [http://www.mta.info/news/2017/05/14/mta-launches-new-awareness-campaign-encourage-customers-offer-pregnant-disabled-and] encouraging commuters to show some courtesy by getting up and offering their seats to pregnant, senior, or disabled riders who need to sit. The pilot program
Arts & Culture
A scene from EntanglementThe 20th annual Brooklyn Film Festival [http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/] (BFF) has announced the 122 films featured in this year’s lineup. Opening Friday, June 2, at Williamsburg’s Wythe Hotel [http://wythehotel.com], the Brooklyn Film Festival will kick off with the east coast premiere of
Food & Drink
The Gage and Tollner building, 372-374 Fulton Street via JJ Operating [http://www.jjop.com/flyers/374%20Fulton%20Street%207_21.pdf]The historic Gage and Tollner building located at 372-374 Fulton Street in downtown Brooklyn has been vacant since late last year, after a discount store peddling clothing, trinkets,
Central Brooklyn
“Bold winK” bike rack designed by David Byrne, Fort Greene (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign
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384 Schermerhorn Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Salsa and breakfast taco purveyors, Jalapa Jar, [https://www.jalapajar.com/] will soon be opening a two-year, pop-up shop at 384 Schermerhorn Street on the corner of Flatbush Avenue. The 600-square-foot outpost will take over a former check-cashing spot that will eventually
celebrity
Photo via Douglas Elliman [https://anncutbilllenane.elliman.com/new-york-city/239-waverly-avenue-brooklyn-msjjopf] Back in the 1990s, when young comedian Chris Rock was on Saturday Night Live, he purchased a beautiful home at 239 Waverly Avenue in Clinton Hill. Rock has long since moved on from SNL and Brooklyn, and recently put the
Police & Fire
Photos via NYPDThe NYPD are looking for three individuals in connection to an attempted robbery at a Bay Ridge home Monday night. Police report that at approximately 10:10pm on Monday, May 8, three men knocked on the door of a home in the vicinity of 7th Avenue and 72nd
North Western Brooklyn
Jay Street subway station (Photo by u_bahn_berlin via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BR1q0WghnXf/?taken-at=129192017520317])The NYPD report that they found the body of a dead 57-year-old man on a northbound A train this morning at the Jay Street subway station. Police arrived on the scene
Arts & Culture
A detail of artist Linda Serrone Rolon’s work which will be on view at Kruchkow’s Shoe Store, 7808 5th Ave, as a part of the Bay Ridge Storefront Art Walk. (Photo by Bay Ridge SAW via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bayridgesaw/photos/a.169802423182849.1073741825.129252413904517/785430904953328/