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
L-R: Bill Spencer, Jreh Hurst, and Christine Hurst of BK Fitness in Park Slope Heading down 4th Avenue in South Slope there are plenty of construction sites and auto shops, but you’d be hard-pressed finding a gym or a fitness facility in the area. The Hursts are here to
Central Brooklyn
Jewish Children’s Museum, Crown Heights via Google MapsPolice in Israel arrested a 19-year-old man Thursday for making a series of bomb threats to Jewish centers and schools across the U.S., including the Jewish Children’s Museum [/jewish-childrens-museum-evacuated-bomb-threat/] in Crown Heights and the Jewish Association Services for the Aged
community
Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 12 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Carlos Menchaca’s District 38 [http://council.nyc.gov/carlos-menchaca/pb/6/] (Red Hook, Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace). With new online voting [http://council.nyc.
community
Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 15 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Stephen Levin’s District 33 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-33/] (Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, Vinegar Hill,
Central Brooklyn
Photo via the Participatory Budgeting ProjectVoting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 8 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Laurie Cumbo’s District 35 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-35/] (Bed-Stuy, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Fort Greene, Prospect Heights). With
community
Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 18 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Brad Lander’s District 39 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-39/] (Borough Park, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Kensington, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace). With
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Image by Stoop Juice via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StoopJuice/photos/a.288625604578011.64587.288318274608744/1069944806446083/?type=3&theater] A Park Slope juice bar owner claims his website has been hacked with “No Fat Asses” tacked on to the end of the company’s “Authentic Healthy Sustainable” slogan.
Arts & Culture
> Beautiful spring day in #GreenWood today prepping for @creativetimenyc & #SophieCalle. So happy that project was announced today! @fifteenfrancs @katie.hollander ❤#hereliessecrets #perrotin @galerieperrotin [https://www.instagram.com/p/BR6L6pWAAK1/] A post shared by DONALD RYAN (@dnryan) on Mar 21, 2017 at 10:50am PDT Creative Time [http://creativetime.
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Photo by vanessaku via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BR8gECjBm65/]Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced plans for major improvements to city roads in an effort to increase safety for pedestrians and bicyclists in all five boroughs. Under the next phase of his Vision Zero Plan, the Mayor’s
Arts & Culture
Photo by booksaremagicbk via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQjFx_ABXIR/]Brooklyn bookworms have been waiting patiently for the arrival of Emma Straub [https://www.facebook.com/emmastraubwriter/]‘s Books Are Magic [https://www.booksaremagic.net/] bookstore to Cobble Hill. Filling the indie bookstore void, the Brooklyn-based author Straub
history
Photo by ninagoffi via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP33mFMF-RL/]Happy anniversary, Prospect Park! Brooklyn’s public backyard turns 150 this year. To celebrate this milestone, the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/stay-connected/?redirect_url=%2Flearn-more%2Fpark-history-slideshow%2F] is hosting an array of activities starting on Friday,
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Crown Heights residents protesting the opening of the 1173 Bergen Street senior men’s homeless shelter at a town hall meeting last week (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)[UPDATED March 21, 8:20pm] The 1173 Bergen Street shelter will not open tomorrow, March 22, as scheduled. Jennifer Cato emailed the