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.
Arts & Culture
DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk is tomorrow, March 2nd, with a line-up including over a dozen openings and activities. Galleries will be open from 6 to 8pm, so there’s plenty of time to check out the new exhibitions. Below is a list of 3 picks—video artwork projected
Food & Drink
Four new foodie venues are coming to Northern Brooklyn including a new Mexican restaurant in Prospect Heights, a Katz’s Delicatessen outpost at City Point, a smaller offshoot of Peck’s Specialty Foods in Fort Greene, and a brewery in Sunset Park. Check out the list below for more details
Food & Drink
Mirror Tea House, 575 Union Street (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Blink and you might miss it. Along the busy strip leading to the bridge over the Gowanus Canal is the non-descript storefront of Mirror Tea House [https://www.mirrorinthewoods.com/]. Marked only by a minimal wooden sign hanging from a
Business
VR Bar (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)After opening a few months ago at a small storefront in Park Slope, Brooklyn’s first and only virtual reality arcade, VR Bar [/vr-bar-brooklyns-first-virtual-reality-arcade-opens-in-park-slope/], relocates to 261 Smith Street (at DeGraw) in Carroll Gardens today. With his lease ending at 808B Union Street
Announcements
Photo by bklynlibrary via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJarU-KjwfD/?taken-by=bklynlibrary]Time is running out to nominate your favorite library for a chance to win $20,000 in the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/]. The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards have been celebrating the essential role
Food & Drink
Alchemy (Photo by capucinedecourt via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPDUApEjO6T/?taken-at=25774])Tomorrow is the first day of Lent, which means today is Pancake Day [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/features/pancake-day-2017-best-sweet-savoury-recipes-everything-else/] ! Traditionally, Christians served pancakes on the day before Lent as an easy and delicious way
Animals
Photo by ASPCA via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BBdPUQ4tvt2/?taken-by=aspca]Dorota Trec, the 36-year-old Gowanus resident convicted in November [/gowanus-rabbit-lady-convicted-of-100-counts-of-animal-abuse/] of 100 counts of animal cruelty, has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and 3 years probation. Since 2012, Trec has been reportedly keeping upwards of
News
69th Street Pier (Photo by znamenski via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMKOWLGjRQn/?tagged=69thstreetpier])The long wait is almost over for Southern Brooklyn residents looking for an alternate way to commute into Manhattan. According to a message posted on Change.org [https://www.change.org/p/nyc-dept-of-transportation-nyc-economic-development-corp-bring-ferry-service-to-bay-ridge-bcdcf0ed-5ae6-4576-9548-14ba76d0701b/u/
Arts & Culture
Image via Facebook [https://congregationbethelohim.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=6973]The White Helmets at Temple House of Congregation Beth Elohim [https://congregationbethelohim.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=6973] When: Tuesday, February 28th at 7pm Where: Temple House of Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield
Events
Photo via NYC Brewers via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ_XpvQDuR0/?taken-by=nycbrewers]New York City Beer Week [http://nycbeerweek.com/index/] kicked off this past weekend with a sold-out opening night bash [http://www.openingbash.com/] at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint. Don’t fret if
community
Kids for a Better Future members Freya Grant and Satya ShawKids for a Better Future members on the steps of Brooklyn Borough HallKids for a Better Future showing protest signs in front of Brooklyn Borough HallKids for a Better Future Freya Grant leading chantsKids for a Better Future parents at
Central Brooklyn
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