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.
Announcements
Following an international design competition launched in January [/logo-design-competition-for-pops/], the Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP), The Municipal Art Society of New York [https://www.mas.org/] (MAS), and Advocates for Privately Owned Public Space [https://www.mas.org/initiatives/advocates-for-privately-owned-public-space/] (APOPS) announced
Navy Yards
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place Monday morning to celebrate the launch of NYC Ferry [https://www.ferry.nyc/] service at the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Dock 72 [/nyc-ferry-navy-yard-stop/]. > Happy Launch Day! Our Brooklyn Navy Yard Stop is officially in service! We are so excited to be
Announcements
GOWANUS – The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) [https://gowanuscag.org/] will host a town hall on Wednesday, May 29 to update the public on the Gowanus Canal Superfund clean-up. Designated a Superfund site by the Environmental Protection Agency [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] (EPA)
DUMBO
DUMBO – The body of a man was pulled from the East River near the Manhattan Bridge on Sunday morning. Via Google MapsAt approximately 8:20am on May 19, police received a call regarding a body floating in the water in the vicinity of Adams Street and John Street in DUMBO.
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – The Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] Transportation Committee unanimously approved NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s (DOT) proposal to install a protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue between Grand Army Plaza and
Announcements
CLINTON HILL – Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/summer/] will present a packed schedule of outdoor programs this summer including lunchtime concerts, fitness classes, kids’ activities, and more. A live performance at Myrtle Avenue Plaza in 2018 (Photo: Samuel Stuart, courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership)All of the
Business
PARK SLOPE – A third outpost of Cinnamon Girl [https://www.facebook.com/Cinnamon-Girl-178436148840919/] has opened at 80 6th Avenue in the storefront that previously housed Muscle Maker Grill, Fiat Café, and Cubana Café. Cinnamon Girl, 80 6th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The bake shop/café/grocer debuted at 277
Food & Drink
PARK SLOPE – Residents and workers along 7th Avenue have a new outdoor spot to sit and relax. A Street Seats station debuted in front of Pokéworks [http://www.pokeworks.com/] at 258 7th Avenue on Monday. Street Seats in front of Pokéworks, 258 7th Avenue (Photo courtesy of Pokéworks) Back
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The NYPD is investigating the death of a man found in the basement of The Pumphouse Mews co-op building in Brooklyn Heights. The Pumphouse Mews (Photo: Christopher Bride via Property Shark)Maintenance workers called 911 after discovering the body at approximately 9:50am on Wednesday morning, a police
Arts & Culture
RED HOOK – Falconworks Theater Company [https://falconworkstheater.org/] will debut a new original production, I Migration, at Red Hook’s Waterfront Museum [http://waterfrontmuseum.org/home] on Thursday, May 16. Artwork by Yanling (Ivy) Hou and Reg FlowersUsing music and stories culled from historical sources as well as current narratives,
Central Brooklyn
Via Prospect Park Alliance | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkAlliance/photos/a.1572765996094905/1572765962761575/?type=3&theater] PROSPECT PARK – Join the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/?utm_source=PPA+Press+List&utm_campaign=659c161f68-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_04_18_03_40_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&
Business
PARK SLOPE – Approximately 75 full-time employees of the Park Slope Food Coop [https://www.foodcoop.com/] (782 Union Street) are working towards organizing a union, the New York Post [https://nypost.com/2019/05/12/workers-at-soviet-style-park-slope-food-coop-fighting-for-union/] reported on Monday. Photo by BKLYNERThe staff members of the food cooperative claimed “unfair