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
Several events are planned across the borough in the coming weeks to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth (May 31, 1819). Walt Whitman (Photographer George C. Cox, 1887) via Wikimedia CommonsWhitman lived in Brooklyn for 28 years, working as a printer, teacher, journalist, and an editor for
Arts & Culture
SUNSET PARK – A three-day crafts festival is taking place this weekend at Industry City featuring demonstrations and hands-on workshops as well as master classes led by experienced artisans. Via Craft In Focus Festival | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/craftinfocusnewyork/photos/pcb.2298375773776042/2298374597109493/?type=3&theater] The Craft In
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL/PARK SLOPE – Work is currently underway for a new mixed-use building spanning several lots on 4th Avenue between Warren Street and Saint Marks Place. 4th Avenue between Saint Marks Place & Warren Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Development firm Level One Holdings [http://leveloneholdings.com] filed plans earlier
community
PARK SLOPE – Following a heated meeting on two homeless shelters planned for 535 and 555 4th Avenue [/heated-meeting-about-two-4th-avenue-homeless-shelters/], a group of neighbors has united in an effort to get answers from the city. 535 4th Avenue & 555 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)“We care deeply about how best
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The “Willoughby Walks [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/events/willoughby-walks-1]” series returns next week, temporarily transforming the blocks surrounding the intersection of Willoughby and Lawrence Streets into a car-free public playground. Via Downtown Brooklyn Partnership | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/2311832312212685]The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/] (DBP)
Business
PARK SLOPE – There are more changes happening along 5th Avenue in Park Slope. See the list below of some new additions to the corridor and a couple of closings. SkyIce [https://skyice.net], 437 5th Avenue (between 8th & 9th Streets) SkyIce is expanding! The “2019 Dime Best of Brooklyn”
Arts & Culture
The New York Landmarks Conservancy [http://www.nylandmarks.org/] is hosting the Sacred Sites Open House from May 18-19, inviting the public to tour 150 churches, mosques, synagogues, temples, and meeting houses across the state, including 13 sites in Brooklyn. New Utrecht Reformed ChurchThe Conservancy began hosting the tours of
Business
PARK SLOPE – A GoFundMe campaign was recently launched [https://www.gofundme.com/pick-quick-key-food-employees?member=2172406&utm_source=twilio&utm_medium=sms&utm_campaign=contacts-v2-invite-to-donate&fbclid=IwAR19x8ZSwP96oKr0qtvd6IlJ3EqGQjkUMvJXNuSTMfBaHdsvwZNGbjx_koo] to help Key Food meat department employees who have been locked out of their jobs for more than a
News
Siah Armajani’s ‘Bridge Over Tree’ at Brooklyn Bridge Park (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) * D, N, and R subway service was delayed on Wednesday after a construction worker fell onto the tracks at the 53rd Street station in Sunset Park [https://www.amny.com/news/worker-falls-subway-brooklyn-1.30817480]. Emergency crews took
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS/PARK SLOPE – Spoke the Hub [http://spokethehub.org/] celebrates 40 years of bringing community dance classes, performances, and flash mob routines to Park Slope and Gowanus. Spoke the Hub’s Prince Flash Mob at Local Produce event. Elise Long is on the right. (Photo courtesy of Spoke the Hub)
clinton hill
FORT GREENE/CLINTON HILL – The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org] is encouraging neighbors to get outside and enjoy the spring weather with free yoga classes, walking tours, and bicycling promotions. Sunset Stretch Yoga courtesy of Myrtle Ave BKLYNThe Sunset Stretch Series [https://www.facebook.com/events/2381097038787977/] kicked
Business
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 9:15am: The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) confirmed that the city acquired the properties October 31, 2018. While a final sale price has not been determined, an advance payment of $36 million “was made to the owner of 234 Butler Street” in