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.
Navy Yards
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – As part of Mayor de Blasio’s recently announced expansion of NYC Ferry service [/state-of-city/], a new stop on the Astoria line will open at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this spring. The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announced on Monday that the new NYC Ferry [https://www.
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Sales have launched for 75 Greene Avenue, the landmarked building that once housed the office of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. Rendering via 75greene.com [http://75greene.com/]Located in the Fort Greene Historic District [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/HistoricDistrictMaps/Brooklyn/ft_
Business
PARK SLOPE – “When we closed this place, many people cried. It was crazy,” Antonio Garcia said as he recalled Santa Fe Grill’s final night in September. “People came from everywhere. People were outside, they couldn’t come in.” L-R: Claudia, Maria, and Antonio Garcia, owners of Santa Fe Veracruzano
News
PARK SLOPE – Another celebrity couple is leaving Park Slope [/blunt-krasinski-matt-damon/]. Actors Maggie Gyllenhaal [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350454/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm] and Peter Sarsgaard [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0765597/?ref_=nmbio_mbio] have listed their Sterling Place townhouse for $4.599 million, the Wall Street Journal first
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday [http://www.brooklynda.org/2019/01/10/philadelphia-man-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-fatally-stabbing-fort-greene-man-during-drug-fueled-encounter/] that a 44-year-old Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the stabbing death of a “Brooklyn man inside his apartment during a drug-fueled sexual encounter.” According to trial
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, State Senator Brian Kavanagh, Council Member Stephen Levin, and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon will join neighbors on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade Saturday morning, January 12, to demand a “community-driven solution” for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) rehabilitation project. Via A Better Way NYC – Facebook
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – One Clinton [https://www.oneclintonbk.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw5OV8Pbj3wIVmY3ICh3zUw00EAAYASAAEgIxn_D_BwE] , the 38-story tower replacing the Brooklyn Heights Library at 280 Cadman Plaza West and Clinton Street, recently launched sales for some of the development’s 134 luxury condos. 280 Cadman Plaza West rendering [http://280cadman.com] via Marvel
history
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – After launching a contest last fall [/name-the-brooklyn-public-library-eagle/] to name the cast-copper eagle sitting above the entrance of the Central Library, Brooklyn Public Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/] has announced the winning moniker. Brooklyn Historical Society gifted the cast-copper eagle, Ingersoll, to Brooklyn Public Library (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Ingersoll
Arts & Culture
This weekend delivers plays, musical performances, the return of the Brooklyn Podcast Festival, and two family-friendly events at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and Brooklyn Historical Society DUMBO. Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list one of your own. Opera On Tap: Opera
Business
PARK SLOPE/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Brooklyn’s first licensed medical cannabis dispensary, Citiva [https://citiva.com/], officially opened for business at 202 Flatbush Avenue on Sunday, December 30. “The store is designed to provide the most patient-friendly experience possible,” Carlos Perea, Chief Operating Officer of iAnthus Capital Holdings, said in a
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Now in its 22nd year, The Gallery’s Players [http://galleryplayers.com/]‘ signature theatrical event, the Black Box New Play Festival, will present 11 new plays over the next three weekends. Kicking off Thursday, January 10, the Black Box New Play Festival will present select new plays Thursday
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – After selling their 4th Street townhouse in Park Slope [/emily-blunt-and-john-krasinski-list-park-slope-townhouse-for-8m/] last year, actors Emily Blunt and John Krasinski are headed to Brooklyn Heights. 171 Columbia Heights (Photo by Nicholas Strini, July 2012) via Property Shark [https://www.propertyshark.com/mason/]The couple reportedly paid just over $11 million
Announcements
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – Recruiting and training has begun in preparation for the long-anticipated opening of Wegmans [/wegmans-delayed-til-2018-fortgreene/] at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this fall. Rendering courtesy of WegmansLocated at 21 Flushing Avenue in the Admiral’s Row development on the Brooklyn Navy Yard campus, the 74,000-square-foot supermarket will hire
fort greene
FORT GREENE/BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – A 44-year-old man died from injuries sustained after being attacked in his home at the Farragut Houses, the NYPD reports. Farragut Houses via Google MapsOfficers responded to a call of an assault at the Farragut Houses at approximately 10:40am on Friday, January 4. When
Central Brooklyn
WINDSOR TERRACE – Two southern food favorites—Butterfunk Kitchen [http://www.butterfunkkitchen.com] and Sumner’s Luncheonette [https://www.facebook.com/SumnersLuncheonette/]—shuttered at the end of 2018 as a result of rising rents. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BrYz4pSARgE/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading] [https://www.
Business
PARK SLOPE – George de Boissiere, the owner of longtime mail service shop, Mailboxes on 5th [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mailboxes-On-Fifth-Ave/135877773128291?__tn__=%2CdkC-R-R&eid=ARCdfsU1jdJRSuq5F7SerhRetxvtHzVjuiWDZ5HquppreABfzwOQuHyyenkaia0xScVwn6le-BWgLaV8&hc_ref=ARQ33wpyjilmYCCPNVDKNyxYnt0ZNBauqCiAsWmIg7c-r3KJ8eVB6_TzqljlRQeBv_4&fref=tag] , passed away recently. Though details surrounding his death have not been made public, family