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.
North Western Brooklyn
RED HOOK – The NYPD released new surveillance video last week showing a person of interest in connection with a 2016 homicide in Red Hook. At approximately 4:30am on May 19, 2016, the body of 51-year-old Sharon Whigham, a mother of seven, was discovered in front of 110 West 9th
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The glassy four-story building that formerly housed an HSBC branch on Montague Street may soon be demolished to make way for a new 20-story residential building with ground-floor retail. 200 Montague Street, near Cadman Plaza West (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.
Development
GOWANUS – The auditorium of P.S. 133 was packed Thursday evening with locals eager to see NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page]‘s (DCP) presentation of the Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal. Via NYC Department of City Planning presentation of the Gowanus
Animals
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The borough’s first feline cafe, Brooklyn Cat Cafe [https://www.catcafebk.com/], held an official grand opening on Wednesday at its new home at 76 Montague Street. Having moved in December into the landmarked building that previously housed Friend of a Farmer restaurant, the new Brooklyn Cat
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – This spring the Brooklyn Museum [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org] will debut a group exhibition featuring work by contemporary LGBTQ+ artists that “honors the fight for queer liberation in the years since the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.” S.T.A.R., 2012, by Tuesday Smillie. Courtesy of the artist and
community
GOWANUS – The EPA team members working on the Gowanus Canal Superfund Cleanup [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] returned to the Gowanus CAG Tuesday evening for the first time since being furloughed during the federal government shutdown. Gowanus Canal seen from the 9th Street Bridge (Photo:
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] Executive Committee voted against a liquor license for a boozy Taco Bell planned for 58 Court Street in Brooklyn Heights. Taco Bell Cantina at 1034 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush via Google MapsThe national chain is pushing
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A popular produce market housed in a one-story building at 181 Atlantic Avenue may soon be demolished to make way for a new four-story mixed-use development. Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable, 181 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)On Monday evening, the Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/
Development
PARK SLOPE – A 125-foot-tall, twelve-story mixed-used development has been proposed to replace the long vacant lot on the corner of 4th Avenue and Degraw Street. Construction site at 639 Degraw Street (at corner of 4th Avenue), Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)ODA Architecture [http://www.oda-architecture.com]
hate crimes
PARK SLOPE – The NYPD is searching for a man who stole a statue from Saint Thomas Aquinas Church and then dumped it into a nearby trash can. Surveillance video taken at approximately 11:10am last Wednesday, February 20, shows a man walking out of the church at 249 9th Street
Business
GOWANUS – A new music venue/bar/café will open next month at the historic ASPCA headquarters building at 233 Butler Street. 233 Butler Street (Photo courtesy of Public Records)Public Records [https://publicrecords.nyc/?fbclid=IwAR2SpwzpkbEAwMWkb7adYzDeYat3khWdXtO9w_UczTD8mQgXE43IEfimXfA] will feature an all-day vegan café and magazine shop as well as two
Development
SUNSET PARK – A group of developers who intended to build a 1.3 million-square-foot mixed-use project on an 8th Avenue parking lot have put the site on the market for $150 million. 6208 8th Avenue rendering via Raymond Chan Architect [http://www.raymondchanarchitect.com/portfolio-items/6208-8th-ave-development/?portfolioCats=49%2C50%2C51%