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
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) will follow up last week’s Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal open house with a formal presentation at 6pm on Thursday, February 28 at PS 133, William A. Butler School, 610 Baltic Street (at 4th
News
PARK SLOPE – When Kathy Park Price first moved to 7th Street in 2012, she was smitten by a pair of red hearts dangling from a wire above the street at the intersection of 5th Avenue. Hearts above 5th Avenue (at 7th Street), Photo: Pamela Wong/BklynerUnsure of the origins of
Central Brooklyn
NYC Council Member Brad Lander, Council Speaker Corey Johnson, and safe streets advocates rallied outside City Hall on Tuesday for legislation that would make city streets safer by getting the most dangerous drivers off the roads. > We’re on the steps of City Hall with @bradlander [https://twitter.com/
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Beloved independent bookshop McNally Jackson [https://www.mcnallyjackson.com] is headed to Brooklyn! Store owner, Sarah McNally, recently announced that she will open an outpost at City Point (445 Albee Square West). City Point, Downtown Brooklyn (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)McNally Jackson’s flagship store almost had to
Education
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard [https://brooklynnavyyard.org/] held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning to celebrate the opening of the Brooklyn STEAM Center [https://www.brooklynsteamcenter.org/], a new 30,000-square-foot facility offering technical training to students from eight local public high schools. The Brooklyn STEAM Center, Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Residents of luxury rental tower, The Azure [https://azure436.com/#residences] at 436 Albee Square, are angry with the hordes of college students moving into their building. The Azure, 436 Albee Square via Streeteasy [https://streeteasy.com/building/the-azure-436-albee-square]The 28-story residence, which was originally marketed as
News
GOWANUS/BOERUM HILL – The construction work that has plagued 3rd Avenue in Gowanus for years [/first-phase-of-disruptive-3rd-avenue-construction-completed/] is moving north toward State Street. Equipment on 3rd Avenue between Butler & Baltic Streets (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Phase 2 of the NYC Department of Design and Construction [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/
Education
FORT GREENE – Brooklyn Tech faculty and students are in mourning this week following the sudden death of their popular Assistant Vice Principal, Paul Hoftyzer, on Monday, February 4. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/549783155523607/]The 44-year-old Hoftyzer, or “Hofty” as he was affectionately known, worked at the specialized
North Western Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – The NYPD is searching for three teens and a young boy who reportedly beat and robbed a woman inside the 4th Ave-9th Street subway station last week. At approximately 9:30pm on Wednesday, January 30, the four suspects approached a 22-year-old woman on the southbound “R” platform of
Columbia Street Waterfront
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT – A group of Columbia Street Waterfront residents are rallying to oppose a developer’s plans to build a seven-story building in their low-rise neighborhood. Rendering of 41 Summit Street via Sheldon Lobel presentationNeighbors Katarina Jerinic and Anthony Bradfield live on Carroll Street, directly behind the proposed development
Development
GOWANUS – An activist group hijacked the NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page]‘s (DCP) Gowanus Draft Rezoning Proposal [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page#navigation] open house Wednesday night, staging their own meeting at the event held inside the
Arts & Culture
Happy Black History Month! There are a couple of events lined up this weekend to celebrate the annual observance of African-American history including the return of Myrtle Avenue’s Black Artstory Month and BAM’s Black Comix Expo. Check the Bklyner Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or