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.
Events
WILLIAMSBURG – The 6th annual Greenway + Industry [http://www.brooklyngreenway.org/event/greenway-industry/] benefit will take place on Thursday, November 15 to welcome the organization’s new Executive Director, raise funds for the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI), and push for the completion of the 26-mile pedestrian and cyclist waterfront pathway. Via
Arts & Culture
WILLIAMSBURG – To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Public Library’s Leonard branch will be designated a literary landmark in honor of the classic coming-of-age novel. Leonard Library, 81 Devoe Street (Via Google Maps)Published in 1943, A Tree Grows in
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A new sign may soon welcome commuters as they travel across the East River into Brooklyn as the NYC Board of Standards & Appeals has approved a replacement for the former Watchtower sign, the New York Post [https://nypost.com/2018/11/08/nyc-approves-replacement-for-watchtower-sign-in-brooklyn-heights/] reports. Via Google MapsThe
Central Brooklyn
Dean Street, Cobble Hill (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story ideas,
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Dozens of advocates joined Council Member Brad Lander and Assembly Member Robert Carroll outside of the 7th Avenue F/G subway stop Friday afternoon to once again call on the MTA to install an elevator at the station. Rally for elevator at 7th Avenue F/G subway station
Bed Stuy
Congratulations to Claro [https://www.clarobk.com] (284 3rd Avenue) in Gowanus which just received a Michelin star! The year-old Mexican eatery [/six-new-restaurants-check-brooklyn/] will be included in the 2019 Michelin Guide New York City, making it the first restaurant in Gowanus to receive the honor, according to the Wall Street
Arts & Culture
Red Hook artists and makers are opening their doors to visitors this weekend while the Fall edition of The Other Art Fair takes place in Greenpoint. The TIDE Film Festival debuts on Friday and Interference Archive honors Veterans Day with a poetry reading and screening of two short films. Check
Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/DUMBO/FORT GREENE – Making its debut this weekend is The TIDE Film Festival [https://www.tidefilmfestival.org/], dedicated to films written, directed, and produced by filmmakers of color to “celebrate storytelling that represents a minority voice in Hollywood.” The TIDE Film FestivalPresented by the non-profit organization DreamMaker DreamDoer
Business
PARK SLOPE – Small business owners uncertain about the Americans With Disabilities Act [https://www.ada.gov/] (ADA) regulations or whether their storefronts are fully accessible should attend an ADA Compliance Info Session this Friday, November 9, at the Park Slope Library. Via Park Slope Fifth Avenue Facebook [https://www.facebook.
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The foundation work has begun on 9 Dekalb Avenue [http://jdsdevelopment.com/9-dekalb/], a project that once completed will be Brooklyn’s tallest tower at 1,066 feet. Via shoparc.com [http://www.shoparc.com/projects/9-dekalb-avenue/]Construction crews have been spotted on the northern edge of the
News
PARK SLOPE – Dorothy Bruns, the 44-year-old Staten Island woman who killed two young children in Park Slope after driving her car into a group of pedestrians, was found dead of an apparent suicide Tuesday afternoon, the New York Post [https://nypost.com/2018/11/06/driver-charged-with-running-over-kids-including-broadway-stars-child-is-dead-in-apparent-suicide/] reports. Scene following the
Business
GOWANUS – As reported back in March [/years-construction-3rd-avenue-impacts-gowanus-small-businesses/], years of disruptive construction forced Twig Terrariums to move out of 287 3rd Avenue (at Carroll Street) after seven years at the storefront. Now nearly eight months later, the construction may finally be coming to an end. Work on 3rd Avenue at Carroll
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Crews have begun work on the foundation and lower levels of One Willoughby Square, a new 34-story office tower rising at 420 Albee Square across from City Point, New York YIMBY [https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/11/one-willoughby-square-begins-ascent-towards-495-foot-pinnacle-in-downtown-brooklyn.html] reports. One Willoughby Square, rendering by DBOXThe site is visible
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Following a three-year renovation, Macy’s will celebrate the grand reopening of its “reconfigured” and consolidated Downtown Brooklyn store with a series of special events later this week. Rendering via Macy’sIn 2015, Tishman Speyer purchased Macy’s upper five floors [/creative-hub-health-center-mixed-use-building-coming-downtown-brooklyn/] for $270 million to convert into
Central Brooklyn
Amity Street, Cobble Hill (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story ideas,
environment
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/index.page] (HPD) and the NYC Department of City Planning [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) hosted a Community Workshop Thursday night to collect feedback on the preliminary site planning for Public