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.
Kids & Family
SUNSET PARK – Prospect Park’s popular attraction, Lola’s Dreamland Roller Disco [https://www.prospectpark.org/visit-the-park/places-to-go/lefrak-center-lakeside/roller-skating/lolas-dreamland-disco/] , will roll over to Sunset Park for the winter months. Industry City will be home to Dreamland Roller Disco’s 15,000-square-foot indoor roller rink Thursdays through Sundays from
Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – With Thanksgiving fast approaching, it’s time to start prepping for the holidays, and Winterfest at the Brooklyn Museum [http://winterfestbrooklynmuseum.com/] will help get you into the spirit. Photo via WinterfestFrom Black Friday, November 23 through Monday, December 31, a 40,000-square-foot space between the Brooklyn Museum
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – At a general board meeting Wednesday evening, November 14, Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] voted to approve co-naming St. James Place between Gates Avenue and Fulton Street “Christopher Wallace Way” in honor of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. The
Arts & Culture
It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving! In the spirit of giving during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week [https://hhweek.org], there are two “Empty Bowls” events happening this Saturday [/giving-back-neighbors-help-fight-hunger-at-two-empty-bowls-events-next-week/] in which local ceramic artists create and sell bowls to raise funds to help fight hunger. Also around town, SkyIce
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – Dozens of fourth graders at Success Academy Cobble Hill participated in the school’s first-ever Empty Bowls fundraiser to help feed hungry New Yorkers. Success Academy Cobble Hill Empty Bowls Event (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) Success Academy Cobble Hill Empty Bowls Event (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) Success Academy
Nonsponsored
SUNSET PARK – NYC Ferry [https://www.ferry.nyc/] has announced that service to the Brooklyn Army Terminal/Sunset Park stop is temporarily suspended for maintenance. Ferry docked at Brooklyn Army Terminal/Sunset Park (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) For approximately three to four weeks, the South Brooklyn route will bypass the
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is teaming up with Sadhana [https://www.sadhana.org/], International Society for Krishna Consciousness [http://iskconnyc.com/] (ISKCON NYC), NYC Commission on Human Rights [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cchr/index.page], and the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs [https://www1.nyc.
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Parlour [http://parlourbrooklyn.com/?keyword=%2B243%20%2B4th%20%2Bave&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjYq22OHR3gIVko7ICh3NcQBQEAAYASAAEgKLM_D_BwE] , a twelve-story, 19-unit condo building currently being constructed at 243 4th Avenue, will launch sales next spring, Curbed [https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/6/18065738/park-slope-new-condo-243-fourth-avenue-brooklyn] reports. Via parlourbrooklyn.com [http://parlourbrooklyn.
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
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