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
NYC Council Member Mark Treyger [https://council.nyc.gov/district-47/] (District 47) introduced Int. 1085 [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3597643&GUID=FBF82A61-48FC-4835-96F6-26710027339E] on Wednesday, a bill that would provide free legal services to victims of domestic violence who want to divorce their abusive partners. A
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – The NYPD have arrested 22-year-old Isaiah Thompson of Clinton Hill in connection to a rush hour slashing at the Jay Street MetroTech A/C subway station last month. [/weekend-crime-blotter-19/] Via NYPDThe
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Local mentorship program, the I AM PEACE Foundation [http://www.iampeacefoundation.org], is hosting its fifth annual 3-on-3 youth basketball tournament this Saturday, August 11, at Jackie Robinson Playground. I AM PEACE group shot, August 2017 (courtesy of I AM PEACE)The event was organized by Crown Heights
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Join NYC Council Members Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and Senator Diane Savino Thursday afternoon as they celebrate the official landmarking of the Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk. Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk (Photo: Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)On May 15
Arts & Culture
Hopefully the rain will stay away this weekend as there are lots of fun events planned for outdoors, including concerts, the Borough President’s Black VegFest, the North Slope Summer Stroll, History Day celebrating Coney Island’s immigrant heritage, and more. Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – The Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID [https://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/event/dine-in-park-slope/], Park Slope Chamber of Commerce [http://www.shopseventh.com], and North Flatbush BID [https://nfbid.com] have teamed up on a promotion to boost business at local restaurants during the waning days of summer. Via parkslopefifthavenuebid.com
Business
MARINE PARK – New retail spaces keep opening up at the redeveloped Kings Plaza Mall [http://www.kingsplazaonline.com]. A new Sephora outpost is slated to debut inside the new 75,000-square-foot JC Penney store this Friday, August 10. A rendering of JC Penney at Kings Plaza (via Kings Plaza Shopping
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – The controversial 80 Flatbush proposal was unanimously approved by the City Planning Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/about/commission.page] on Monday in another stage of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), Curbed [https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/7/17658456/brooklyn-80-flatbush-rezoning-city-planning-commission] reports. 80 Flatbush
Gowanus
PARK SLOPE – The NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s (DOT) comprehensive redesign of 9th Street will begin later this week following paving work on the busy and dangerous corridor. Crews working on 9th Street at 7th Avenue (Photo: Nathan Haselby)DOT
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Greenland Forest City Partners announced on Monday that local ceramics studio, BKLYN CLAY [https://www.bklynclay.com/], has signed a ten-year lease for a 5,260-square-foot space on the ground-floor of 535 Carlton Avenue. 535 Carlton (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Slated to open in October, BKLYN CLAY’s
Business
SUNSET PARK – Slated to open in 2020, Mayor de Blasio’s planned $136 million, 300,000-square-foot “Made in New York” campus at Bush Terminal [https://www.nycedc.com/project/made-ny-campus-bush-terminal] recently released a request for proposals (RFP) seeking a potential film, television, or media production tenant. “Made in NY” Campus
Arts & Culture
EAST FLATBUSH – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/] and Senator Jesse Hamilton [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/jesse-hamilton] are bringing back the popular Wingate Concert Series with four free events over the next two weeks. The series kicks off this Wednesday, August 8 with a R&