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.
Arts & Culture
Celebrate the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—with the return of Make Music New York [http://www.makemusicny.org/], a festival featuring free concerts in public spaces across New York City. Make Music New York via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/makemusicny/photos/p.10154944456867890/10154944456867890/?type=
Arts & Culture
CROWN HEIGHTS – In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared the end of slavery in the U.S., but it wasn’t until June 19, 1865 that the state of Texas announced that all slaves were free. While not officially a national holiday, June 19th or Juneteenth [http://www.juneteenth.com] is
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – After more than ten years in the making, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/plaza/] will debut the new $7 million, 25,000-square-foot pedestrian plaza between Hall Street and Emerson Place this Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the launch of the free summer public program
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced last Friday that a 24-year-old Prospect-Lefferts Gardens resident was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for violently assaulting a 58-year-old homeless man and streaming the attack on Facebook Live. Daquan King (Photo via the Office of Brooklyn District Attorney
Animals
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Last Three, the 17-foot-tall bronze sculpture depicting the last three northern white rhinos in the world stacked atop one another has been relocated from Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn. The Last Three by Gillie and Marc Schattner, MetroTech Commons (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Originally installed at Astor Place
Police & Fire
SUNSET PARK – Seven firefighters were injured battling a blaze in Sunset Park early Saturday morning. 4815 6th Avenue via Google MapsTwenty-five units and 106 firefighters responded to a call received at 3:45am at 4815 6th Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets, a three-story residential building, an FDNY representative said.
Central Brooklyn
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Announcements
RED HOOK – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] (District 38) has released a statement regarding Thursday night’s two-alarm fire at the historic S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse [/fire-tore-through-historic-s-w-bowne-grain-storehouse-thursday-night/] located at 595-611 Smith Street. S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo taken June 15, 2018,
Boerum Hill
[UPDATED: Monday, June 18 at 9:45am] In response to Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ recommendations, Alloy Development CEO Jared Della Valle said, “We appreciate that the Borough President took the time to review our application and that his decision acknowledges the pressing need for the public benefits included in
Announcements
[UPDATED: Tuesday, June 19 at 12:45pm] According to the New York City Department of Sanitation, at the end of Fiscal Year 2017, approximately 10.6 percent of the organic waste produced by residents with access to the curbside program was recycled. The three percent previously reported reflects both those
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – At a City Planning Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/about/commission.page] hearing on Wednesday, June 13, supporters and opponents of 80 Flatbush voiced their opinions on the controversial development project. A rendering of the 74-story tower planned for 80 Flatbush (Via Alloy Development)The hearing
Gowanus
RED HOOK – Fire fighters battled flames at the century-old S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse building at 595-611 Smith Street Thursday night. S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street, 1886 (Photo taken May 22, 2018 by Nathan Haselby)S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo taken June 15,