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
BED-STUY/CLINTON HILL – The lottery launched earlier this week for 13 affordable units at a new development at 1068 Fulton Street located on the border of Bed-Stuy and Clinton Hill. 1068 Fulton Street rendering via ND Architecture & Design [https://www.ndarchdesign.com/copy-of-44-kent-st-1]Situated between Classon Avenue and Claver
Arts & Culture
In case Spike Lee’s 3rd Annual Prince Party, Erwin Wurm’s Hot Dog Bus [/weekend-art-events-june-8-10-salsa-hot-dog-bus-purple-party-more/], and the Brooklyn Pride festivities [/celebrate-lgbtq-pride-2018-in-brooklyn/] aren’t enough to keep you busy this weekend, here’s info on two additional festivals with more offerings to keep you entertained. Selebrasyion! [http://haiticulturalx.org/selebrasyon]
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – Last week the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/name-weed-harvester/] unveiled the newest addition to its fleet—a new aquatic weed harvester—and they need the public’s help in naming it. Prospect Park’s new aquatic weed harvester via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Botanic Garden [https://www.bbg.org/] hosted a ground-breaking on Wednesday morning for the new Robert W. Wilson Overlook that will offer visitors expansive views above the Garden’s Cherry Esplanade when it debuts in Summer 2019. Ground-breaking event for Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s
Arts & Culture
Now that summer is in full swing, there are a ton of fun events lined up for the weekend including open studios, a Prince party, a canoe race, lots of salsa, and more! Don’t forget to check out the Brooklyn LGBTQ Pride 2018 [/celebrate-lgbtq-pride-2018-in-brooklyn/] festivities happening all day Saturday!
Business
PARK SLOPE – There have been a slew of business closings on or near 5th Avenue in Park Slope. Here’s a run-down of some of the storefronts with papered-up windows that we’ve come across in the past few weeks. Let us know what we’ve missed. The former Sun
community
FORT GREENE – After more than a year under construction, Fowler Square, the pedestrian plaza located at the intersection of Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue, reopened to the public in May with an enhanced infrastructure, traffic calming features, and lots of new amenities for visitors. Fowler Square, Fort Greene (Photo: Nathan
Gowanus
GOWANUS – After a year and a half of community members and stakeholders participating in more than 100 hours of meetings and workshops, including four public events and 26 working group meetings [/gowanus-neighborhood-planning-study-collaboration-community/], Council Members Brad Lander (District 39), Stephen Levin (District 33), and the NYC Department of City Planning [http:
environment
[UPDATED: Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 11:15am] This post has been updated to include additional photographs provided by Jonathan Bream, an archeologist with AHRS [http://ahrservices.com/]. GOWANUS – On Monday afternoon, the EPA [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] presented some of the debris construction
community
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Spacebuster [http://raumlabor.net/spacebuster/], a van equipped with an inflatable bubble that fits up to 120 visitors inside, will be home to 50 free programs presented by the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch. Photo by Kevin McElvaney via bklynlibrary.org [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/event-series/democracy-lab]
clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – The owners of Lower East Side favorite Petee’s Pie Company [http://peteespie.com] have launched a new shop here in Brooklyn. Petee’s Café, 505 Myrtle Avenue, Clinton Hill (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The warm and welcoming Petee’s Café [https://www.facebook.com/Petees-Cafe-375838102905948/] officially opened a
Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – For more than two decades, BAM has livened up lunchtime each summer with its popular R&B Festival concert series at MetroTech Commons. Via downtownbrooklyn.com [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/events/bam-r-b-festival] This year’s series of ten free afternoon shows kicks off on June 7 at 12pm,