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
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/FORT GREENE – Hill Country Hospitality [https://hillcountry.com/] announced last week a new concept for the Downtown Brooklyn space that previously housed Hill Country Barbecue Market. Hill Country Barbecue Market, Downtown Brooklyn via Google MapsHill Country Food Park, a 10,000-square-foot food venue, will open at 345 Adams
Gowanus
PARK SLOPE – After putting the landmarked Lyceum building, located at 227 4th Avenue, back on the market earlier this year [/landmarked-brooklyn-lyceum-building-sale/], Greystone Development recently announced that it has sold the property for $10 million to an unnamed buyer. 227 4th Avenue, previously Public Bath No. 7 and the Brooklyn Lyceum
Central Brooklyn
Sunset Park (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, or questions,
Business
SUNSET PARK – The New York City Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/project/south-brooklyn-marine-terminal] (EDC) hosted a tour Friday afternoon to kick off the reactivation of the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) in Sunset Park. South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Congress Members Jerrold Nadler and Nydia
Business
PARK SLOPE – With Fifth Avenue’s vast selection of boutiques, restaurants, bars, and other small businesses, it’s easy to overlook the fact that it takes a lot of hard work to maintain the busy commercial corridor. Park Slope 5th Avenue BID’s Mark Caserta and Joanna Tallantire (via Facebook
Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Applications are now being accepted for 37 affordable units at a new development located at 1 Flatbush Avenue (between Fulton & Livingston). Rendering via Hill West [https://hillwest.com/project/1-flatbush-avenue/] Available units include 21 studios at $867/month, 8 one-bedrooms at $931/month, and 8 two-bedrooms at
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – Brooklyn Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml] voted against Alloy Development’s proposed 80 Flatbush project during its general board meeting Wednesday evening. The 80 Flatbush site (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The full board vote follows last month’s CB2 Land-Use
Arts & Culture
This weekend features a benefit party for Arts Gowanus, a couple of events celebrating Brooklyn design, and a Mother’s Day concert! Don’t forget to check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list one of your own. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – The Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/], Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/a-summer-movie-under-the-stars-4/2018-07-18/] , and Nitehawk Cinema [https://nitehawkcinema.com/williamsburg/] are hosting another season of A Summer Movie Under the Stars [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/summer-movie-under-stars-2018/] starting in July.
Business
PARK SLOPE – Woodland, the controversial bar/restaurant that has been the cause of ire for many of its neighbors since opening in 2012, settled with the State Liquor Authority [https://www.sla.ny.gov] (SLA) last week to renew its liquor license. Woodland (on left), 242 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela
Announcements
Think your block is the greenest and most beautiful in Brooklyn? Prove it by entering the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [https://www.bbg.org/]‘s Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest [https://www.bbg.org/community/greenestblock#apply]. Stuyvesant Avenue between Bainbridge and Chauncey Streets. (Photo via Brooklyn Botanic Garden)The contest
Announcements
GOWANUS – This past Saturday The Nature Conservancy [https://www.nature.org/?redirect=https-301] and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy [https://gowanuscanalconservancy.org/] kicked off the Gowanus Tree Network, a joint initiative teaching locals how to care for the street trees surrounding the Gowanus Canal. Gowanus Street Tree initiative kick-off event at