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
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – Brooklyn Bridge Park announced [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/press/2018-spring-and-summer-season-announcement] its schedule of free events coming to the waterfront park for the Spring/Summer 2018 season as well as plans to increase security measures during the peak summer months. Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kite Festival (Photo: Alexa Hoyer)
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SUNSET PARK – Swale [http://www.swaleny.org/], a floating forest built on a barge housing a 5,000-square-foot edible garden, will sail to the Brooklyn Army Terminal [https://www.bklynarmyterminal.com/] in May. Swale, 2017 (Photo: Katharina Keifert)Created by artist Mary Mattingly [http://marymattingly.com/], the public artwork travels
Central Brooklyn
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN – The cherry blossoms will be in peak bloom this weekend (April 28 & 29) and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be hosting Sakura Matsuri 2018, the popular annual festival where visitors can enjoy the flowering trees as well as nearly 60 performances, demonstrations, and exhibits celebrating Japanese
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MARINE PARK – The Ireland-based discount fashion chain, Primark [https://www.primark.com/en-us/homepage], will debut its first Brooklyn store next month at the Kings Plaza Shopping Center [http://www.kingsplazaonline.com]. (Courtesy: Macerich [http://www.macerich.com/Leasing/Property/159911])The retailer currently has 352 stores in eleven countries
Business
CLINTON HILL – After learning that the Putnam Avenue building they have called home since 2011 had been sold [/after-losing-lease-brooklyn-food-co-op-fights-to-stay-alive/], members of the Greene Hill Food Co-op [http://www.greenehillfood.coop] launched a fundraising page [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-save-the-greene-hill-food-co-op-community] in an effort to raise enough cash to relocate the
Announcements
Following on the heels of Record Store Day [/celebrate-record-store-day-2018-in-brooklyn/] this past weekend, this Saturday (April 28) ushers in Independent Bookstore Day [http://www.indiebookstoreday.com], an annual, one-day national celebration of indie booksellers across the country. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/2139920256226788/]Locals can show their love and
environment
GOWANUS – In celebration of Earth Day 2018, clean-water activist Christopher Swain swam the 1.8 mile length of the Gowanus Canal on Sunday to advocate for the cleanup of the polluted waterway. “People say it’s crazy that I’m swimming in here with the oil, the gas, the sewage,
Central Brooklyn
Fitzhugh Karol’s Searches, 2017 at Prospect 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
Announcements
FORT GREENE – Congratulations to BRIC on taking home five trophies at the 61st Annual New York Emmy Awards last Saturday, April 14. BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street, Fort Greene (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Brooklyn media organization was nominated for 11 awards [https://www.nyemmys.org/media/files/files/d89cab07/
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – To coincide with the blockbuster exhibition David Bowie Is [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/davidbowieis] currently on view at the Brooklyn Museum, The Norm [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/hours_admission/dining/], the institution’s restaurant, will serve four special dinners that celebrate the life and career of
Announcements
The Chair of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) announced her resignation on Thursday after serving four years in the role. St. Barbara’s Roman Catholic Church, Bushwick (Photo: Scott Bintner/PropertyShark)“I am honored to have served as Chair of the
Announcements
CARROLL GARDENS – Emma’s Torch [/emmas-torch-classroom-cafe-empowers-refugees-prepares-them-for-culinary-careers/] , the restaurant that employs and trains refugees, asylees, and survivors of human trafficking for a career in the food industry, is relocating to Smith Street. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BhwS9V_FntH/] [https://www.instagram.com/p/BhwS9V_FntH/] The restaurant announced Thursday