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
PARK SLOPE – A new wine-focused, Italian-inspired restaurant will open its doors Saturday evening in the space formerly occupied for 14 years by neighborhood favorite, Franny’s [/popular-pizza-spot-frannys-closing-14-years/]. Fausto, 348 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Liz Clayman)When Franny’s owner, Francine Stephens, decided to close her restaurant this past August, she contacted
Announcements
CROWN HEIGHTS – Following Tuesday’s City Council hearing where NYCHA’s Chair was questioned about the agency’s failure to properly conduct lead paint inspections [/nycha-chair-answers-city-council-lack-lead-testing-public-housing-developments/] in thousands of public housing apartments, NYS Senator Jesse Hamilton [https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/jesse-hamilton/free-lead-testing-children-december-2017-january-2018] (District 20) announced free lead tests
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – A new six-story, ten-unit apartment building is slated for 679 Lefferts Avenue [https://newyorkyimby.com/2017/12/rendering-revealed-permits-filed-for-679-lefferts-avenue-east-flatbush-brooklyn.html] . 679 Lefferts Avenue rendering by IMC ArchitectureAt 60 feet tall and more than 8,000 square feet, according to New York YIMBY, the imposing new building will replace a
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – The NYPD is searching for the driver of a vehicle that struck a pedestrian in Prospect Park this morning. Photo via Harvey K / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theharv58/6805188814/in/photolist-bnmnxC-7KqGp4-dhysjP-9XGVEn-9rQvTt-ecVqDK-ab77GB-9bfUCg-5HdCGb-4KPf6B-8392Ri-6cBDwA-9rJYYc-a8BgD9-51638U-b3kp8-5fqYA6-ab9XEj-CWBFEx-4tm4p-64tP7S-dK8RG-d3cwQU-ao23y9-ftTWf-9WAzC2-ab9XBJ-do4uFD-mLPih-4sYLvC-pUNQcw-2jzEnw-7z82jY-9EVarh-3ASWC-iJXA2n-do4C9h-8ojEVe-vbSNk-4zLBCi-8ByMpE-67qp
community
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Rescheduled due to rain Tuesday evening, Forest City New York will host its 28th annual Light Up the Holidays @MetroTech [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/events/light-up-the-holidays-metrotech] event today, featuring Brooklyn’s tallest Christmas tree. The event kicks off at 4pm at MetroTech Commons, between Jay Street and Flatbush Avenue,
DUMBO
DUMBO – Commuting into Brooklyn across the East River won’t be the same now that the iconic Watchtower sign is gone [/will-watchtower-sign-make-way-new-panorama-complex/]. Via Google MapsThe illuminated 15-foot-tall red letters overlooking the Brooklyn waterfront from atop 30 Columbia Heights for more than 40 years were removed on Wednesday, the New York
Arts & Culture
Tis the season—there are lots of holiday fairs, markets, and pop-ups to shop this weekend for all your gifting needs. There are also two interactive, immersive art events, a photography exhibit, DUMBO’s First Thursday gallery walk, and an anti-Santa Con pub crawl in Gowanus. Find out what else
Central Brooklyn
Getting into the Christmas Spirit in Carroll Gardens (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Two Workers Rescued From Scaffolding Stuck On 17th Floor At 4 MetroTech [https://patch.com/new-york/heights-dumbo/
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the photos and surveillance video below in connection to the robbery of a cab driver early last month. Via NYPDAt approximately 7:30am on Thursday, November 2, police say the suspect hailed a taxi in
Animals
WINDSOR TERRACE – Kensington Stables [http://kensingtonstables.com] may be safe for the next five years, according to the property’s seller. Kensington Stables (Photo: BKLYNER)The stables, located near Prospect Park at 55 Caton Place near East 8th Street, went on the auction block in February [/historic-kensington-stables-sold-bankruptcy-auction-week/]. The property was
Central Brooklyn
The City Council held a hearing on Tuesday to grill NYCHA Chair, Shola Olatoye, about the agency’s failure to properly conduct lead paint inspections in thousands of public housing apartments. Red Hook Houses (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)NYCHA did not conduct inspections between 2012 to 2016 in 55,000
Announcements
BOERUM HILL – DreamStreet Theatre Company [http://www.dreamstreetnyc.org] will present a musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town for their annual winter production scheduled for next week. Set in a small American town, Wilder’s three-act play tells stories of the townspeople’s everyday lives. The DreamStreet Theatre
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Monday that a 33-year-old Brooklyn man was sentenced to 90 years to life in prison for fatally shooting three people near the Ingersoll Houses in September 2015, including a 76-year-old innocent bystander. Allen Cooper (Photo via the Office of Acting
Food & Drink
PARK SLOPE – Having passed by the original Milk Bar [https://www.milkbarbrooklyn.com] on the corner of Vanderbilt Avenue and Prospect Place many times but never stopping in because of lines and packed tables, I was excited to learn that a second outpost was opening in Park Slope. Milk Bar,
Business
FORT GREENE – A year after announcing it will debut the East Coast’s first outpost of Whole Foods Market 365 [https://www.365bywholefoods.com] in Fort Greene, the supermarket chain revealed today [http://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/news/whole-foods-market-365-fort-greene-to-open-january-31] that the official opening date of its value brand store will be
Central Brooklyn
WINDSOR TERRACE – An anonymous LLC recently filed for permits to construct a three-story residential building at 271 McDonald Avenue across from Green-Wood Cemetery at Fort Hamilton Parkway. 271 McDonald Avenue via Google MapsThe 30-foot-tall building will feature 12 apartments, approximately 1,162 square feet each, which typically connotes condominiums, according