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.
Bed Stuy
EAST NEW YORK – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the two men seen in the below photos and video in connection to a recent robbery. At approximately 3:10am on Monday, March 26, police say the two suspects approached a 25-year-old man in front of a
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since Brooklyn Flea [http://brooklynflea.com/] debuted in the schoolyard of Bishop Laughlin Memorial High in Fort Greene. Approximately 20,000 people visited the Flea on April 6, 2008—its opening day—to shop the curated selection of
Announcements
CONEY ISLAND – Singer Amanda Palmer and her husband, the writer Neil Gaiman, will serve as Queen and King at this year’s Mermaid Parade. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BhHG3Pwn-bW/] [https://www.instagram.com/p/BhHG3Pwn-bW/] The 36th Annual Mermaid Parade [https://www.facebook.com/events/1037572139725642/] is scheduled
Announcements
PROSPECT HEIGHTS/PARK SLOPE – Residents of the 78th Precinct were introduced to their new Commanding Officer at last Tuesday’s Community Council meeting. Captain Jason Hagestad, a self-proclaimed “Brooklyn boy,” has lived in Bay Ridge his entire life and has served in several precincts across the borough. New Commanding Officer
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A website and new renderings were recently released of The Wheeler [http://thewheelerbk.com/], the creative office complex currently under construction in, around, and above three buildings formerly owned by Macy’s. Rendering via thewheelerbk.com [http://thewheelerbk.com/]The development firm Tishman Speyer announced last April its
Arts & Culture
GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – After the closing of Gowanus’ beloved Morbid Anatomy Museum [/where-the-brooklyn-spirits-play-the-morbid-anatomy-museum-celebrates-its-one-year-anniversary-parkslopestoop/] in December 2016 [/morbid-anatomy-museum-in-gowanus-has-closed-rebirth-promised/], fans of its collection of art, artifacts, books, and ephemera about death, religion, medical history, oddities, and the arcane were at a loss. “I think the museum really hit a chord with a lot
Boerum Hill
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml] held the first ULURP [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/applicants/applicant-portal/step5-ulurp-process.page] (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) public hearing for Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush project [/will-mega-project-80-flatbush-cast-shadow-downtown-brooklyn/] Wednesday evening at St. Francis College.
Arts & Culture
With the start of Passover on Friday and Easter on Sunday, this weekend will be on the quieter side, but there are some events scheduled that will benefit great causes including Imani House, the Stoneman Douglas High School Victims Fund, March For Our Lives, and the New Sanctuary Coalition NYC.
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Museum’s recent announcement [https://d1lfxha3ugu3d4.cloudfront.net/press/docs/New_Curators_of_Photography_and_African_Art_Press_Release.pdf] of the new curator for its African Art department is inciting outrage among the black community and stirring up a social media storm. Starting in April,
Nonsponsored
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Following a judge’s dismissal [/judge-dismisses-case-brooklyn-bridge-park-pier-6-development/] of the Brooklyn Heights Association [https://thebha.org/about-us/]’s (BHA) case against the development of two residential towers on Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6, the community group recently announced that it is throwing in the towel. Rendering via quaytowerbk.com
Announcements
DUMBO – A new market featuring twenty food vendors, three bars, and a performance space is slated to debut in DUMBO later this year. Empire Stores facing the East River (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Time Out Group, the British media company that publishes Time Out magazine, announced today [https:
Announcements
COBBLE HILL – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/], the NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT), and transportation advocates gathered at the corner of Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street on Tuesday to announce a new pilot program that allows