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.
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – The NYPD has released surveillance video of a man wanted for questioning in connection to a shooting at the Marco Polo Ristorante late last month [/gunman-shoots-exterior-marco-polo-ristorante-sunday-morning/]. The video footage was released by investigators last Friday and shows a man walking near the Marco Polo Ristorante around the time
Announcements
BOERUM HILL – As of last Friday the BPL’s Pacific Library branch [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/pacific] located at 25 4th Avenue (at Pacific Street) closed for several weeks so that renovations and safety improvements can be made to the 114-year-old building. BPL Pacific Library, 25 4th Avenue (Photo:
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – New Yorkers will gather in Park Slope Monday evening to march for safer streets—one week after Dorothy Bruns ran through a red light into pedestrians [/driver-killed-two-children-license-suspended/], killing one-year-old Joshua Lew and four-year-old Abigail Blumenstein. Transportation Alternatives via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TransportationAlternatives/photos/gm.922683851246471/1923666714311159/
Central Brooklyn
A dumpster full of snow (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
Downtown Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – Looking for some new dining options? Here’s a list of five new eateries that have recently debuted or will open soon in the area. Let us know if you try any of them. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/BlackIronBurgerNY/photos/a.604061212962365.1073741833.557381097630377/1574653659236444/?type=
News
Scene following the crash at 9th Street & 5th Avenue (Photo courtesy of Lloyd Mitchell)PARK SLOPE – Assembly Member Robert Carroll and Senators Jesse Hamilton and Jose Peralta were joined by other elected officials at the corner of 9th Street and Fifth Avenue on Friday morning to announce increased safety
Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN – Sunday, March 11 marks the final day of Spencer Finch’s Lost Man Creek [/4000-trees-grow-in-brooklyn-spencer-finchs-public-art-installation-lost-man-creek/] , a living public art installation which debuted at MetroTech Commons in October 2016. In honor of the closing, Finch and the Public Art Fund [https://www.publicartfund.org/view/exhibitions/6126_spencer_finch_lost_
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH – A disabled motorist lost control of his car Thursday evening, striking one pedestrian in a crosswalk and hitting a pickup truck before crashing into a nail salon at 2095 Nostrand Avenue, police say. 2095 Nostrand Avenue via Google MapsThe incident occurred just after 7pm at the intersection of Glenwood
Central Brooklyn
WINDSOR TERRACE – The family of a Windsor Terrace woman who passed away unexpectedly on Monday has set up a GoFundMe page [https://www.gofundme.com/t4auh-tonyas-funeral-expenses] for her seven-year-old twins. Tonya Muro via us.iearn.org [http://us.iearn.org/news/in-memory-of-tonya-muro] Tonya Muro was the Executive Director of iEARN-USA
Arts & Culture
We made it through Wednesday’s snow, wind, thunder and lightning! To combat the cabin fever you may have experienced while sheltering from the winter storm, check out some of the events scheduled for the weekend. Laugh it up at Ditmas Snark II or enjoy a live preview of jazz
Nonsponsored
SUNSET PARK – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) announced on Wednesday the designation of the Dr. Maurice T. Lewis House located at 404 55th Street (at 4th Avenue) as an individual landmark, relieving many locals who opposed the demolition of the building
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – If you’re brave enough to face the winter storm this evening, head over to Threes Brewing where the first ever P(ART)Y is being hosted. Threes Brewing P(ART)Y via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/553232101700514/]A celebration of “creation in its many forms” the