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.
Events
FORT GREENE – Mark your calendars: the 34th Fort Greene House Tour is scheduled for Sunday, September 22, offering attendees the chance to check out eight homes in “Downtown Brooklyn’s most historic and exciting neighborhood.” Photo via Fort Greene Association House Tour website [http://www.fgahousetour.org/]Sponsored by the
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS/FLATBUSH – The 52nd annual West Indian American Day Carnival [http://wiadcacarnival.org/] returns this weekend with a series of festivities honoring Caribbean history, culture, and unity, including a Junior Carnival for the kids and the popular “day break” J’Ouvert celebration. With an array of steel band music,
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Last Sunday, a new public artwork was installed at the recently revamped 7th Avenue Triangle on the west side of Flatbush. Under the Sun by William Soltis (2019), photo by Pamela Wong/Bklyner Aug. 30, 2019, as the greenery at 7th Avenue Triangle was wateredWilliam Soltis’ sculpture Under
Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Book Festival 2019 poster by Raúl Colón [https://brooklynbookfestival.org/news/2019-poster-debut/]The 14th edition of the Brooklyn Book Festival returns in September for a full week of literary events across the city featuring Children’s Day for young readers and Festival Day with hundreds of authors and booksellers
Gowanus
GOWANUS – After years sitting vacant at 360 3rd Avenue, the landmarked Coignet Building is now on the market for $6.5 million. Coignet Building, 360 3rd Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)According to the Corcoran listing [https://www.corcoran.com/nyc-real-estate/for-sale/gowanus/360-3rd-avenue/5874576] , the “townhouse,” located at the
community
Local officials are paying tribute to Alan Fleishman, a longtime political organizer and LGBTQ activist who passed away earlier this week. Alan Fleishman via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/alan.fleishman]Fleishman, 62, passed away on Tuesday, August 27 after battling cancer for five-years, Gay City News [https://www.gaycitynews.
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/press-release/nycedc-announces-new-plan-create-expanded-open-space-willoughby-square] (NYC EDC) and Hargreaves Jones Landscape Architecture [http://hargreavesjonesla.com/] presented new design plans for the Willoughby Square Open Space to Brooklyn Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/brooklyncb2] ’s Executive Committee Monday evening. Rendering of
Gowanus
GOWANUS – Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the four men seen in the video below in connection with a recent robbery. At approximately 2:20am on Saturday, August 24, the 25-year-old male victim left the Fire Lounge at 593 3rd Avenue before encountering the four suspects at
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL/PARK SLOPE – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals seen in the photos and video below in connection with a recent assault at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station. Via NYPDVia NYPDAt approximately 10:10pm on Saturday, July 27, police say that a
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – On Thursday, the Old Stone House [https://theoldstonehouse.org/event/exhibition-opening-no-more-water/] debuted its latest contemporary art exhibition, No More Water, featuring work by Tahir Carl Karmali [http://tahirk.com] and Justin Sterling [https://www.justintoart.com] that tackles inequality, displacement, and global warming. L-R: Justin Sterling and Tahir
Business
CLINTON HILL – The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [https://myrtleavenue.org] will close out this year’s Myrtle Avenue Summer Series with a 90s hip-hop dance party, street dance battle, and live art installation next Friday, August 23. Matthew Geller’s I Ought To at Myrtle Avenue Plaza (Photo: Nathan Haselby)
North Western Brooklyn
SOUTH SLOPE – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday that Leonel Ortega-Flores, 36, of the Bronx, has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the death of a coworker last year in South Slope [/south-slope-crash/]. He faces three to nine years in prison. Leonel Ortega-Flores (courtesy of the Office of