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.
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Wednesday that a 26-year-old Prospect Park South resident has been charged in using Facebook to lure three teenage girls into a fake “sex for money” scheme, videotaping himself having sex with them, and in one instance, posting the video online.
Central Brooklyn
Two One-Way Signs, Pioneer Street, Red Hook (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * Artist Sets Up Tattoo Shop Celebrating Black Pride In Clinton Hill Gallery [https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-artist-built-tattoo-parlor-dedicated-black-pride] [Artsy] * An Interactive Map Showing Affordable Housing Across The City [http://hpd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=192d198f84e04b8896e6b9cad8760f22]
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) [https://www.nycedc.com] recently announced the launch of the Brooklyn Army Terminal [https://www.bklynarmyterminal.com]’s Micromanufacturing Hub, a new area housing smaller industrial manufacturing spaces designed to allow growth-stage businesses to move in quickly. The spaces available
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – The family behind the James Beard award-winning specialty market Sahadi’s [https://sahadis.com] announced yesterday that they will open a new location at Industry City [https://industrycity.com] later this year. Photo courtesy of Industry CityOriginally from Lebanon, Wade Sahadi founded the business in Manhattan in 1895
Central Brooklyn
“Victims of love!” Van Brunt Street, Red Hook (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Valentine’s Day is a week away. If you haven’t already made dinner plans, BKLYNER has compiled a list of more than 30 restaurants across the borough perfect for enjoying a romantic dinner for two. Did we
Gowanus
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams rallied outside the Gowanus Houses Community Center in Gowanus with dozens of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants impacted by the citywide heating crisis, as he called on NYCHA to take actions to address challenges its underfunded capital program faces (Photo Credit: Erica
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Last week a reader in Park Slope sent in the above photo of a sign posted by the NYC Department of Design & Construction (DDC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/ddc/about/about-ddc.page] advising neighbors about BED798, a major construction project that began on Wednesday, January 31
Animals
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A Brooklyn man was arrested early Sunday morning after siccing his dog on a police officer working at a MetroTech Center security post. Tech Place and Flatbush Avenue Extension via Google MapsThe incident occurred at approximately 5am on Sunday, February 4 at MetroTech near the Flatbush Avenue Extension,
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Extell Development keeps adding on the high-end amenities to Brooklyn Point [/brooklyn-point-new-downtown-condo-tower-will-boroughs-tallest-now/], the new luxury condominium tower currently under construction at 138 Willoughby Street. Brooklyn Point rendering by Williams New YorkThe developer has announced that the 720-foot-tall skyscraper will feature a heated, saltwater, infinity-edge pool on its rooftop—
Bed Stuy
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – At approximately 5:35am on Sunday, February 4, police responded to a 911 call of a vehicle collision on Clarkson Avenue near East 37th Street. Investigators determined that a 64-year-old
Central Brooklyn
Lincoln Place & Underhill Avenue, Prospect Heights (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], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Crown Heights neighbors are standing up against the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page], New York City Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/index.page], and the Institute for Community Living (ICL) [http://www.