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.
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – The four-story building at 351 Atlantic Avenue that houses Horseman Antiques [https://www.horsemanantiques.net/]‘ vast inventory of mid-century furniture was recently sold. Horseman Antiques, 351 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Christopher Bride via Property Shark)Following the $18 million sale to an unnamed investor, Donald Gianchetta will pack and
Arts & Culture
February is Black History Month and there are a variety of events happening all around Brooklyn to celebrate—from art exhibitions, dramatic readings, musical performances, history tours, and movie screenings. Check out our list of events across the borough and find out how you can celebrate, commemorate, and learn about
Central Brooklyn
#UnderhillWalls at Underhill Avenue & St. Johns Place, Prospect Heights (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * Mayor Commits $200M To Repair NYCHA Heating Systems [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/warmer-nycha-article-1.3791688] [NY Daily News] * Brooklyn Bridge And Many Other Elevated Roads Found “Structurally Deficient” [https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-bridges-structurally-deficient-1.16451650] [AM
Business
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – A very ambitious plan was announced yesterday that will add more than 5.1 million square feet of manufacturing, creative, and innovation space to The Brooklyn Navy Yard and create more than 10,000 new jobs. Brooklyn Navy Yard rendering provided by The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – One of the actresses from Girls is selling her spacious and eclectic Clinton Street home in Carroll Gardens. 408 Clinton Street, Carroll Gardens (Photo by Kate Leonova via Property Shark) Jemima Kirke and her husband moved to 408 Clinton Street in 2013 to raise their two children, the
Arts & Culture
Super Bowl Sunday is coming up—and we’ve listed a few parties down below where you can go check out the game—but there’s lots more happening this weekend aside from football. DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Walk is taking place tonight, the sixth annual Myrtle Avenue Black
Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A longtime local institution is slated for closure. Delissa Reynolds, owner of Prospect Heights’ Bar Sepia [https://www.barsepia.com], announced earlier this month that her beloved venue will be shuttering in March after 14 years on Underhill Avenue. Bar Sepia, 234 Underhill Avenue (Photo courtesy of Delissa
environment
GOWANUS – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] announced last week that the Gowanus Canal cleanup has been stalled due to issues with the dredging and capping pilot project [/work-begins-gowanus-canal-cleanup/] that was scheduled to begin at the end of 2017. 4th Street
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – The city announced last week that a 16-story mixed-income residential building will be built on two parking lots at NYCHA’s Wyckoff Gardens development in Boerum Hill. Wyckoff Gardens (Photo: Kate Leonova via Property Shark)The project is part of the NextGen Neighborhoods program [http://www1.nyc.gov/
Business
GOWANUS – Real estate development and investment firm, Two Trees, has purchased two adjacent commercial sites in Gowanus for more than $100 million, Crain’s New York [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180129/REAL_ESTATE/180129906] reports. Via Google MapsThe first site formerly housed a Pathmark supermarket at 1-37 12th Street.
Announcements
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting a reading and reenactment of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s The Drum Major Instinct sermon on Sunday, February 4—fifty years to the day that he originally delivered the speech and two months before he was assassinated. Martin Luther King’s
celebrity
CLINTON HILL – In Patti Smith’s 2010 bestselling, award-winning memoir, Just Kids, the punk icon documented her time living in a “seedy” Clinton Hill apartment with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. 160 Hall Street, Clinton Hill (Photo: Christopher Bride via Property Shark)The two struggling artists moved into the second floor