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.
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FORT GREENE – The first east coast Whole Foods Market 365 [https://www.365bywholefoods.com/] location opens on Wednesday, January 31 at 9am at 292 Ashland Place, right next door to the new Apple store in the 300 Ashland building and across the street from BAM. Whole Foods Market 365, 292
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DUMBO – In more healthcare news, Mount Sinai hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week to celebrate the opening of its new state-of-the-art urgent care center in DUMBO. Mount Sinai Urgent Care DUMBO, 110 York Street (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Health System)Located at 110 York Street (at the corner of
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Brooklyn Hospital’s Maynard Building, 240 Willoughby Street, Fort Greene (Photo: Scott Bintner via Property Shark)FORT GREENE – Brooklyn Hospital [https://www.tbh.org/locate-center] is finalizing a deal to sell a 21-story medical building located at 240 Willoughby Street to the real estate development firm, Rabsky Group, for $100
Central Brooklyn
Pioneer & Van Brunt Streets, Red Hook (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
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A 1982 painting by Brooklyn-born artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, is making its museum debut right here in the artist’s hometown. Untitled, 1982 by Jean-Michel Basquiat, American, 1960-1988, acrylic, spray paint and oilstick on canvas, 72 1/8 x 68 1/8 in., on view at the Brooklyn Museum
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PARK SLOPE – Just last week it was announced that the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] approved Hidrock Properties’ plans to restore the single-story retail space [/landmarks-approves-plan-restore-retail-space-beside-pavilion-theater/] beside the former Pavilion Theater across from Prospect Park. The first Ample Hills Creamery store located at
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PARK SLOPE – Local middle and high school students can show their educators some love and appreciation by nominating them in Barnes & Noble’s 8th annual “My Favorite Teacher Contest.” [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/my-favorite-teacher] Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 7th Avenue (at 6th Street) via Google Maps
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SUNSET PARK – Save your appetite—the second annual Best of Brooklyn Food & Beer Festival is taking place at Industry City [https://industrycity.com/event/best-of-brooklyn/] on Saturday from noon to 8:30pm. Industry City via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BTrP9g6hv6f/?hl=en&taken-by=industrycity]The Dime
Coney Island
GOWANUS/GREENPOINT/CONEY ISLAND – Some homeowners and business owners in NYC may be unwittingly contributing to polluting the city’s waterways, according to a recent City Limits [https://citylimits.org/2018/01/16/in-unknown-numbers-and-often-unwittingly-homes-and-businesses-pollute-city-waterways/] report. The Gowanus Canal from the Union Street Bridge. (Photo: BKLYNER)While the Beach Haven Apartments
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that 29-year-old Barry Wells has been indicted for the murder of his 22-year-old wife, Tonie Wells, who was found dead in the basement of their Crown Heights brownstone [/police-suspended-husband-arrested-after-death-of-22-year-old-mom-in-crown-heights/] in December. A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz / Flickr)Wells was
Arts & Culture
The weekend is almost here! There’s lots to check out starting on Thursday, from art exhibitions, performances, and film screenings. Feeling philosophical? The all-night Philosophy & Ideas event returns to the Central Library branch for twelve hours—from Saturday night into Sunday morning. Don’t forget to check out
Arts & Culture
RED HOOK – New York-based artist Anthony McCall [http://www.anthonymccall.com]‘s current exhibition at Pioneer Works [https://pioneerworks.org] marks his first large-scale institutional show in NYC as well as the first time a group of his vertical and horizontal light installations has been shown together. Installation view of