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
Suits of Armor, Prospect Place, Crown Heights (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * $110.5M Basquiat Painting Will Be Exhibited at Brooklyn Museum Jan. 26—March 11 [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/arts/basquiat-skull-painting-is-coming-to-the-brooklyn-museum.html?_r=3] [NYT] * Two Residents Injured When Ceiling Collapses at NYCHA Complex in Crown Heights
Nonsponsored
SUNSET PARK – Plans to demolish the 110-year-old Zion Norwegian Lutheran Church located at 6309 4th Avenue (at 63rd Street) to make way for affordable apartments for seniors and a pre-K school have been put on hold for several months, Brooklyn Daily [https://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2018/3/br-zion-norwegian-lutheran-church-update-2018-01-12.html]
Central Brooklyn
Union Street, Gowanus (Photo: Nathan Haselby)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 newsletter [/]. And if you ever
Business
PokéBowl Station, 237 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Restaurants serving poké [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poke-bowl-recipes_us_5743abb0e4b0613b512b1bfd] , a Hawaiian dish consisting of cubes of raw fish served over rice, have been popping up across the city in the last year or so, with one recently
Boerum Hill
212 Pacific Street via Google MapsBOERUM HILL – Java lovers will be happy to hear that Stumptown Coffee Roasters [https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/] has signed a lease for a new retail location at 212 Pacific Street in Boerum Hill, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/11/brooklyn-blend-stumptown-inks-lease-for-its-only-bk-coffee-shop/] reports. Situated
Announcements
Via NYC DOT [http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/nycdot-carshare-pilot/where-would-you-see-carshare-show-us] PARK SLOPE/CARROLL GARDENS/COBBLE HILL – Council Member Brad Lander is asking for the community’s feedback regarding the anticipated locations in his district for the NYC Department of Transportation’s (DOT) [http://nycdotcarshare.info/] two-year pilot carshare program. Last summer, DOT
Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE – At the Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] General Meeting Wednesday evening, the board voted to pass the NYC Department of Transportation’ s (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] proposal to install four miles of protected bike
Arts & Culture
If you’re looking for something to do over the three-day weekend, check out our list below featuring an array of performances and art exhibitions. Also be sure to check out our list of events around Brooklyn commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day here [/commemorating-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-brooklyn/]. There are lots of
clinton hill
Rendering via Morris Adjmi Architects proposal [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/20180109/520-Clinton-Avenue.pdf] to the Landmarks Preservation CommissionCLINTON HILL – New York-based Morris Adjmi Architects [http://www.ma.com/studio/our-studio/] presented plans to the Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page]
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – A woman who was raped in Prospect Park in 1994 and then called a liar by a newspaper columnist finally has closure now that police have cracked the case. On April 26, 1994, the 27-year-old victim was walking home through Prospect Park when she was dragged into the
Announcements
Next weekend NYC Life [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/media/index.page] will debut pilot episodes of two new television comedies featuring stories by women, about women. After watching the two pilots, viewers will be able to vote for the show they’d like to green light for an additional
Bay Ridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday, January 15, and various local organizations are celebrating what would have been the iconic civil rights leader’s 89th birthday with events featuring readings, talks, musical performances, movie screenings, and more.