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.
Business
GOWANUS – As BKLYNER reported last week [/brooklynites-tough-enough-kick-axe-beat-bomb/], axe-throwing venue Kick Axe [https://www.kickaxe.com] just debuted at 622 Degraw Street in Gowanus. Located in the old littlefield space [/big-plans-littlefield-gowanus-event-space-move-expand/], the 7,000-square-foot venue is designed to feel like a “cozy lumberjack-style lodge.” Kick Axe, 622 Degraw Street (Photo: Pamela
Central Brooklyn
Mayor de Blasio announced [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/760-17/five-borough-bike-share-mayor-de-blasio-nycdot-plans-expand-public-bike-share-with] last week that the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) released a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) aimed at expanding bike sharing across all five boroughs. Citibike docking station in Fort Greene (Photo: BKLYNER)While the
community
SOUTH SLOPE – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] hosted a Town Hall with Mayor Bill de Blasio last Thursday, December 14, at MS 88 located in South Slope, seven blocks away from the Mayor’s Brooklyn home. Menchaca kicked off the meeting listing off recent successes in
clinton hill
WALLABOUT – The Walt Whitman Initiative [https://www.facebook.com/WaltWhitmanInitiative/] is urging the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] to reconsider its decision not to designate 99 Ryerson Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/99+Ryerson+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11205/@40.6957269,
Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Point rendering courtesy M18 Public RelationsDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Details are becoming available for Brooklyn Point [https://brooklynpointnyc.com/], Extell Development’s new luxury condominium high-rise being constructed at 138 Willoughby Street as part of Downtown Brooklyn’s three tower City Point complex. Slated to launch in 2020, according to 6sqft
Dyker Heights
DYKER HEIGHTS – An 89-year-old Sunset Park woman was killed on Sunday after a livery cab she was riding in was struck in Dyker Heights. Intersection of 11th Avenue & 81st Street, Dyker Heights via Google MapsAt approximately 2:45pm on December 17, police say that Helen Malinowski was traveling as
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News
[UPDATED: Monday, December 18 at 12:40pm] The NYPD has released the names of the four family members who died in this morning’s fire. The deceased include 39-year-old Aliza Azan, 11-year-old Moshe Azan, 7-year-old Yitzah Azan, and 3-year-old Henrietta Azan. SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A mother and three children were killed
Gowanus
GREENWOOD – The NYPD reports they found the body of a woman on a rocky area along the Gowanus Canal shoreline Saturday afternoon. Gowanus Canal via Google MapsAt approximately 2pm on December 16, police say they responded to a call behind the Home Depot located at 550 Hamilton Avenue near 19th
Central Brooklyn
Park Slope (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 newsletter [/]. And if you ever
DUMBO
GOWANUS/DUMBO – New York City’s first axe throwing venue opens today in Gowanus—yes, you read that right, an axe throwing venue. Courtesy of Kick AxeAxe throwing is a game of skill where players aim, then throw a dulled hatchet at a wooden bullseye. Kick Axe [https://www.kickaxe.
Business
PARK SLOPE – A new Caribbean restaurant, Negril BK [https://www.instagram.com/negrilbk/], opened yesterday at 256 5th Avenue in the former Cooks & Captains [/four-park-slope-restaurants-serve-final-course/] space. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BcqVIsDFXR7/] [https://www.instagram.com/p/BcqVIsDFXR7/] Launched by Peter Best and the Best Restaurant Group [http:
DUMBO
DUMBO (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Earlier this week, Property Shark released its most recent ranking of the most expensive New York City neighborhoods in 2017 [https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/priciest-NYC-neighborhoods], with three areas in Brooklyn making their way to the top ten. Unsurprisingly, Tribeca leads the list as