Bay Ridge
This Sunday, February 2, for the 54th Super Bowl, the San Francisco 49ers will play against the Kansas City Chiefs. The time has come again to furiously root on your team, or to furiously wait for the commercials and the halftime show. Whatever your preference, one of these spots is
Announcements
NYC Ferry Service. Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner.By Clifford Michel, for THE CITY. Originally posted on January 30, by THE CITY. Safety concerns over big boats and smaller crafts sharing a dock facility appear destined to sink NYC Ferry’s plans to expand to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal this
Announcements
A mural on the wall of Public School 305 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Claudia Irizarry Aponte, for THE CITY. Originally posted on January 29, by THE CITY. A citywide educational panel on Wednesday night unanimously approved a proposal to move the Academy of Arts & Letters,
News
Sunset from the Pfizer Building. Irina Groushevaia/BklynerJewish woman who claims Tiffany Harris assaulted her says attacker needs help, not bail [https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-bail-reform-assault-antisemitism-tiffany-harris-mental-health-20200129-ave5msd2rnaj5pwqmfe5mncfgm-story.html] (Daily News, CROWN HEIGHTS) Barr, Targeting Anti-Semitic Crimes, Enters Bail Reform Fray [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/nyregion/bail-reform-william-barr-ny.
Food & Drink
Vanderbilt Avenue location of Beer Street. Courtesy of Josh Meckes of Beer Street.PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The second location of Beer Street [https://www.beerstreetny.com/] at 550 Vanderbilt Avenue, opening in the next two weeks, will offer both beer aficionados and novices beers both classic and rare, a menu by
Announcements
Gowanus Canal. Photo by Udi via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/udi/8145783849/]GOWANUS — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of an administrative order requiring the start of the cleanup of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site. Designated a Superfund site by the EPA in
Education
Spring Creek Educational Campus. Nigel Roberts/BklynerOriginally posted on Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2020/01/27/nyc-spends-a-record-28k-per-student-but-the-state-is-footing-less-of-that-bill/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] by Reema Amin on January 27, 2020 Gov. Andrew Cuomo has touted the state’s record-high spending on education during
Central Brooklyn
George’s Diner on Coney Island Avenue with shattered storefront. Liena Zagare/Bklyner.FLATBUSH — Yesterday, around 10.30 a.m., at 753 Coney Island Avenue right at Cortelyou Road, a police car swerved into George’s Diner, a local neighborhood staple, shattering the business’ front window. “We’re eating over
fire
FORT GREENE — A man was arrested and charged in connection with the death of a Brooklyn man in a house fire. On Monday, January 20, just after 3 a.m., a suspicious fire broke out at 248 Adelphi Street in Fort Greene. Upon extinguishing the fire, firefighters discovered a man
homicide
RED HOOK — A dead woman was found early today at the Red Hook Houses NYCHA Complex. Today, at 2 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious person in front of 11 Loraine Street at the Red Hook Houses NYCHA complex. A witness told police they saw
community
300 East 25th Street Block. Courtesy of the Historic Districts Council.EAST FLATBUSH — On the 300 East 25th Street Block, which sits between Clarendon Road and Avenue D in East Flatbush, neighbors work tirelessly to preserve the lush diversity of plants that has made them the four-time winner of the
Announcements
Louis Catizone, Co-Owner of St. Agrestis at the taproom. Courtesy of St. Agrestis.GREENPOINT — A Greenpoint-based brand [http://stagrestis.com] of Italian-inspired liqueurs and pre-bottled cocktails, St. Agrestis, with a following among Brooklyn’s bitter cocktail crowd, opened its new taproom this month for tours on weekend afternoons at 233