Business
It takes a certain kind of restaurant to capture our heart from the hours of 12:00 am – 2:00 am. We’ll be honest, maybe we’ve had a few drinks, and now what we want is to sit down in a comfy place, eat something- often something with
Announcements
Before and after. (Photos: Mr. A)DITMAS PARK – Garbage, mice, and horrible smells took over a small alleyway between two buildings on Marlborough Road about a year and a half ago. After unsuccessfully trying to resolve the situation without involving authorities, it took one neighbor two incredibly frustrating months to
Central Brooklyn
Jasmine Robinson speaks into a microphone with a protester holding a sign that reads “Justice for Eric Garner Now! Your Silence is Violence” (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)After a police judge recommended the firing of Daniel Pantaelo, the NYPD officer who during an arrest killed Eric Garner five years
Development
GOWANUS – Two Trees [https://www.twotreesny.com] is asking the city to create an incentive granting more density for projects in Gowanus if developers include “public improvements” in planned buildings. Rendering of Two Trees’ Hoyt Street site, via Practice for Architecture and Urbanism [https://pau.studio/what/gowanus-office-steam-high-school/]If the
Business
PARK SLOPE/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Philly Pretzel Factory [https://phillypretzelfactory.com] is coming to Brooklyn, as we reported a couple of weeks ago, and now we have more details. There will be two locations, one in Park Slope and one on Fulton Mall. The first of the two franchises hopes
Announcements
via Parks DepartmentCONEY ISLAND – Enjoy the Coney Island beach this weekend with fun-filled activities thanks to the Parks Department. There will be clinics and free play for volleyball, crossnet, flag football, ultimate frisbee and soccer, open to all ages. DATE: Saturday, August 3, 2019 TIMES:10 a.m. – 5 p.
celebrity
FORT GREENE – With two growing sons, celebrity chef and television star Tom Colicchio [https://www.craftedhospitality.com/tom-colicchio/] and his wife, filmmaker Lori Silverbush [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1091262/], moved from their West Village rental in 2016 to a 19th-century brownstone in Fort Greene. Tom Colicchio and Lori Silverbush,
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Ground Floor Gallery presents the third edition of its biennial exhibition, Priority Mail [http://groundfloorbk.com/priority-mail-our-2019-mail-art-biennial/], a survey of small original artworks mailed in from around the world. Priority Mail: 2019 Mail Art Biennial at Ground Floor Gallery“ALL submissions mailed to the gallery will be accepted
Big Story
PS 130 is listed among schools with lead paint in classrooms. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Reema Amin, Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY More than 900 New York City elementary school classrooms have tested positive for lead after inspections revealed the presence of peeling, chipped, or otherwise deteriorating lead paint, according
Announcements
Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul makes an announcement at Brooklyn Navy Yard (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that the Brooklyn Navy Yard area will get $10 million in upgrades to its streetscape and to neighborhood institutions. The 6-part project is part of a
affordable housing
BOROUGH Hall — Borough President Eric Adams on Thursday said the city housing agency’s implementation of a controversial property transfer program is “racist,” and that its practice of taking homes away from black and brown homeowners is “intentional.” “What they’re doing to black and brown property owners is malfeasant
community
EAST NEW YORK – One man is dead after a speeding van operated by an intoxicated driver crashed into a parked construction vehicle early yesterday. On Wednesday, July 31 at around 5:10 a.m., the 31-year-old driver of a red minivan was speeding eastbound on Atlantic Avenue. When he reached