Education
Finding a school that best fits one’s child is something most Brooklyn parents dread going through. There are so many choices – independent, religious, charter and public, this borough has plenty to offer when it comes to a Brooklyn youngster’s education.However, schools are not developed all on their
affordable housing
FLATBUSH — Applications are now being accepted for seven affordable one-bedroom units at a new rental building at 2527 Church Avenue (between Bedford and Rogers Avenues). That’s right – seven. 2527 Flatbush Avenue (Renderings compliments of Bernard Schwimmer Regal Builders Realty LLC )The resident features 16,349 sq. ft. of residential
Columbia Street Waterfront
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT – Despite Columbia Waterfront Neighbors [/columbia-waterfront-neighbors-call-on-developer-to-scale-back-41-summit-street/] ‘ opposition to the upzoning of 41 Summit Street, a developer is one step closer to getting approval to construct buildings twice as tall as the rest of the low-rise neighborhood. Rendering of 41 Summit Street via Sheldon Lobel presentationThe NYC City Planning
Announcements
Mathieu Eugene. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MADISON/MARINE PARK – Many people stood on the left side of the podium inside James Madison High School on Sunday. There was a Muslim woman, her hair covered in a scarf, her daughter standing in front of her. Right next to her stood a
east flatbush
Southbound Winthrop Street 2 and 5 train station will shutter between March 11 and June 2019. (Screenshot: Google Maps)PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN — The MTA will close the southbound Winthrop Street (2/5) [http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/twoline.htm] train station at Nostrand and Parkside Avenues for three months
North Western Brooklyn
RED HOOK – The NYPD released new surveillance video last week showing a person of interest in connection with a 2016 homicide in Red Hook. At approximately 4:30am on May 19, 2016, the body of 51-year-old Sharon Whigham, a mother of seven, was discovered in front of 110 West 9th
affordable housing
CROWN HEIGHTS — Community Board 9 (CB9) will hold a public hearing [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/event/notification-of-community-board-public-hearing-960-franklin-avenue-rezoning/] this week about rezoning plans proposed to allow developers to construct two 39-story towers on Franklin Avenue, exceeding in size, neighboring Ebbets Field by nearly 300 apartments. The project is proposed at the
Borough Park
FLATBUSH — Thousands came out to celebrate Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign kickoff Saturday in Midwood. Sanders announced his 2020 campaign on Feb. 19 and within days declared he’d launch his campaign in his hometown, Brooklyn [/bernies-first-stop-brooklyn/]. Bernie Sanders rally at Brooklyn College in Midwood. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Supporters trudged
News
Yesterday morning Brooklyn celebrated five extraordinary social justice organizations, incidentally all led by incredible women, and their work right here, in our borough. The second-floor lobby at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was bursting at the seams as over 300 attendees filed in for the third annual SPARK breakfast, hosted
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The glassy four-story building that formerly housed an HSBC branch on Montague Street may soon be demolished to make way for a new 20-story residential building with ground-floor retail. 200 Montague Street, near Cadman Plaza West (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.
Development
GOWANUS – The auditorium of P.S. 133 was packed Thursday evening with locals eager to see NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page]‘s (DCP) presentation of the Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal. Via NYC Department of City Planning presentation of the Gowanus
News
BROOKLYN — The city wants people to “Trash It. Don’t Flush It,” in a new campaign to help reduce those underground, greasy mounds that ruin your— and the city’s— plumbing. An accumulation of grease and solid debris that make its way into New York City’s sewage system. (Photo