Nonsponsored
Pete Buttigieg at the Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center with New York Times journalist promoting his book and 2020 presidential run. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The first presidential candidate to visit Brooklyn is Pete Buttigieg from South Bend, Indiana. Bernie Sanders was rumored to announce in Brooklyn
Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/PARK SLOPE – Every year Brooklyn Borough Hall celebrates Black History Month by honoring leaders and “modern-day heroes” who have worked toward advancing equality and justice in the borough. Next week’s 6th Annual Black History Month Celebration will continue the tradition by honoring local educators. Join Brooklyn Borough
Development
RED HOOK – Thor Equities may be revising its plans for Red Hoek Point [http://redhoekpoint.com], the “revolutionary office campus” proposed for the former Revere Sugar Refinery site. Rendering via SCAPE Red Hoek Point presentation to CB6, Feb. 22, 2018The 7.7-acre mixed-use campus planned for 280 Richards Street may
Announcements
DITMAS PARK – A swastika was drawn on– and then painted over– a pole at the Newkirk Plaza Subway Station this morning. Jess Goldsmith, a neighbor, posted a photo of the swastika that her friend sent her on Facebook, saying, “I don’t even know what to say about this. How
Announcements
2017 Prospect Park Soiree (Photo: Jonathan Grassi)PROSPECT PARK – Spring is just 29 days away [https://days.to/spring/2019]. Those counting down until the return of warmer weather and outdoor activities should get their tickets now for the third annual Prospect Park Soiree [https://soiree.prospectpark.org/?utm_source=
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Chaim Deutsch. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Council Member Chaim Deutsch deleted a tweet blaming two Muslim leaders for a recent spree of anti-Semitic incidents after Bklyner asked him to clarify his statement. Deutsch’s now-deleted tweet referred to several anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place in the last
community
PARK SLOPE – An outdoor public seating area will be coming soon to the curbside space in front of Pokéworks on 7th Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets. Pokéworks, 258 7th Avenue between 5th & 6th Streets (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) The national fast-casual poke bowl chain opened at 258 7th
Bed Stuy
Brooklyn Tea at 524 Nostrand Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant (Photo: compliments of Brooklyn Tea’s website)BEDFORD STUYVESANT — These two entrepreneurs are “serving tea” in Brooklyn, but not the gossipy kind. Amid a high-caffeinated corridor in Bedford Stuyvesant, steps away from the busiest train station in the borough, owners Ali
Bushwick
Chabad of Bushwick (Screenshot: Google Maps)BUSHWICK — A Bushwick storefront synagogue was vandalized Saturday amid a rise in hate crimes throughout New York City. Two vandals shattered the front window of the Chabad of Bushwick synagogue Saturday morning at 2:00 am, according to police. Rabbi Menachem Heller told several
News
Extell Development’s 68-story Brooklyn Point, 1 City Point (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Disgraced former New York Congressman, Anthony Weiner, has been released from federal prison and will serve out the remainder of his sentence at a halfway house in Brooklyn [https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/17/politics/anthony-weiner-prison-release-reentry/
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Big changes are happening at City Point [https://citypointbrooklyn.com]! Dine-in movie theater Alamo Drafthouse [https://drafthouse.com/calendar/downtown-brooklyn] is planning a major expansion at its Downtown Brooklyn home. City Point, 445 Albee Square West (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The Austin-based cinema chain will add 25,000
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – A portion of 6th Street will be closed for four days to accommodate NY-P Brooklyn Methodist Hospital’s removal of a crane used for the facility’s new Center for Community Health. NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) “They have reached the tallest part of their