Business
Piccoli [http://www.piccolitogo.com] To Go opens on 1/25 in Williamsburg @12noon (804 Grand Street) Restaurateur and chef Andres Rodas and Co-Owner Andres Whang are opening a fourth Piccoli location in Brooklyn, adding a take-out /delivery spot in Williamsburg. They currently have Piccoli Trattoria [https://www.piccoliny.com/
environment
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) is going ahead with plans to present its proposed tunnel project [/dep-proposes-tunnel-as-alternative-to-cso-tanks-for-gowanus-superfund/] to the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group [https://gowanuscag.org/?fbclid=IwAR3ygs0FtKd8YPc3XUYdfjIfVXTeGww8ebP-1jKnERJ6N54uBRFa-8TJRg0] (CAG) on Tuesday, January 22nd. Dredging equipment at
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG – Police need help searching for three men they believe attempted to rob a young man earlier this month. On Friday, January 4 at about 7:30 p.m., the three suspects approached a 17-year-old who was standing in front of 10 Manhattan Avenue. They told him to remove his
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – A Sunset Park neighbor died while crossing the street a block from his home earlier this week. On Monday, January 14 at about 12:30 a.m., the NYPD responded to a 911 call involving a collision between a pedestrian and a car on the intersection of 52nd
Columbia Street Waterfront
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT- Once considered a burgeoning foodie destination, Columbia Street has undergone some changes with the departure of Carla Hall’s Southern Kitchen [https://ny.eater.com/2017/8/11/16131452/carla-hall-southern-kitchen-closed-nyc] , Toby’s Public House [/four-beloved-venues-close-brooklyn/], and Pok Pok [/restaurant-news-bakeries-bowls-bye-bye-pok-pok/]. However three restaurants may help bring the
Health
Raynika Trent and Laura Raaen of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food Education and Policy [https://www.tc.columbia.edu/tisch/]BROOKLYN — There’s no way to tell if students are getting the right amount of nutrition education in schools and some lawmakers want to change that. Currently, nutrition
Announcements
From new heads of departments to new clinics and reports, to volunteering opportunities and health fairs – check out what’s been happening at Brooklyn hospitals. All information provided by the respective hospitals. The Brooklyn Hospital Center: * The Brooklyn Hospital Center [https://www.tbh.org/] is planning a $32.7 million
Announcements
BED STUY – The NYPD needs help searching for two men involved in a homicide that occurred at Kingsborough Houses last weekend. To recap, on Sunday, January 13 at approximately 1:30 p.m., police discovered a 43-year-old man inside 219 Kingsborough 2nd Walk with two gunshot wounds. [/man-shot-kingsborough-houses/] According to
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 90 on January 15. Various local organizations will celebrate MLK Day on Monday, January 21 with events including readings, movie screenings, musical performances, volunteering, and more. Commemorate the legacy of
community
PARK SLOPE – Elementary school students and their parents are invited to a free, interactive Civic Engagement Workshop [https://www.facebook.com/events/2254316404893167/] at M.S. 51 next Wednesday, January 23, from 4pm to 5:30pm. Hosted by community group Citizen Squirrel [https://www.facebook.com/CitizenSquirrel/?eid=ARANvm0cNijzCDofeHYiO4kMkyqEAzBTrPek3vu7oW9b5C__h_
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMANHATTAN – It was a packed room yesterday on the 16th floor of 250 Broadway when the Committee on Civil and Human Rights unanimously voted for a bill to officially recognize Holocaust Remembrance Day in NYC on January 27 and declare the week after as Holocaust Education Week.
Arts & Culture
History and the Kings Theatre continue to go hand-in-hand. For one night only, on January 31, the beloved Brooklyn venue welcomes the world-class performance artists of the National Ballet Theatre of Odessa to its stage, as part of the Ukraine-based company’s inaugural trip through America. The group will proudly