Arts & Culture
“Happy Ramadan from Balady” lights up 5th Avenue between 72nd Street. and Ovington Ave. Mukta Ahmad/BklynerRamadan began last week and for the first time in the history of New York City, Muslims got their own Ramdan lights in Bay Ridge. The twenty blocks along 5th Ave from 65th Street
Brooklyn Heights
When Ali Ahmed and Akram Nassir saw the “For Rent” sign at 151 Atlantic Avenue, they immediately went in and left a deposit. They had no idea what they wanted to put in the space, formerly Beasts and Bottles, but knew that they had to have it. The Nassir family
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Photo by Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitState Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is sounding the alarm about the MTA’s debt levels, saying it could leave the agency unable to fully fund a capital program to improve service for bus and subway riders. The MTA, though, says the comptroller
canarsie
Like most of the city’s gathering spaces, worship centers for Jehovah’s Witnesses – a group with nearly 10,000 members in Brooklyn alone – closed their doors indefinitely last March. Since then, congregants have done most of the work of being a Witness at home, where they’ve gathered over
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350 Flushing Avenue (Image: NYC Department of Environmental Protection)The city announced today that it has completed a $31.6 million project to refurbish and upgrade a historic building on Flushing Avenue used by staff of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The three-story, 105,000-square-foot building at 350 Flushing
affordable housing
Bishop Philius Nicolas, the founder of Evangelical Crusade Church, speaking at the celebration of the affordable housing that he championed along with his wife Helene Nicolas for low-income seniors. Mukta Ahmad/BklynerBishop Philius and Helene Nicolas (BPHN) Senior Residence at the corner of New York Ave and Farragut Road is
Gowanus
A sketch of thre Gowanus canal bridge crossing with waterfront development and pedestrian activity. (Image: Department of City Planning)The bitterly-contested Gowanus rezoning plan [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus.page] took two crucial steps forward on Monday. First, State Supreme Court Justice Katherine Levine lifted a
Education
Mayor Bill de Blasio at Phyl’s Academy in Brooklyn. Officials announced Monday that all schools will receive the entire allotment of money they’re owed under the city’s own funding formula. Michael Appleton / Mayoral Photography OfficeBy Alex Zimmerman, Chalkbeat New York [https://ny.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/19/
environment
The Gowanus Generating Station (Image: Astoria Generating Company)Mayor Bill de Blasio has joined climate activists and several lawmakers in announcing his opposition to the controversial replacement of two peaker power plants using fracked gas, including one in Gowanus. The Astoria Generating Company (AGC), which operates two power plants located
Columbia Street Waterfront
The winning projects for this year’s participatory budgeting cycle in Council District 39 include a down payment to create a “Brooklyn Skate Garden,” a restoration of the Prospect Park Carousel’s historic wurlitzer organ and a renovated bathroom for PS131 in Borough Park. Those and other projects were selected
affordable housing
A pedestrian crosses the street near 420 Stockholm St. in Bushwick. | Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITYBy Gabriel Sandoval and Hiram Alejandro Durán, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2021/4/15/22386797/brooklyn-group-bushwick-building-affordable-housing] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A Brooklyn nonprofit that
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Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter on April 13, 2021. (Image: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s been a busy week in Brooklyn—when is it not?—but the weekend is finally upon us. The weather is rainy now, but should improve in the days ahead [https://weather.com/es-US/