Central Brooklyn
Prospect Park’s Long Meadow on a clear Sunday afternoon (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Despite the sunny weekend perfect for park visits, it looks the like the toxic algae bloom is back in Prospect Park Lake [https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/25/dtg-prospect-park-lake-algae-bloom-2018-06-22-bk.html] for the fifth year running—don’
Business
DUMBO – An affordable and supportive housing facility will move into 90 Sands Street, the former site of a residential hotel once owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. 90 Sands Street (Photo: Scott Bintner via Property Shark)Breaking Ground [https://breakingground.org], a supportive and affordable housing provider, will convert the
News
Assemblyman Joe Lentol at a groundbreaking in North Brooklyn last year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)With the closure of the Canarsie Tunnel—aka the L Train Shutdown—now less than a year away, politicians are beginning to get serious with the MTA about the details of how the organization plans to
Announcements
FLATBUSH, CROWN HEIGHTS, PARK SLOPE – we have a congressional race this year in District 9, currently represented by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, and the only election date that matters is next week, June 26th. The winner of the Democratic Primary is almost guaranteed victory in November in this heavily Democratic district.
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – Even as the city responds to community organizing for better parks in Brownsville, a new report shows significant failures in access and upkeep—and warns that a planned upgrade may temporarily create a serious open space vacuum in the Brooklyn neighborhood. The report from New Yorkers for Parks [http:
Announcements
FLATBUSH – This past Saturday, June 16th, Sears and Kmart unveiled a new “store-in-a-store” format—a Kmart Convenience store located inside the Sears’ landmarked Brooklyn location [/sears-is-now-a-landmark-ditmas-park/] at 2307 Beverley Road (behind Kings Theater). At 10,000 square feet, the new Kmart convenience store is small for the retailer and focuses
Arts & Culture
Celebrate the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—with the return of Make Music New York [http://www.makemusicny.org/], a festival featuring free concerts in public spaces across New York City. Make Music New York via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/makemusicny/photos/p.10154944456867890/10154944456867890/?type=
Arts & Culture
CONEY ISLAND – Coney Island is a must stop destination for Brooklynites, New Yorkers and tourists alike during the summer, boasting everything from boardwalk games and swimming to events ranging from the wild Mermaid Parade [/mermaid-parade-2018/] to Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest [/joey-chestnut-gobbles-record-nathans-famous-hot-dog-eating-contest/]. Now, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
Arts & Culture
CROWN HEIGHTS – In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared the end of slavery in the U.S., but it wasn’t until June 19, 1865 that the state of Texas announced that all slaves were free. While not officially a national holiday, June 19th or Juneteenth [http://www.juneteenth.com] is
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – After more than ten years in the making, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/plaza/] will debut the new $7 million, 25,000-square-foot pedestrian plaza between Hall Street and Emerson Place this Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the launch of the free summer public program
![Coney Island’s 36th Annual Mermaid Parade [PHOTOS]](/content/images/size/w600/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Mermaid-Parade-18-18.jpg)
Arts & Culture
CONEY ISLAND – On a hot, sunny Saturday, crowds gathered along Surf Avenue in Coney Island to check out the 36th Annual Mermaid Parade, a “celebration of ancient mythology and honky-tonk rituals of the seaside” performed each year. Writer Neil Gaiman served as King Neptune with his wife, singer Amanda Palmer
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced last Friday that a 24-year-old Prospect-Lefferts Gardens resident was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for violently assaulting a 58-year-old homeless man and streaming the attack on Facebook Live. Daquan King (Photo via the Office of Brooklyn District Attorney