Bed Stuy
Michael Hollingsworth (Image: Tess Mayer)Tenant organizer Michael Hollingsworth [https://www.m4bk.com/] has been endorsed by a notable construction and building union in his run for a Fort Greene City Council seat. LiUNA-NY [https://liuna-ny.org/#about], a PAC connected to the New York branch of the Laborers’ International
Bay Ridge
Welcome back to Openings and Closings. This week we welcome back a spot we thought was gone for good, as well as a crowd-funded Crown Heights newbie, several coffee shops, and a new pub. No goodbyes, thankfully. As always, let us know if we’ve missed anything [https://docs.google.
Downtown Brooklyn
Elias “Eli” Smith with his children. Family photo.A falling tree in Indiana killed a Brooklyn public school educator on March 27, 2021. Elias “Eli” Smith, 40, was the vice-principal at the Math and Science Exploratory School, MS 447 in Downtown Brooklyn, and the father of two young children. Mr.
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Marijuana. (Photo by dankdepot/Flickr)After years of political wrangling, the New York State legislature voted to legalize recreational marijuana [https://abcnews.go.com/US/york-legalizes-recreational-marijuana-expunges-pot-convictions/story?id=76775175] use this week. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the legislation on Wednesday, less than a day after the State Senate and Assembly
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An overnight subway disinfecting and cleaning at Stillwell Terminal last spring. (Image: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)Even as the coronavirus pandemic has profoundly disrupted New York’s public transit services [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/03/08/climate/nyc-transit-covid.html] and sent the Metropolitan Transportation
Downtown Brooklyn
Students attending a BISR course from 2017. Photo credit: Salome Oggenfuss. Six years ago, Maggie Gerrity — a Manhattan-based artist, bookkeeper, and lifelong student — found herself longing for the academic rigor she’d had in college. She had recently learned about Brooklyn Institute of Social Research [https://thebrooklyninstitute.com/], or BISR,
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The Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street last year. (Image: Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council)New York City’s Open Streets program [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/openstreets.shtml] emerged last year as a rare bright spot in a 2020 filled mostly with despair and frustration. The city’s
community
A rendering of the storefront of Van Alen Institute’s new location at 303 Bond Street in Gowanus, remade as a hub for community information. (Image: Van Alen Institute)A longstanding nonprofit with a track record of reimagining city spaces is launching a new fellowship program for Gowanus residents who
Bay Ridge
Our next holiday is right around the corner, and we have suggestions for everything from chocolate eggs and bunnies to marzipan lambs, and classic Easter brunch or dinner. Also, check out our list [/easter-egg-hunt-brooklyn-2020/] of the traditional Easter Egg Hunts happening around the borough this week. Candy and Pastries Buttermilk
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Senator Andrew Gounardes and Councilman Justin Brannan held a press conference on March 29 in response to a spike in anti-Asian harassment. “In New York, it is our diversity that gives us strength. My heart breaks for Vanessa and Maureen, and the countless others who suffer in silence, ” Senator Gounardes
affordable housing
State lawmakers are considering legislation to increase the city’s affordable housing stock, but groups who represent Brooklyn’s working waterfront say it could unintentionally cost the city industrial jobs. The bill, called the “Housing Our Neighbors with Dignity Act,” [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/s5257] looks to
Education
38 Sixth Avenue in Pacific Park. (Image: Developer)A new pre-school and home decor shop are coming to Brooklyn. Greenland Forest City Partners, the developer responsible for creating the 22-acre mixed-use neighborhood known as Pacific Park [https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=DmwnWrRmVGWqjKwnWJvDslNnDWmbXMXHrGMJXrXdPprhRNlrntHKqBpGBpwshWzklcFkVvjjwGPL] , announced today that Wonderforest