Bay Ridge
The bull that escaped a local slaughterhouse [/breaking-cow-still-loose-brooklyn/] last year for a romp in Prospect Park, has died in New Jersey. [http://www.nj.com/sussex-county/index.ssf/2018/05/bull_that_escaped_in_brooklyn_dies_in_nj.html] Brooklyn Heights neighbors ask, ‘Why doesn’t 194 Columbia Heights’ owner
bath beach
Photo Courtesy of Aviator Sports and Events CenterT.S. Eliot had his own reasons for calling April the cruelest month [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land], but if weather whiplash is any measure, it’s certainly been cruel to Brooklynites this year. With the temperature ranging from a high
Announcements
FORT GREENE – The annual performing arts series, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, returns for its 40th year offering a diverse and eclectic lineup of events throughout the summer. BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival (Photo: David Andrako)Each year, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! offers a mix of music, film, dance, and multimedia works by artists
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – With two highrise developments already looming over Greenpoint’s waterfront, recently filed permits have revealed a bit more detail about another 40-story apartment tower coming to the north end of Brooklyn. Currently, a 100,000 square foot warehouse occupies the site—once the home of AMC Computers—but in
Bushwick
205 Water © S9 ArchitectureOn a bright morning late last month, I visited the Manhattan offices of S9 Architecture [http://s9architecture.com/] – a firm that has played a special role in the huge changes sweeping Brooklyn. You might not have heard their name, but you know their work: Since their first
Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The first three commercial tenants for the 17-story, 278 unit, LEED Silver-certified luxury condo building [http://550vanderbilt.com/] located at 550 Vanderbilt Avenue have been announced. 550 Vanderbilt, between Pacific & Dean (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)550 Vanderbilt will soon be home to three Brooklyn-based businesses including Van
Central Brooklyn
The apartment building at 412 East 51st in Flatbush, near where a man was shot and killed last night (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST FLATBUSH – Last night, a man was shot and killed in East Flatbush, just off of Church Avenue, another casualty in a rash of gun violence plaguing
Boerum Hill
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held the second ULURP [http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/1659/uniform-land-use-review-procedure-application] (Universal Land Use Review Procedure) public hearing for Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush project Monday at Borough Hall. 80 Flatbush ULURP public hearing at Brooklyn Borough Hall (Photo: Kadia Goba)
Bed Stuy
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BED-STUY – Police are looking for a woman who set fire to a car in Bed-Stuy in the early hours of Saturday, April 28. The arsonist intentionally set fire to the car at 52 Decatur Street by unknown means around 3:30 am, said police. Surveillance video of
Central Brooklyn
Junk truck with flowers, on the block in Clinton Hill (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Flatbush Church Doesn’t Make The Cut For Landmarking, Will Become 9 Stories of Housing [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/30/city-rejects-bid-to-landmark-century-old-flatbush-church-slated-for-demolition/] [City Limits] * Greenpoint Waterfront Retains Industrial Charm Amid Glossy Development in Williamsburg and LIC [https:
bath beach
What is the most important holiday? Mother’s Day, of course. We love the moms in our life and we have put together a list of local finds for every kind of mother, even those that say they don’t need anything. Also, know that you will have the added
Announcements
RED HOOK – NYC Department of Parks and Recreation [https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/whats-happening/red-hook-park-remediation] (NYC Parks) and the Environmental Protection Agency [https://www.epa.gov/ny/columbia-smelting-refining-works-red-hook-brooklyn-new-york] (EPA) hosted a meeting Monday evening [/meeting-to-update-community-about-red-hook-ball-fields-scheduled-for-monday-april-30/] to provide the Red Hook community with an update on the lead remediation and improvement