Central Brooklyn
UPDATE (4/25/18): Police have released photos and video of the man wanted in last weekend’s violent anti-Semitic attack on Menachem Moskowitz in Crown Heights. Police described the suspect as a black man in his 40s, around 6′ tall with a beard. He was last seen wearing dark
Central Brooklyn
The Pulaski Bridge going up in the late Brooklyn evening (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * East Flatbush Residents Push Back Against “Overdevelopment” [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/23/jumaane-williams-east-flatbush-residents-call-for-contextual-rezoning/?platform=hootsuite] [City Limits] * A Toll Booth In Prospect Park Is A Relic Of Past Transit [https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/prospect-park-flatbush-avenue-tollbooth-brooklyn-history/] [Brownstoner]
Business
Malia Mills Photo Credit: Avi GlicksteinFour years ago, fashion designer Malia Mills moved her studio from the garment center in Manhattan to Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. She’d been in Manhattan since beginning the business in her apartment in 1993 in between nights waitressing at the Odeon. The
clinton hill
A rendering of the new apartment conversion coming to Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill (Via J Goldman Design)CLINTON HILL – A mansion in Clinton Hill, built in the 1930s, is on its way to becoming apartments as the Washington Avenue building is stripped down and converted. The building at 487
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – Swale [http://www.swaleny.org/], a floating forest built on a barge housing a 5,000-square-foot edible garden, will sail to the Brooklyn Army Terminal [https://www.bklynarmyterminal.com/] in May. Swale, 2017 (Photo: Katharina Keifert)Created by artist Mary Mattingly [http://marymattingly.com/], the public artwork travels
Central Brooklyn
BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN – The cherry blossoms will be in peak bloom this weekend (April 28 & 29) and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be hosting Sakura Matsuri 2018, the popular annual festival where visitors can enjoy the flowering trees as well as nearly 60 performances, demonstrations, and exhibits celebrating Japanese
midwood
The 9 new units listed at 2802 Kings Highway are in a new 6-story development (Via NYC Housing Connect)MIDWOOD – Nine units are up for grabs on the NYC Housing Connect [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery.html] website, though at 130% of the Area Median Income (AMI), they aren’
mill basin
The body was found in the waters off the Mill Basin bridge (Screenshot via Google Maps)MILL BASIN – On Monday, a body was found floating in the water near the Mill Basin bridge, the NYPD confirmed. Officers responded to a call of a man in the water at 9:30
Announcements
MARINE PARK – The Ireland-based discount fashion chain, Primark [https://www.primark.com/en-us/homepage], will debut its first Brooklyn store next month at the Kings Plaza Shopping Center [http://www.kingsplazaonline.com]. (Courtesy: Macerich [http://www.macerich.com/Leasing/Property/159911])The retailer currently has 352 stores in eleven countries
Arts & Culture
2,500 people via McWatters [https://medium.com/@mmcwatters/the-population-of-a-q-e7418c737fad] * Harbor Seal Spotted Sunbathing In Gowanus This Past Week-End [https://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2018/04/harbor-seal-spotted-sunbathing-in.html] (PMFA) * Population of the Q Train [https://medium.com/@mmcwatters/the-population-of-a-q-e7418c737fad] (McWatters) * Oceanside Grill at the renovated Aquarium [http://beta.nydailynews.com/new-york/
bath beach
DYKER HEIGHTS – President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr. and former White House aide Sebastian Gorka will be headlining Brooklyn Republican Party’s Spring Fundraiser, set for May 16 at the Dyker Beach Golf Course [https://www.facebook.com/dykerbeach]. Patrons can expect to pay $200 per dinner ticket, but
Arts & Culture
Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office of Media & EntertainmentNew Yorkers are notoriously hard to pin down — in every sense. We’re always moving. We’re always busy. Plus, our tastes vary widely and are not always obvious. That elderly woman on the train putting away her knitting and pulling