Business
CLINTON HILL – After learning that the Putnam Avenue building they have called home since 2011 had been sold [/after-losing-lease-brooklyn-food-co-op-fights-to-stay-alive/], members of the Greene Hill Food Co-op [http://www.greenehillfood.coop] launched a fundraising page [https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-save-the-greene-hill-food-co-op-community] in an effort to raise enough cash to relocate the
green
City green spaces, like Prospect Park, would see a ban on single-use plastic bottles through new legislation introduced to the City Council today (Photo credit: Martin Seck)Earlier this year, Prospect Park went permanently car-free. Recently, the Mayor announced Central Park would follow suit. But what’s the latest thing
Announcements
Following on the heels of Record Store Day [/celebrate-record-store-day-2018-in-brooklyn/] this past weekend, this Saturday (April 28) ushers in Independent Bookstore Day [http://www.indiebookstoreday.com], an annual, one-day national celebration of indie booksellers across the country. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/2139920256226788/]Locals can show their love and
East New York
The building on Hendrix Street in East New York, near where Gayle was shot and killed (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST NEW YORK – After an article celebrating East New York’s historic run of four months without a murder [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/nyregion/east-new-york-precinct-no-murders.html?rref=
Bay Ridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BUSHWICK – Police have released surveillance video that shows a man wanted for question in connection with the stabbing death of 46-year old James Otis in Bushwick last week. [/bushwick-murder-busdriver/] The former MTA
environment
GOWANUS – In celebration of Earth Day 2018, clean-water activist Christopher Swain swam the 1.8 mile length of the Gowanus Canal on Sunday to advocate for the cleanup of the polluted waterway. “People say it’s crazy that I’m swimming in here with the oil, the gas, the sewage,
Arts & Culture
Riegelmann Boardwalk (Hugo Smith/BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – Last week, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission moved forward with the next step to recognize the Riegelmann Boardwalk (Coney Island Boardwalk) as a scenic landmark. Landmarking status would ensure the boardwalk is rebuilt in the event of another environmental crisis such as
Central Brooklyn
Fitzhugh Karol’s Searches, 2017 at Prospect Park (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have
celebrity
MILL BASIN – Josh Marshal of Talking Points Memo (TPM) posted a podcast episode this week, on Michael Cohen [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/podcasts/the-josh-marshall-podcast/ep-9-why-did-donald-trump-get-in-so-deep-with-michael-cohen-we-explain] , President Trump’s lawyer who has been in the news a bit these past weeks. The Brooklyn angle – turns out El Caribe, [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/
Central Brooklyn
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Announcements
FORT GREENE – Congratulations to BRIC on taking home five trophies at the 61st Annual New York Emmy Awards last Saturday, April 14. BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street, Fort Greene (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Brooklyn media organization was nominated for 11 awards [https://www.nyemmys.org/media/files/files/d89cab07/
Business
GRAVESEND – Work at the old Staples location at 1949 Stillwell Avenue has been progressing quickly, following the approval of plans in late December, and the building is starting to look a lot more like a Foodtown – which it will become soon, though we have not been able to confirm the