clinton hill
Damaged pipes led to the ceiling in the lobby of 425 Grand Avenue to collapse on New Year’s Day. [/started-bang-collapsing-ceiling-rings-new-year-clinton-hill/] According to NYC Department of Buildings, the pipes had been leaking water into the area between the ceiling and the floor above. A resident living above the lobby said
Nonsponsored
Photo via The Prusik GroupCONEY ISLAND – A purportedly inaccurate rendering and information has been released regarding a neighborhood changing development on Coney Island. On January 3rd, New York Yimby [https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2018/01/massive-1000-unit-mixed-use-redevelopment-revealed-at-1709-surf-avenue-coney-island.html] broke the news that developer Prusik Group and Taconic Investment Partners – which is
Business
PokéBowl Station, 237 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Restaurants serving poké [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poke-bowl-recipes_us_5743abb0e4b0613b512b1bfd] , a Hawaiian dish consisting of cubes of raw fish served over rice, have been popping up across the city in the last year or so, with one recently
Greenpoint
The former bathhouse at 139 Huron Street in Greenpoint had construction crews out front before noon on Friday, January 12 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – Construction crews have started work on 139 Huron Avenue in Greenpoint, home to the iconic former bathhouse that is set to become residential apartments. Permits have
Boerum Hill
212 Pacific Street via Google MapsBOERUM HILL – Java lovers will be happy to hear that Stumptown Coffee Roasters [https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/] has signed a lease for a new retail location at 212 Pacific Street in Boerum Hill, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/11/brooklyn-blend-stumptown-inks-lease-for-its-only-bk-coffee-shop/] reports. Situated
Bensonhurst
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BENSONHURST – Police are looking for the man who violently attempted to rob a 16-year old for his coat at gunpoint last Tuesday in Bensonhurst. The 16-year old male victim was walking on
News
Former teacher Mark Treyger was named chair of the NYC Council’s Education committee Thursday. Photo: NYC Council.Newly-installed speaker Corey Johnson unveiled his picks for chairs of the New York City Council [https://council.nyc.gov/]’s many committees on Thursday in a move that will impact the body’
Central Brooklyn
Gowanus Canal (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Readers Share Their New York Subway Stories [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/magazine/readers-share-their-new-york-subway-stories.html?_r=0] (NYT) * Dogs keep getting zapped on this block in Bed Stuy [https://nypost.com/2018/01/10/dogs-keep-getting-zapped-on-this-brooklyn-block/] (NYPost) * Thanks for finding my son – An open
brownsville
The Santa Grocery, robbed twice in the same crime spree (Screenshot via Google Maps)Police are looking for two suspects in a pattern of gunpoint robberies throughout Brownsville, East New York and Bushwick that occurred in the first week of the new year. On Wednesday, January 3, the duo entered
Announcements
Council Member Jumaane Williams (District 45, Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands, Midwood, Canarsie) was among 18 people arrested today outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building during a massive protest after Ravi Ragbir, a prominent immigrant rights activist, was detained by ICE. What started as a peaceful gathering to support Ragbir’
Announcements
Via NYC DOT [http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/nycdot-carshare-pilot/where-would-you-see-carshare-show-us] PARK SLOPE/CARROLL GARDENS/COBBLE HILL – Council Member Brad Lander is asking for the community’s feedback regarding the anticipated locations in his district for the NYC Department of Transportation’s (DOT) [http://nycdotcarshare.info/] two-year pilot carshare program. Last summer, DOT
Downtown Brooklyn
A ferry in front of the Williamsburg Bridge (Photo via NYC Ferry)While the NYC Ferry celebrates a year of higher than expected ridership systemwide, the coming closure of the L train could create a tidal wave of new commuters that would nearly triple the current number of passengers on