Announcements
KarVér [https://karver.com/], a European style Brasserie & Cafe, opened the Cafe portion yesterday on Emmons Avenue. Brasserie is expected to open within the month next Thursday, August 17th. The spot — where the iconic El Greco diner once stood [/tag/el-greco-diner/] at 1809 Emmons Avenue — was acquired by Rybak
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State Senator Daniel Squadron makes opening remarks at the September 2016 CB6 General Meeting (Photo by BKLYNER)New York State Senator Daniel Squadron, who has represented parts of Lower Manhattan and Northern Brooklyn since 2008, announced his resignation [https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/daniel-l-squadron/its-been-honor-serve] today, August 9. His
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Avenue U traffic calming project in progress. (Photo Liena Zagare / BKLYNER)New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has painted a stretch of Avenue U from McDonald to Ocean Avenue with a pair of double yellow lines, confusing residents [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/08/07/brooklyn-double-double-yellow-lines/]. The mystery will
Bay Ridge
Congresswoman Yvette Clarke refused to accept the U.S. Army’s rejection of her call to rename two streets at Fort Hamilton, in a statement issued Monday, August 7. The streets—General Lee Avenue and Stonewall Jackson Drive—are named after Confederate generals. Both Lee and Jackson were stationed at
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Police & Fire
The NYPD are looking for the man seen in the above video in connection with an attempted robbery that occurred last month in Sunset Park. At approximately 12:50am on Thursday, July 6, the suspect walked up to a 33-year-old man near the corner of 4th Avenue and 44th Street,
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> To all: 09/14/2017.Today we had meeting with Mayor Bill de Blasio. I can proudly announce that , with huge help and support of Chaim Deutsch , Sheepshead cruise ? boats will be shut down starting next summer…. A+ to Chaim DeutschPLEASE SHARE!!!!!!It happen on August 6, 2017 at
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A stop work order at 3100 Ocean Ave (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)A full-stop work order has been affixed to the front of the building at 3100 Ocean Avenue in Sheepshead since July 13. A sign advertizes the coming NetCost Market at 3100 Ocean Ave (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)NetCost Market will
Business
Renderings of the Brooklyn Army Terminal by WXY Architecture and Urban Design via Untapped CitiesNew renderings were recently released of the exterior spaces at Sunset Park’s Brooklyn Army Terminal [https://www.bklynarmyterminal.com] (140 58th Street). WXY Architecture and Urban Design [http://www.wxystudio.com/categories/architecture] is working
Events
Coney Island (Photo courtesy of Alliance for Coney Island)Free music and food are coming to the streets of Coney Island over the weekend! The Alliance for Coney Island has teamed up with CBS Radio to present the inaugural Coney Island Music festival this Saturday, August 12. Despite rain on
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Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a Brooklyn man was sentenced to 10 years in state prison for the attempted rape of a woman in Williamsburg last year. The defendant, Todd Deas, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted rape on July 18, 2017. He was sentenced
Bensonhurst
Photo via nycgo [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJcgh3u03k/?tagged=ftrain&hl=en] “For a city that has 6 million riders a day, it is a travesty that we are not educated by the MTA about basic safety procedures in the event of an emergency,” Michael Sciaraffo said. “And
Central Brooklyn
107 Columbia Heights, Photo by Christopher Bride via Property Shark (October 2015)Real Capital Analytics [https://www.rcanalytics.com/], a firm that tracks commercial real estate transactions around the world, has tallied up the top ten real estate transactions in Brooklyn for the second quarter of 2017 (April 1 to