community
Photo courtesy of the Office of Brad Lander via flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/56684398@N08/33396726373/in/album-72157682837440416/] The election of Donald Trump into the White House has spurred an overwhelming amount of public protests, the likes of which New York City hasn’t seen since the
Police & Fire
Help cops catch a man who robbed a Gravesend home in broad daylight earlier this month. The suspect stole a woman’s keys from her car, then sauntered through the front door to her apartment near 86th Street and West 8th Street on Saturday, April 8 at 11:30am, said
Central Brooklyn
Sakura Matsuri, better known as the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Cherry Blossom Festival [/preview-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-cherry-blossom-festival-2017/], is taking place up north this weekend. However, seeing some green without spending too much of it should be a year-round activity. The best place to do that?
Arts & Culture
Cherry Blossoms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)It’s the last weekend of April! Where has the month gone? There’s lots going on this weekend—Cinco de Mayo skeletons, cherry blossoms, acrobats, fundraisers, and more! BRIC OPEN Festival [https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/bric-
Announcements
(Photo by Corner Media)If you live in City Council District 40 (Ditmas Park, Crown Heights, Flatbush, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens), get excited — the results for Participatory Budgeting cycle six are in! Councilmember Mathieu Eugene announced the winning projects for Participatory Budgeting [http://pbnyc.org/], where voters chose how to
Central Brooklyn
Photo via coneyislandfunGet out and explore your favorite boro this weekend with our event guide from Ditmas Park to Marine Park. If you have an event to share, email us at For a list of arts events in the Park Slope area, see our northern BK weekend guide here [/weekend-
celebrity
Photo via Brown Harris Stevens [http://www.bhsusa.com/brooklyn/640-2nd-street/townhouse/16467081]Like many post-grads, after completing his studies at Columbia University in the 80s, former president Barack Obama moved to Brooklyn [http://ny.curbed.com/2017/4/27/15454992/barack-obama-former-park-slope-home-
Police & Fire
> UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY: 8 year old Brooklyn boy fatally injured after concrete plant holder fell on him. Neighbors tried to save him @PIX11News [https://twitter.com/PIX11News] pic.twitter.com/GSIwE5do01 [https://t.co/GSIwE5do01] — Ayana Harry PIX11 (@AyanaHarry) April 28, 2017 [https://twitter.com/AyanaHarry/status/857746364477968386] An 8-
Business
This morning a diverse crowd of tech entrepreneurs and city officials celebrated the launch of the Urban Tech Hub at New Lab [http://newlab.com/] – city’s best bet at developing homegrown tech solutions to all of our urban problems. Urban Tech Hub is a New York City Economic Development
Bensonhurst
1866 86th Street near Bay 20th Street. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)On the prowl for some filling, meat-and-potatoes-style dinner, my dining partner and I wandered into a staple for the Polish community: Chris’s Polish-American restaurant in Bensonhurst. The unassuming storefront, at 1866 86th Street
library
Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved plans Tuesday to install electronic informational signs outside seven landmarked Brooklyn libraries. The Brooklyn Public Library commissioned the design firm LVCK LLC [http://lvckdesign.com/] to create a proposal [http:
Nonsponsored
It’s cherry blossom season! This weekend marks the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Cherry Blossom Festival [/preview-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-cherry-blossom-festival-2017/], better known as Sakura Matsuri. Be sure to head over [https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2017/], but even if you can’t find