News
1173 Bergen Street via Google MapsThe New York City Department of Home Services Press Secretary, Isaac McGinn, reached out to BKLYNER late Friday with additional information following the court-issued temporary block [/temporary-block-issued-crown-heights-homeless-shelter/] on the homeless shelter proposed for 1173 Bergen Street in Crown
Central Brooklyn
Eva Lewandowski L, Anne Schoeneborn, L2 and volunteers test driving the new bee suits! (Photo via Nathan Thompson)The explosive growth in non-commercial beekeeping has generated excitement throughout New York City, especially since beekeeping became legal here in 2010. But it’s a challenge to find trained beekeepers and
Central Brooklyn
Sunrise over the Bay, by Patti PappagalloKeep 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], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if you ever
North Western Brooklyn
> Thanks to everyone who came to the show tonight, particularly the fire fighters. Fingers crossed for the fine folks at Union Hall and to their speedy recovery. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BSDVLn4Fv2c/] A post shared by SAVAK (@savakband) on Mar 25, 2017 at 12:04am PDT > Thank
Arts & Culture
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)It’s the first official weekend of spring! Get yourself out and dance away your winter blues, catch a performance, check out an exhibition or reading, or craft with some special kids. S.A.D. Party 2017: Drink. Dance. Resist [http:
Central Brooklyn
So, the weather might not have seemed much like it lately, but Spring is here! We’re through the vernal equinox, people! It’s time to clean up your apartments or, even better, get brand new digs. (Courtesy Street Easy/Fumiko Akiyama of Corcoran [http://streeteasy.com/building/1813-78-
Animals
Photo by iamchriscummins via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPTMiojBlQ5/?taken-at=136283596392354]The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –A 67-year-old woman was kicked and spat on by man on
Events
Photo via Global Futures GroupAs we all know, Brooklyn, and New York City for that matter, is growing and changing in ways that those who were here before us would never have imagined. Gentrification is causing new tensions. New technologies are bringing jobs to some and displacing others. Bike and
community
Photo by South Slope NewsVoting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] 2017 begins this Saturday, March 25, where you can vote on how $1 million in city funds are spent in your community. Below, find all the ballot options and polling locations for Council Member David
community
Crown Heights residents protesting the opening of 1173 Bergen Street homeless shelter at a March 15 town hall meetingA judge temporarily blocked the opening of 1173 Bergen Street, a senior men’s homeless shelter in Crown Heights that would provide transitional housing for more than 100 residents. Judge Paul Wooten
Business
Der Pioneer, 737 Church Avenue between East 7th & East 8th Streets. (Photo by Carly Miller)After months of waiting [/der-pioneer-european-bakery-cafe-opening-soon-church-avenue-ditmas-park/], Church Avenue finally has a new spot for European pastries and fine cafe food on the newest destination stretch
celebrity
Harlem Globetrotters players Hoops Green and Buckets Blakes at The Children’s Health Center of The Brooklyn Hospital Center (Photo by Dina Rabiner)Two players for the Harlem Globetrotters paid a surprise visit to the young patients at The Children’s Health Center at The Brooklyn Hospital Center on Thursday.