4th Avenue - Bklyner

Truck Mishap Floods Warren Street With Gasoline

BOERUM HILL – A thousand gallons of gasoline flooded Warren Street off Fourth Avenue in Boerum Hill Saturday afternoon, after a gasoline truck glanced off a concrete jersey barrier next to a construction site, rupturing a valve on the truck, fire officials said. Firefighters and officials check the foam coating on

Announcements

With Accessible Subway Station Comes 3 Weeks Of Last Minute Road Closures

Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitSUNSET PARK – The 59th Street Subway Station is finally going to have an elevator, but that will come with street closures for three weeks. “Starting tonight at 10:00 p.m. Fourth Avenue from 58th to 60th Streets will be closed to

Boerum Hill

Work Begins On 4th Avenue Bike Lane In Park Slope

PARK SLOPE – The NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/4th-ave-great-sts-dec2017.pdf] (DOT) announced last week that work has begun on the Park Slope portion of the 4th Avenue protected bike lane. DOT crews kicked off work last week between 1st Street and 15th Street

Development

12-Story Mixed-Use Building Planned For 4th Avenue At Degraw Street

PARK SLOPE – A 125-foot-tall, twelve-story mixed-used development has been proposed to replace the long vacant lot on the corner of 4th Avenue and Degraw Street. Construction site at 639 Degraw Street (at corner of 4th Avenue), Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)ODA Architecture [http://www.oda-architecture.com]

Downtown Brooklyn

Man Indicted For September Fatal Shooting On 4th Avenue

BOERUM HILL – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a 45-year-old man has been indicted for murder in connection to the fatal shooting of a Staten Island man in front of a Dunkin’ Donuts on 4th Avenue [/nypd-releases-video-suspect-4th-avenue-killing/] in September. Brooklyn Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street (Photo by

Bay Ridge

4th Avenue Protected Bike Lane Project Will Start Spring 2018

A diagram of how the lanes will be divided on 4th Avenue under the DOT’s new protected bike lane project (NYC DOT)NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) will start implementing its plan to bring eight miles of protected bike lanes to 4th Avenue in the Spring of 2018, according

Downtown Brooklyn

NYPD Releases Second Video Of Suspect In Killing On Corner Of 4th And Atlantic Avenues

BOERUM HILL – The NYPD has released a second surveillance video of the man they are searching for in connection to the stabbing and shooting death [/nypd-releases-video-suspect-4th-avenue-killing/] of a Staten Island resident on the corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues last month. Police released the latest surveillance video footage (above) last

Downtown Brooklyn

NYPD Releases Video Of Suspect In 4th Avenue Killing

BOERUM HILL – The NYPD has released surveillance video of the man they believe stabbed and shot [/man-fatally-stabbed-and-shot-on-corner-of-4th-atlantic/] a Staten Island man to death on the corner of 4th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue Wednesday evening. At approximately 8:20pm on September 20, police found 47-year-old Steven Vargas unconscious in front of

North Western Brooklyn

Man Fatally Stabbed And Shot On Corner Of 4th & Atlantic

Corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues, Thursday, September 21, 9:00am (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)BOERUM HILL – A Staten Island man was killed in front of the Dunkin’ Donuts on the southwest corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues Wednesday evening. Police responded to the scene at approximately 8:20pm

Downtown Brooklyn

DOT To Begin Pedestrian Safety Improvements For Atlantic/Flatbush Intersection This Fall

Via NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/atlantic-ave-flatbush-ave-study-2016.pdf] FORT GREENE – The intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues is a major hub consisting of two highly trafficked two-way roads. Vehicular, foot, and bicycle traffic will only increase with all the new commercial and residential developments rising

Business

Starbucks Spotted On 4th Avenue In Gowanus

470 4th Avenue at 11th Street (Photo by Jeff Davenjay)A reader sent in two photos on Thursday showing Starbucks signage on the ground floor of a new development nearing completion on 4th Avenue at 11th Street in Gowanus. Scaffolding surrounding 470 4th Avenue recently came down, revealing the Starbucks

Central Brooklyn

Brooklyn Cultural District Predicted To Be New Retail Hotspot

Brooklyn Academy of Music (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The intersection at Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene tops the list [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170216/REAL_ESTATE/170219909/cultural-hub-near-brooklyn-academy-of-music-becomes-nexus-of-retail-and-residential-development-and-a-place-to-buy-condos-in-brooklyn-near-parks] of six retail areas poised for growth in CPEX Real Estate’s eighth annual Brooklyn Retail Report.

Police & Fire

Identify Four Suspects Accused Of Mugging Teenage Girl On 4th Avenue

Help cops find four suspects accused of ambushing a teenage girl and punching her in the face on 4th Avenue near Gowanus yesterday. The 17-year-old victim was standing in front of 88A 4th Avenue when she was surrounded by about 20 people on Thursday, January 12 at 7pm, said cops.

North Western Brooklyn

It’s (Past) Time for Mandatory Inclusionary Housing in NYC

Back in 2003 — well before I was elected to the City Council, before I directed the Pratt Center, when I led the Fifth Avenue Committee — the Bloomberg Administration proposed to upzone Fourth Avenue in Park Slope. We had a simple idea: mandate that developers include some affordable units for low-

Events

What A (Great) Drag! Treecycle On 4th Avenue This Sunday

Trees from 2015’s Treecycle on 4th Avenue event. (Photo courtesy of S.J. Avery) Want to make sure your Christmas tree becomes mulch, but don’t want to drag it to Mulchfest 2016 [http://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals/mulchfest?utm_source=CornerMedia&utm_medium=SponsoredPostAd&utm_campaign=MulchFest%

Events

What A (Great) Drag! Treecycle On 4th Avenue This Sunday

Trees from 2015’s Treecycle on 4th Avenue event. (Photo courtesy of S.J. Avery) Want to make sure your Christmas tree becomes mulch, but don’t want to drag it to Mulchfest 2016 [http://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals/mulchfest?utm_source=CornerMedia&utm_medium=SponsoredPostAd&utm_campaign=MulchFest%

4th Avenue

Photo Of The Day: 4th Avenue Marathoners

Photo by Bob HaganNeighbor Bob Hagan took this incredible photo of the New York City Marathon [http://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/] on Sunday, November 1, 2015. The leading women are on 4th Avenue between 18th and 17th Streets. The 10K mark is at 18th Street. Hearty congrats to all the finishers!

4th Avenue

Photo Of The Day: Tight Squeeze

Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThere’s nothing like good parallel parking! Spotted on 4th Avenue and Warren Street. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag

4th Avenue

DOT Reveals Plan To Make 4th Avenue Traffic & Median Changes Permanent

DOT’s proposed changes to 4th Avenue.The Department of Transportation announced their plan to make the traffic plan and wider medians on 4th Avenue, implemented in Park Slope in 2013, [/blog/news/4th-avenue-safety-improvements-begin-august-19] permanent, at the Community Board 7 [http://www.brooklyncb7.org/] Transportation Committee meeting Tuesday night and

4th Avenue

New Retail Space At 603 4th Avenue Looking For Tenant

Photo via Ideal/Loopnet [http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite/Listing/Profile/Profile.aspx?LID=19181580] A brand new storefront that’s part of a building that began construction a few years ago is finally up for rent, and we’re curious to hear what you think might work in

Real Estate

What Would You Like To See At 75 4th Avenue?

The boarded up space at 75 4th Avenue, between Bergen and St. Marks — best known recently for displaying Ron Paul for President and anti-vaccination signs [/blog/politics/revisiting-the-ron-paul-signs-on-4th-avenue] — is up for rent. “Total renovation is going to be needed,” reads the listing, which says that no food or beverage businesses

4th Avenue

Gates Down At 4th Avenue’s Good Fortune Chinese Restaurant

A neighbor sent word that the Good Fortune Chinese restaurant [http://www.yelp.com/biz/new-good-fortune-kitchen-brooklyn], located at 524 4th Avenue (between 13th and 14th Streets), suddenly closed its doors last week. The tipster added that employees were “outside the building, shouting at each other and loading what appeared to

2 Brother's

Restaurant At 4th Avenue And 16th Street: Take Three!

Following Boqueroncito [/blog/business/boqueroncito-which-took-over-country-boys-space-at-568-4th-avenue-is-closed-again] , which filled the space after Country Boys closed [/blog/business/for-salelease-sign-up-at-country-boys], yet again a restaurant has set up shop at 568 4th Avenue. Inside it looks pretty much the same, and outside is the same red-and-white awing — but with a new name stenciled on: 2

4th Avenue

4th Avenue Is Getting Safer, According To Statistics

A recent report from the Department of Transportation [http://a841-tfpweb.nyc.gov/4thave/files/2014/05/4th-Ave_Sunset-Park_CB7-after-data-May-20-2014.pdf] shows that changes to the traffic lanes and pedestrian crossings along 4th Avenue from 15th Street to 65th Street have had a marked improvement on safety. The changes came after

275 4th Avenue

McDonald’s Closes On 4th Avenue To Make Room For Apartment Building

If you’re hoping to get a Big Mac at a drive-through, you’re going to have to head someplace else, as the McDonald’s at 275 4th Avenue is now closed. The property on the corner of 4th Avenue and 1st Street sold for $14.8 million last year