Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – As the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange [http://www.brooklyn-womens-exchange.org/] celebrated its 165th anniversary on Tuesday evening, the not-for-profit announced that it will soon have to vacate its longtime storefront at 55 Pierrepont Street. Brooklyn Women’s Exchange 165th Anniversary Celebration held at the Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse,
community
Local officials are paying tribute to Alan Fleishman, a longtime political organizer and LGBTQ activist who passed away earlier this week. Alan Fleishman via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/alan.fleishman]Fleishman, 62, passed away on Tuesday, August 27 after battling cancer for five-years, Gay City News [https://www.gaycitynews.
News
Hundreds of bicyclists rode down Coney Island Avenue to the site where Jose Alzorriz was killed. (Photo by Todd Maisel)PARK SLOPE – Hundreds of bicyclists from throughout the city jammed Bartel-Pritchard Square on Sunday to follow one rider who was pulling a white bicycle, a “ghost bike,” representing Jose Alzorriz,
Central Brooklyn
Assembly Member Walter Mosley speaks at a press conference next to Pacific Park/ Atlantic Yards (Image by Sam Raskin)PROSPECT HEIGHTS — After elected officials and local residents demanded that the state halt the approval of recreation space at Pacific Park, an advisory board came to a deadlock on the proposal.
Business
PARK SLOPE – Members of The Black Institute [https://theblackinstitute.org/], Black Lives Matter [https://blacklivesmatter.com/], and Woodland patrons held a rally outside of the New York State Liquor Authority [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cecm/permitting/new-york-state-liquor-authority.page] ‘s (SLA) offices on Wednesday ahead of another hearing on the
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Dozens gathered in the cafeteria of the Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens [https://www.ccbq.org] St. Charles Jubilee Senior Center (55 Pierrepont Street) on Wednesday to celebrate the 100th birthday of Vivian Levy, a longtime member and community activist. Community members toast Vivian Levy at her 100th
Business
PARK SLOPE – Another New York State Liquor Authority [https://sla.ny.gov] (SLA) hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, June 18, regarding the fate of Woodland’s liquor license. Woodland, 242 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)As reported last week [/details-on-woodlands-liquor-license/], following a May 29, 2019 SLA disciplinary hearing regarding
community
PARK SLOPE – Elementary school students and their parents are invited to a free, interactive Civic Engagement Workshop [https://www.facebook.com/events/2254316404893167/] at M.S. 51 next Wednesday, January 23, from 4pm to 5:30pm. Hosted by community group Citizen Squirrel [https://www.facebook.com/CitizenSquirrel/?eid=ARANvm0cNijzCDofeHYiO4kMkyqEAzBTrPek3vu7oW9b5C__h_
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Transit riders, elected officials, and members of the #FixTheSubway Coalition rallied Monday afternoon, December 10, to oppose the MTA’s proposed fare hike and call on Governor Cuomo to develop a “fair and sustainable transit funding plan” which includes congestion pricing [/fix-nyc-proposes-charging-entering-manhattan-60th-street-fund-subway-repairs/] . Rally outside of MTA Public Hearing
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – At last Thursday’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 Landmarks & Land Use Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] meeting, representatives from Fortis Property Group [https://fortispropertygroup.com/] presented plans to build a nine-foot-tall brick wall on the Amity Street side of the developer’s
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Today at 5:30pm, all the speed cameras in the city will be turned off thanks to the NYS Senate’s refusal to renew and expand the bill before the end of the legislative session on June 21. Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerTransportation Alternatives [https://www.transalt.org] and
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – Council Member Brad Lander [https://council.nyc.gov/district-39/] joined Carroll Gardens neighbors on Tuesday at the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page]‘s (LPC) public hearing on 236 and 238 President Street [/carroll-gardens-group-fights-to-save-the-historic-hans-s-christian-kindergarten/] . (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela
Arts & Culture
BOERUM HILL – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/about/pr2018/062618.page] (LPC) approved the expansion of the Boerum Hill Historic District [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/HistoricDistrictMaps/Brooklyn/boerum_hill.pdf] earlier today. Bergen Street between Smith & Hoyt, Boerum
Downtown Brooklyn
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Early Saturday the New York State Senate passed a bill which includes allowing NYC to expedite the design-build phase for much-needed repair work to the BQE. Via NYC DOT’s “BQE Atlantic to Sands Project Update” presentation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/bqe-atlantic-to-sands-nov2016.pdf] Senator
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(courtesy of the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President.)As New Yorkers prepare to vote in the presidential primary election tomorrow, April 19, several local elected officials are teaming up to push for reforms to improve voting access and voter experiences.Our own Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon [/?s=jo+anne+
Business
Rendering of new development at 120 7th Avenue via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/02/park-slope-key-food-developers-unveil-details-for-120-fifth-avenue-at-contentious-public-meeting.html] After a meeting in early February marked by both impassioned pleas and extreme exasperation by hundreds of community members [/blog/business/its-a-bodega-and-more-outcries-as-developer-presents-plans-for-5th-avenue-key-food-site/] in response to developer Avery Hall’s future plans for