Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/PARK SLOPE – Every year Brooklyn Borough Hall celebrates Black History Month by honoring leaders and “modern-day heroes” who have worked toward advancing equality and justice in the borough. Next week’s 6th Annual Black History Month Celebration will continue the tradition by honoring local educators. Join Brooklyn Borough
Columbia Street Waterfront
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT – A group of Columbia Street Waterfront residents are rallying to oppose a developer’s plans to build a seven-story building in their low-rise neighborhood. Rendering of 41 Summit Street via Sheldon Lobel presentationNeighbors Katarina Jerinic and Anthony Bradfield live on Carroll Street, directly behind the proposed development
Arts & Culture
Happy Year of the Pig! February 5 marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year [http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/], a time for celebration, which includes family dinners, dragon and lion dances, lantern festivals, firecrackers, and lucky red envelopes (hongbaos) filled with cash. In Chinese astrology, each
Development
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Last Wednesday, January 16, a dozen people showed up to the first of two Brooklyn Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) workshops this month where the public is invited to comment on how a $10 million NYS grant should be spent towards making the borough’s downtown district more “vibrant
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Tuesday that charges against Jazmine Headley have been dropped. Headley is the 23-year-old mother whose one-year-old son was forcibly torn out of her arms by police officers [/video-nypd-violently-yanks-1-year-old-from-mother-at-snap-office/] at a social services office last Friday, December 7. Human Resources Administration Office,
community
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in October [/downtown-brooklyn-10m-revitalization-fund/] that Downtown Brooklyn will receive $10 million from New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative [https://www.ny.gov/programs/downtown-revitalization-initiative] (DRI), a program that works to “transform communities into vibrant neighborhoods” while boosting local economies. Via brooklyn-usa.org [http://www.
Animals
CROWN HEIGHTS – Dog owners and neighbors came out in full force Tuesday night to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum for the first Dog Policy Meeting hosted by the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org] and Friends of Brower Park [http://www.friendsofbrowerpark.org]. Longtime Crown Heights
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK SOUTH – Police have released new video of the suspect wanted in connection with a rape that occurred in Prospect Park earlier this month. [/police-searching-for-man-who-raped-and-robbed-woman-in-prospect-park/] In addition, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has added $1,000 [https://twitter.com/BPEricAdams/status/1067784573935919110] to the $2,500 reward being offered
News
DOWNTOWN – An long-standing fixture of Brooklyn’s Downtown, the Macy’s on Fulton Mall had years ago fallen into disrepair, but this morning, a gleaming new version of the store opened to eager customers. Macy’s CEO Jeffrey Gennette and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams were on hand to cut
Big Story
After an election day marred by long lines [/sloppy-start-on-election-day/], malfunctioning ballot scanners [/ballot-scanners-down-throughout-brooklyn/] and confused poll workers [/opinion-we-need-better-trained-poll-workers/], Brooklyn politicians have set their sights on serious election reform. This morning, Borough President Eric Adams took to the steps of the Brooklyn Board of Elections (BOE) building downtown to call for
Announcements
Borough President Adams, Chancellor Carranza, students and educators celebrated the borough’s $25 million investment in STEAM education (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – This morning, Borough President Eric Adams and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza joined up at the Brooklyn Navy Yard to reveal plans for an ambitious new education
community
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Performing in front of packed room at Brooklyn Borough Hall Thursday afternoon, ten seniors competed to be crowned winner of the inaugural BK Sings Karaoke – Platinum Edition [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/bk-sings-karaoke-platinum-edition-2/2018-09-20/] . The finalists were the winners of series of karaoke contests held at senior centers