Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that Downtown Brooklyn will receive $10 million from New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative [https://www.ny.gov/programs/downtown-revitalization-initiative] (DRI) which works to “transform communities into vibrant neighborhoods” while boosting local economies. > $10M from the Downtown Revitalization Initiative will
Animals
CROWN HEIGHTS – When Crown Heights resident Robyn Berland took her two small dogs out for a walk one night in late August, she did not expect to return home with only one. Ralphie, 2016 (Photo courtesy of Robyn Berland)At approximately 10:30pm on Wednesday, August 29, Berland took Ralphie,
Downtown Brooklyn
Looking towards Borough Hall from the corner of Willoughby and Pearl Streets, near the scene of yesterday’s shooting (Screenshot via Google Maps)DOWNTOWN – After a third daylight shooting in as many months near the Fulton Mall, Borough President Eric Adams has called for a meeting of local stakeholders to
Bed Stuy
Looking across the basketball courts at Hancock and Spencer, where two men were shot this weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)Two separate incidents of gun violence claimed two lives in Bed-Stuy over the weekend, police confirmed, including the son of an aide to the Brooklyn Borough President. The first shooting
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – At a ceremony on Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams signed a formal agreement to receive NYC’s first “Friendship Archway” as a gift from China. “Friendship Archway” rendering via the Office of the Mayor [https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/692-17/mayor-de-blasio-borough-president-adams-that-new-friendship-archway-will-span-8th] Last October, Mayor Bill de
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Deputy Mayor Laura Anglin visited Park Slope Thursday morning to join Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Council Member Brad Lander, senior NYC DOT officials, and transportation advocates for a walkthrough of the 9th Street Vision Zero safety redesign. NYC DOT Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Keith Bray previews the 9th
Bed Stuy
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – NYC Health + Hospitals [https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org] held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday to celebrate the opening of its new NYC Health + Hospitals/Gotham Health [https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org/gotham-health/] neighborhood clinic located at 485 Throop Avenue (between Madison St. & Putnam Ave.) in Bed-Stuy. The new facility, “co-located”
Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio is working from home this week. Starting on Monday, August 20, de Blasio and members of his administration will work from the Mayor’s home borough at Brooklyn Borough Hall and attend a series of events including a town hall meeting scheduled for Thursday. “City Hall
Announcements
Brooklyn Borough President and “karaoke enthusiast” Eric Adams kicked off the inauguralBK Sings Karaoke Platinum Edition [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/bk-sings-karaoke-platinum-edition/2018-08-16/] on Tuesday at the United Senior Citizens Center [https://www.facebook.com/UnitedSeniorCitizens/] in Sunset Park. Adams is partnering with the New York City Department for the
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Join NYC Council Members Mark Treyger and Chaim Deutsch, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and Senator Diane Savino Thursday afternoon as they celebrate the official landmarking of the Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk. Coney Island Riegelmann Boardwalk (Photo: Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)On May 15
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – The controversial 80 Flatbush proposal was unanimously approved by the City Planning Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/about/commission.page] on Monday in another stage of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), Curbed [https://ny.curbed.com/2018/8/7/17658456/brooklyn-80-flatbush-rezoning-city-planning-commission] reports. 80 Flatbush
Arts & Culture
EAST FLATBUSH – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/] and Senator Jesse Hamilton [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/jesse-hamilton] are bringing back the popular Wingate Concert Series with four free events over the next two weeks. The series kicks off this Wednesday, August 8 with a R&