News
Children led the march for safe streets in Park Slope last week, calling on the Mayor to act (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)In the wake of last week’s tragedy, change may come to Brooklyn streets. Yesterday, Mayor De Blasio put his support behind two new bills designed to keep the
Bensonhurst
Happy Year of the Dog, BKLYNERs! Today is the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year [http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/], a time for many joyous celebrations including large family dinners, vibrant dragon and lion dances, lantern festivals, firecrackers, and lucky red envelopes (hongbaos) filled with cash. Here
Boerum Hill
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Mayor de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced today an agreement to replace Rikers Island with smaller borough-based jail facilities in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, and Brooklyn. Brooklyn Detention Center, 275 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Brooklyn Detention Center located at 275
Bensonhurst
Happy year of the dog! February 16 marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year [http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/], a time for many joyous celebrations including large family dinners, vibrant dragon and lion dances, lantern festivals, firecrackers, and lucky red envelopes (hongbaos) filled with cash. >
Gowanus
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams rallied outside the Gowanus Houses Community Center in Gowanus with dozens of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants impacted by the citywide heating crisis, as he called on NYCHA to take actions to address challenges its underfunded capital program faces (Photo Credit: Erica
Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – After receiving 238 submissions from locales across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Amazon announced on Thursday [https://www.amazon.com/b?node=17044620011] that it has narrowed down the list of contenders for its second North American headquarters (Amazon HQ2) to 20 finalists. Via brooklyntechtriangle.com [http:
Arts & Culture
Prospect Park Alliance2017 is coming to an end. Temperatures are predicted to be arctic this final weekend of the year, but if you’re up for braving the chill, there are lots of New Year’s Eve celebrations scheduled across the borough—from fireworks to dance parties to yoga. See
Announcements
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced today plans for two New Year’s Eve celebrations [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/new-years-eve-countdown-to-2018/] taking place concurrently at Coney Island and Prospect Park. Prospect Park AllianceThis is the fourth year for the joint celebrations, giving Brooklyn residents greater access to free family-friendly festivities.
Announcements
CLINTON HILL – At an event kicking off a $7 million initiative to promote urban farming education in Brooklyn classrooms, Borough President Eric Adams joined students of Clinton Hill’s PS 56 Lewis H. Latimer and Urban Assembly Unison School on Tuesday to tour the site of a “future state-of-the-art greenhouse.
Announcements
BROOKLYN – What kid doesn’t like to cozy up in comfy pajamas with a good book? You can help lots of little ones across Brooklyn do just that by donating new books and pajamas for children ages 3 to 11 at one of dozens of Holiday Drive Collection sites [http:
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last Friday, October 27, that Sunset Park’s Chinatown will receive a forty-foot-tall “Friendship Archway” as a gift from the Chaoyang District in Beijing. Rendering via the Office of the Mayor [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/692-17/mayor-de-blasio-borough-president-adams-that-new-friendship-archway-will-span-8th] In Chinese culture, archways
community
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams unveiled a banner this morning at Brooklyn Borough Hall featuring the names of all 266 Brooklyn residents who lost their lives 16 years ago during the 9/11 attacks. Unveiling the banner displaying the names of the 266 Brooklyn residents lost during