Arts & Culture
(People were hanging out the windows to be a part of Spike Lee’s block party. Courtesy Justin Fox/Instagram)The celebration of Prince’s life [/blog/2016/04/22/spike-lee-right-thing-prince-block-party/] will continue this Friday at Fort Greene Park [/?s=fort+greene+park] with a concert in his honor. The
green
Catch-basin in New York City. (Photo: NYC Department of Environmental Protection)The next time a heavy rainstorm comes to Gowanus and Sunset Park, at least some of the catch basins (the sewer drains on street corners, where it meets the curb) will be clear. That’s thanks to an Adopt-A-CatchBasin
Nonsponsored
> Today we remember Lauren Davis and James Gregg, both lost to #bike [https://twitter.com/hashtag/bike?src=hash] crashes in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash]. #VisionZero [https://twitter.com/hashtag/VisionZero?src=hash] is imperative. pic.twitter.com/NoFnHWMvIW [https://t.co/NoFnHWMvIW] — Eric Adams
Nonsponsored
Image via Department of Sanitation.The next time a heavy rainstorm comes to Sunset Park, at least some of the catch basins (the sewer drains on street corners, where it meets the curb) will be clear. That’s thanks to an Adopt-A-CatchBasin pilot program that will include part of Fourth
fort greene
> Today we remember Lauren Davis and James Gregg, both lost to #bike [https://twitter.com/hashtag/bike?src=hash] crashes in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash]. #VisionZero [https://twitter.com/hashtag/VisionZero?src=hash] is imperative. pic.twitter.com/NoFnHWMvIW [https://t.co/NoFnHWMvIW] — Eric Adams
Nonsponsored
Image via BP Adams’ office.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 Felix Ortiz and State Senators Jesse Hamilton and Velmanette Montgomery
Arts & Culture
Rendering for the New Dancewave Center. (Via Studio Joseph)Dancewave [http://www.dancewave.org/], a non-profit dance and youth development center in Brooklyn, has announced that they are beginning a Capital Project. In collaboration with the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of Design and Construction, an industrial building
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
Neighbors
Left-Right: Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, Senator Kevin S. Parker, BP Eric Adams, Senator Jesse Hamilton, NYPD 78th Precinct Commanding Officer Frank DiGiacomo. In background, hidden, Community Activist Tony Herbert. (Courtesy of the Office of BP Adams)Standing across the street from 551 9th Street, where Elizabeth Gioino, the 91-year-old
Nonsponsored
Photo via NYPDNew video has been released as police search for a suspect in an incident involving a 91-year-old Elizabeth Gioino [/blog/crime/91-year-old-woman-choked-robbed-and-threatened-with-a-gun-on-9th-street-police-say/] , who was choked, robbed, and threatened with a handgun. On Wednesday March 2, 2016, at approximately 1:00pm, the suspect approached Gioino from behind as she
Nonsponsored
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Good news for participatory budgeting (PBNYC) fans: an extra $100,000 is coming our way for Fiscal Year 2017, thanks to a pledge by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. The money is actually one-tenth of Adams’ total pledge of $1 million for all 10 council
fort greene
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Good news for participatory budgeting (PBNYC) fans: an extra $100,000 is coming our way for Fiscal Year 2017, thanks to a pledge by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. The money is actually one-tenth of Adams’ total pledge of $1 million for all 10 council