Arts & Culture
Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bkhiphopfest/]It’s Friday! Though it’s dreary out today, the forecast for the weekend calls for sunny skies and temps in the 80s. Perfect weather for outdoor concerts, block parties, a pétanque tournament, a Formula E race, a doggy fashion show, and more!
Arts & Culture
Prospect Park’s The Connective Project via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkBrooklyn/photos/a.10150175295370385.403398.10150099384115385/10158994561695385/?type=3&theater] Sunday is predicted to be the better day for weather this weekend, which is perfect because that day is packed with lots to do! Saturday has free
Destinations
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 5 uplands (Photo by Paul Stremple)With the noise of the adjacent Brooklyn-Queens Expressway somewhat muffled by a 35-foot-long sound-attenuating berm, Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) officially opened a new section of the park on Thursday—the Pier 5 uplands. Local leaders praised the efforts that went
Central Brooklyn
Bicycling in Prospect ParkTemperatures are predicted to be in the 80s through the Fourth of July, but with partly cloudy skies and daily breezes, this could be a wonderful weekend for a bike ride. Brooklyn is blessed with several routes that combine dedicated bike paths with scenic views that pass
Announcements
Photo by Love Our Pool via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/loveourpool/photos/a.1584690561824255.1073741825.1584690321824279/1584690568490921/?type=3&theater] Summer is almost here! New York City’s free outdoor pools reopen [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/outdoor-pools] on Thursday, June 29 and pool season has been extended
Events
Jane’s Carousel, Brooklyn Bridge Park (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Brooklyn Bridge Park got an extra dose of glamour on Tuesday, June 13, when New York-based fashion designer, Nicole Miller, hosted a preview [https://fashionweekdaily.com/nicole-miller-debuts-resort-2018-janes-carousel-dumbo/] of her Resort 2018 collection at Jane’s Carousel [http://www.brooklynbridgepark.
News
Booms around the Con Ed transformer, Wednesday, May 10. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)A Con Edison transformer at the Farragut substation located on the Brooklyn waterfront at John Street failed on Sunday, May 7, leaking approximately 30,000 gallons of fuel on and around the property, with an unknown
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Arts & Culture
As part of its 40th Anniversary season, the Public Art Fund [http://www.publicartfund.org/] debuted London-based artist Anish Kapoor’s mesmerizing installation Descension [http://www.publicartfund.org/view/exhibitions/6176_anish_kapoor_descension] at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 [http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/park/pier-1] last Wednesday. A
Arts & Culture
Adam Yauch Park, May 2013 (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Put on your raincoats and pack your umbrellas before heading out to enjoy these weekend events. Enjoy great design, smart ideas, and a variety of music. There’s also a party celebrating the late, great Adam “MCA” Yauch, a Kentucky
community
Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNERThe NYPD plan to increase security in Brooklyn Bridge Park after violence broke out at Pier 2 last week, forcing cops to evacuate the park. During the 84th Precinct’s Community Council meeting at Borough Hall on Tuesday, April 18, Captain Roberto Melendez, who heads the
News
Photo of Soho House in the Meatpacking District by Soho House & Co via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sohohouse/photos/a.10150915302623537.438190.123778398536/10151567158013537/?type=3&theater] Established in London’s Soho district in 1995, Soho House [https://www.sohohouse.com/] is an exclusive, members only club
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Photo by Daryl Lang via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151543656590140&set=basw.AbpTGzqwXPYDpdbuI_-CYEoGVnu_qN-cJNF2sgqvcLNOpC1JhT51q52Fafp6Ia5wdVPSFuEXXQsfESwYvNs_QE236wsjmcckgkh5rNkbMcK1dTcHti7MWsFV08TxXVCAEQ4EuDUSoGXvq-9fv87dfais.267454226767744.549276825095175.10151543656590140.10152994988553298.10152761709123298.592116234188263&type=1&theater] Brooklyn Bridge Park just announced that it will reopen Squibb Park Bridge [http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/park/squibb-park-b