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Brooklyn Bridge Park And Pier 6 Plan Opponents Ordered To Negotiate

Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6 (Photo by Jen Aylmer via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154150997697212&set=br.AbpghpWH6mkPghjLW5tM1X0VnaP7cvu1WjrJOsYG2Pp0f_cpAomHlxn7lAV_3mEFZkc9l6jtY5sTyCNY2XT15sEUHsSN56woBcFAVYUWu2OfoJsiI4jvlzaHlhnTkqoH98fBxgez2pAHTXVMrmiSdJXhOUH8vrrj921mk6d_cKgg14TUaPXGsxa-mWnzIYT38P3WkZ4B8vGvVwNS56_bjinJCffAVjdRD5-Y3Gsu87-bpFKZ_uCM6yoSDqa5dBZMBkI&type=3&theater] )Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Lucy Billings has ordered the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation a

Arts & Culture

Celebrating Jackie Robinson’s Legacy At The Brooklyn Historical Society

(Photo by Mark Kosin)This past Saturday marked the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Players and teams from around the league honored the venerable ballplayer by wearing number 42 and the Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled a dramatic new statue of Robinson [http:

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Squibb Park Bridge Bounces Back Wednesday, April 19

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

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Squibb Park Bridge Bounces Back

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] Squibb Park Bridge [http://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/park/squibb-park-bridge], the bouncy, wooden pedestrian walkway that conne

Animals

BKLYNER Weekend Art (And Cheese) Events, March 31-April 2

Kedi by kedifilm via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHAVVNSkPvK/?taken-by=kedifilm]It’s April! Don’t be an April Fool—check out some of these fun happenings this weekend. Along with a three-day celebration of Prospect Park’s 150th anniversary, this weekend brings art, dance, cats, and cheese.

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Asking Rents For Prime 7th Avenue Retail Space Up

Photo by BKLYNERThe Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) released its Winter 2017 Brooklyn Retail Report [https://www.rebny.com/content/rebny/en/research/REBNYRetailReport/Winter_2017_Brooklyn_Retail_Report.html] yesterday, revealing that the average asking rents for available ground floor retail spaces have increased in seven of

community

District 33 PB Vote: New Lockers, Improved Parks, Or Safer Streets

Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 15 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Stephen Levin’s District 33 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-33/] (Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, Vinegar Hill,

Food & Drink

Pinto’s Chef Yo Is Ready For His Close-Up

Pinto Brooklyn, 128 Montague Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)On his first day off since November, the first thing Chef Yo of Pinto Brooklyn [http://www.pintobrooklyn.com/] decided to do was go see Sunset Boulevard on Broadway. “Let’s go see Glenn Close!” he said of the show’

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Jehovah’s Witnesses Sell 107 Columbia Heights For Significantly Less Than Predicted

107 Columbia Heights via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/107+columbia+heights/@40.6994149,-73.9958412,3a,75y,88.37h,99.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJybfyZjjAbhbytdQTQ6uBg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x15529d9996dd94a9!6m1!1e1] After almost a year since going on the market, 107 Columbia

Events

More Events Celebrating Black History Month In Brooklyn

Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/black-artstory-month-2017-photos/?utm_source=Myrtle+Minutes+E-Newsletter&utm_campaign=9af47a2970-Tree+Lighting+in+Fort+Greene+Park+%26+more&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_942e880905-9af47a2970-74753449] February is Black History Month and there are a variety of events happening all around

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Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 Uplands Section to Be Completed By Summer

Rendering via Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates [http://www.mvvainc.com/project.php?id=3&c=parks]Brooklyn Bridge Park’s landscape architect, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates [http://www.mvvainc.com/project.php?id=3&c=parks], has released final design renderings [https://www.6sqft.com/new-rendering-and-construction-shots-reveal-pier-5-uplands-opening-this-year-at-brooklyn-bridge-park/] for the

Arts & Culture

‘A Dying Waterfront Transformed’: Digging Into The History Of Brooklyn Bridge Park

South of the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO, park features include an expansive lawn, a nautical playground, a pebble beach, an environmental center, a dog park, and a bouldering wall. (Courtesy of Alex McLean)With its breathtaking views of the Brooklyn Bridge, New York Harbor, and the Manhattan skyline, acres of