Central Brooklyn
Two-alarm fire at 220 Montgomery St. in Ebbets Field Building complex.CROWN HEIGHTS – Three people were injured on Wednesday after a fire scorched an apartment in the Ebbets Field apartment complex. New York City Fire Department responded to a call at 12:06 pm at 220 Montgomery St. Ebbets Field
Central Brooklyn
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Announcements
Fannie Pettie Watts (Photo: Screenshot Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. website) BEDFORD STUYVESANT — Fannie Pettie Watts, the co-founder of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority [http://zphib1920.org/], Inc., will have a street named for her in Bedford Stuyvesant. Lawmakers voted unanimously to honor the former Brooklynite by co-naming Decatur Street between
Boerum Hill
The NORY Maker Community [http://www.nory.co/] is getting bigger, way bigger! We are excited to announce our newest camp location in Downtown Brooklyn at the Science, Language, & Arts School (9 Hanover Place, Brooklyn)! Join NORY for a holiday-inspired Winter Break Camp and help unleash the mini maker
Central Brooklyn
As part of some residents’ opposition [/anti-gentrification-cb4-bushwick/] to the Bushwick Community Plan [/residents-propose-bushwick-community-plan-for-rezoning-to-tame-development/], a large anti-gentrification message was on the side of a Downtown Brooklyn building [https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/12/18/huge-bushwick-anti-gentrification-message-projected-on-montague-street/] this week. Perhaps a sign of that same gentrification: a brand new rock climbing gym on
Arts & Culture
The weekend before Christmas is on the quieter side, but you can still celebrate the winter solstice, sing along to your favorite carols, or salsa and merengue at Grand Prospect Hall. Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list one of your own. Via
Announcements
Photo from archives.The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) was added to the list that since 2010 has focused on the city’s worst private landlords, for the first time, and turns out the largest landlord in the city, is also its worst. Of the NYCHA buildings listed [https:
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE/WINDSOR TERRACE – NITEHAWK Prospect Park opens today in the building last occupied by The Pavillion movie house at 188 Prospect Park West with a 3:30 PM screening of The World Before Your Feet. The beautifully restored movie house has 7 theaters to show movies to 650 patrons
Bay Ridge
No need to worry about the last day to order when you can visit these local Brooklyn businesses for your last minute gifts. Did you forget to get a gift for a family member or office mate? Have you been too busy to shop? Do you prefer the thrill of
bath beach
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BATH BEACH – A Staten Island man has been arrested and charged in the road rage killing of Faizal Coto, [/bath-beach-deaths/] an FDNY firefighter and aspiring musician. Yesterday, the NYPD announced Joseph Desmond, 29, had been charged with murder after the Bay Parkway altercation on Sunday, December 9.
Central Brooklyn
PS 110 seen from McGolrick Park on a cold evening last week (Courtesy of Paul Stremple)Long before the age of GIFs and Live Photos, people still found a way to get 3D with their images—check out this amazing repository of stereographic images of Brooklyn from 1933! [https://brooklynstereography.
Arts & Culture
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Celebrate the winter solstice—the longest night of the year—on Friday, December 21, with the return of Make Music Winter [http://www.makemusicny.org/winter-parades/], an annual outdoor celebration featuring free participatory musical parades across the city. Launched in 2011 by Make Music New York