Arts & Culture
In case Spike Lee’s 3rd Annual Prince Party, Erwin Wurm’s Hot Dog Bus [/weekend-art-events-june-8-10-salsa-hot-dog-bus-purple-party-more/], and the Brooklyn Pride festivities [/celebrate-lgbtq-pride-2018-in-brooklyn/] aren’t enough to keep you busy this weekend, here’s info on two additional festivals with more offerings to keep you entertained. Selebrasyion! [http://haiticulturalx.org/selebrasyon]
Central Brooklyn
Kids dance in the sunset at the new Domino Park in Williamsburg, which opens this weekend (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)North Brooklyn’s Domino Park on the waterfront [https://ny.curbed.com/2018/6/6/17431462/williamsburg-brooklyn-domino-park-james-corner-field-operations-photos] opens this weekend, making good on ambitious designs for the public esplanade. [/domino-park/] While
camps
via White Bird Summer Theater CampWhite Bird Productions [http://whitebirdproductions.org/creative-theatrics/summer-theater-workshop/], a non-profit theater company, has been making theater with the children of Brooklyn for over twenty years. Long before the borough was notorious for its stroller count, White Bird was creating dynamic, original performances with hundreds of
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – Last week the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/name-weed-harvester/] unveiled the newest addition to its fleet—a new aquatic weed harvester—and they need the public’s help in naming it. Prospect Park’s new aquatic weed harvester via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Botanic Garden [https://www.bbg.org/] hosted a ground-breaking on Wednesday morning for the new Robert W. Wilson Overlook that will offer visitors expansive views above the Garden’s Cherry Esplanade when it debuts in Summer 2019. Ground-breaking event for Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s
Arts & Culture
Now that summer is in full swing, there are a ton of fun events lined up for the weekend including open studios, a Prince party, a canoe race, lots of salsa, and more! Don’t forget to check out the Brooklyn LGBTQ Pride 2018 [/celebrate-lgbtq-pride-2018-in-brooklyn/] festivities happening all day Saturday!
Announcements
Chica with her youngest daughter. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – A 35 year old man from Long Island was delivering pizza to the US Army Garrison Fort Hamilton base last week. He showed his IDNYC and got inside, just like all the other times he delivered pizza there. But
Central Brooklyn
Outside 529 East Flatbush last night, where a top-floor fire claimed the lives of two residents (Via NYC911News LLC)DITMAS PARK – Two Ditmas Park residents are dead after a fire broke out on the sixth floor of their apartment building late last night. The blaze broke out on the top
Announcements
Target’s new East Flatbush store rendering, opening in 2020.MIDWOOD/EAST FLATBUSH — Target announced today that they will be opening another of their small-format urban stores at the corner of Kings Highway and Foster Avenue in East Flatbush, where Kristal Auto Mall used to be in 2020. “Our Kings
Central Brooklyn
The sky alight over a North Brooklyn Street (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Construction is back underway [/lawsuit-temporarily-halts-broadway-triangle-construction/] at Broadway Triangle, and the city has put out a request for proposals from developers to build affordable housing [https://therealdeal.com/2018/06/04/city-seeks-developers-for-affordable-housing-projects-at-broadway-triangle/] at one of the development sites. Affordable housing
Business
via Mishiyeva Law, PLLC.Mishiyeva [https://www.nycprobatelawyer.com/] Law, PLLC [https://www.nycprobatelawyer.com/], is a law firm concentrating on probate and estate law, located in the heart of the Financial District of New York City . To help people better understand this area of law, the law firm has
Big Story
KENSINGTON/BORO PARK – Last Thursday night about 40 residents finally gathered at a meeting with the Clara Street School that they had been asking for for 9 months [/cb12-april-meeting-schools-garbage-process/], hoping to address issues of idling school buses, garbage, noisy generators, and constant evening events at the school. The clash is