Central Brooklyn
Photo: Kensington BKRepairs on the Kensington subway station were expected to be done in August of 2014. It is now June 2017 and the MTA needs extra time. And by “extra time” we mean an additional four years. According to a letter [https://patch.com/new-york/windsorterrace/kensington-subway-station-upgrade-7-years-behind-schedule-report-says] from Independent
beautification
Volunteers at Saturday’s neighborhood clean-up, including Flatbush Development Corporation Executive Director Robin Redmond, sitting center; Anthony Finkel, of the FDC, second from right; and community leader Nathan Thompson, third from right.An enormous thank you to everyone who came out to pick up trash, paint over graffiti, plant flowers,
1217 Church Avenue
Image via the Church Avenue BIDIf you own a business, or are thinking of starting one, the Church Avenue Business Improvement District [https://www.facebook.com/ChurchAveBID?fref=ts](BID) and Councilman Mathieu Eugene [http://council.nyc.gov/d40/html/members/home.shtml] want to help you figure out the
arts and entertainment
Updated 1:03pm: The Church Avenue and Flatbush Avenue BIDs let us know they’re thrilled that so many of you have reached out to them about tickets, but because there’s such a demand they are now starting to wait list people and are responding as quickly as they
Church Avenue Business Improvement District
[/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Meat-Palace_Before-and-After_Press.jpg]Meat Palace [http://www.yelp.com/biz/meat-palace-supreme-brooklyn] (1811 Church Avenue), photographed before and after undergoing the Church Avenue BID’s storefront restoration program. The Church Avenue BID [https://www.churchavenue.org/] is inviting all neighborhood contractors and architects to its contractor
Assemblyman Jim Brennan
For years, the Church Avenue B/Q subway station has been plagued by leaky ceilings, peeling paint, crumbling cement (and more) [/blog/transportation/you-can-help-repair-the-church-avenue-bq-subway-station] – and area leaders are hoping the MTA will finally do something to address the litany of issues at the busy transportation hub. Last Thursday, Church Avenue
Church Avenue Business Improvement District
The Church Avenue Business Improvement District [http://www.churchavenue.org/], which covers Church from Flatbush to Coney Island Avenues, is currently looking for a resident to join its Board of Directors, and graphic designers to provide some help on a project: Residential Tenant Living on Church Avenue: The BID has
Church Avenue Business Improvement District
An enormous thank you to everyone who came out to pick up trash, paint over graffiti, plant flowers in tree beds, and generally help the neighborhood look a whole lot nicer during the annual beautification event [/blog/sanitation/help-clean-up-the-neighborhood-on-june-1] led by the Flatbush Development Corporation [http://fdconline.org/] and the
Church Avenue Business Improvement District
Last Saturday, the Church Avenue BID [http://www.churchavenue.org/] hosted its second (and reportedly final) neighborhood cooking class/soup kitchen event [/blog/volunteering/cook-alongside-church-ave-chefs-while-helping-neighbors] at the Flatbush Reformed Church [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushReformedChurch]. Marshaling some local restaurant — and restaurant-to-be — talent, the BID served up a pretty delicious lunch
Church Avenue Business Improvement District
On the corner of Church Avenue and East 18th Street, Rekoda Grocery has been closed for several days. The shelves are empty and the doors are shuttered at the grocery, which opened in August of 2011. We contacted the Church Avenue Business Improvement District [http://www.churchavenue.org/]to ask
Church Avenue Business Improvement District
The Church Avenue Business Improvement District [http://www.churchavenue.org/] is looking for local talent as it creates its 2013 calendar. Anyone who lives, works or shops on Church Avenue is invited to have their photo taken at the October 4 and 5 shoot. Shop owners, families, employees, shoppers, block
Church Avenue Business Improvement District
Five artists, lots of help from the city and neighbors, and the participation of several local businesses, and we’ve now got a much brighter Church Avenue. A big thanks to the Church Avenue BID [http://www.churchavenue.org/] for creating this Uncover Church Avenue [http://uncoverchurchave.wordpress.com/] project–