Bushwick
Luke Ohlson, a senior organizer with Transportation Alternatives, speaking at a press conference regarding the L train shutdown late last year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Tonight, North Brooklyn transportation activists will gather together to discuss the coming year, and it’s pretty clear which topic will dominate the conversation: the L
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced Wednesday morning [https://www.facebook.com/eric.adams.5895/videos/10215486015769367/] a new partnership between his administration, Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) [http://wearebcs.org], and Turning Point Brooklyn [http://www.tpbk.org] to establish a mobile shower bus that will serve homeless
Announcements
State Senator Marty Golden holds a decisive fundraising advantage over his challengers.BAY RIDGE – Democrats Andrew Gounardes and Ross Barkan are running against Senator Marty Golden in District 22 this year, and have just released their fundraising numbers. District 22 includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach,
Central Brooklyn
After Hawaii residents received a false emergency alert on their phones on Saturday saying, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” it makes Brooklynites wonder: what if there’s a missile threat inbound to Brooklyn one day? > HAWAII – THIS IS A FALSE
Central Brooklyn
Local politicians responded to the President of the United States referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries as “shithole countries”. Just yesterday, President Donald Trump was reported by the Washington Post [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?utm_term=.7a2cf439a92d] to have said:
Announcements
Council Member Jumaane Williams (District 45, Flatbush, East Flatbush, Flatlands, Midwood, Canarsie) was among 18 people arrested today outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building during a massive protest after Ravi Ragbir, a prominent immigrant rights activist, was detained by ICE. What started as a peaceful gathering to support Ragbir’
Bay Ridge
DYKER HEIGHTS – It was a dramatic scene, and thankfully no one was severely hurt after a school bus slammed into another vehicle and flipped to its side at 3:30 pm on Bay Ridge and 10th Avenue yesterday. There were five kids and two adults on board the bus. A
community
GOWANUS – The Urban Land Institute New York (ULI NY) [https://newyork.uli.org/] released a report [https://goo.gl/WM1rhL] on Monday outlining recommendations on how new developments, that will be built as part of the rezoning of Gowanus, will be able to help mitigate the urban heat island (UHI)
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/ Jimmy JoeTemperatures hit the single digits [https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/brooklyn/historic] over the weekend causing pipes to burst and homes to flood across Brooklyn. Residents in 12 homes in Gerritsen Beach woke up on Sunday morning to find their homes flooded, the result
Announcements
GOWANUS/WILLIAMSBURG – Try to hold off this week’s grocery shopping until Thursday if you can, as Whole Foods Market [http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/mission-values/caring-communities/community-giving] will donate 5% of net sales at its Gowanus and Williamsburg locations on that day to Emma’s Torch [/emmas-torch-classroom-cafe-empowers-refugees-prepares-them-for-culinary-careers/] , the non-profit Red
Arts & Culture
WINDSOR TERRACE – Park Slope filmmaker Jay Cusato [http://www.jcusato.com/] will present two dramatic readings of Stoopdreamer this weekend, a play documenting the gentrification of the once predominantly Irish-American, working class community of Windsor Terrace. The performances will be staged in the very neighborhood where the story takes place
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERThousands of public housing residents are estimated to be without heat and hot water this cold and chilly Friday morning. Provided by NYCHA.Mayor Bill de Blasio urged residents to call 311 at a press conference on Thursday. “Anyone who does not have hot water or heat