brighton beach
The Chase Bank at Avenue U and E 18th Street was the latest in a pattern of robberies (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A man wanted by police for robbing a Park Slope bank [/wednesday-crime-blotter-another-bank-robbery-a-southern-brooklyn-crime-spree-and-more/] earlier this month has struck again, attempting to rob a bank in Sheepshead Bay
Coney Island
GOWANUS/GREENPOINT/CONEY ISLAND – Some homeowners and business owners in NYC may be unwittingly contributing to polluting the city’s waterways, according to a recent City Limits [https://citylimits.org/2018/01/16/in-unknown-numbers-and-often-unwittingly-homes-and-businesses-pollute-city-waterways/] report. The Gowanus Canal from the Union Street Bridge. (Photo: BKLYNER)While the Beach Haven Apartments
Coney Island
Aerial photo of the Coney Island Creek via the Coney Island Creek Resiliency Study.GRAVESEND – Beach Haven Apartments [http://beachhavenapts.com/], the 16 apartment building complex in Gravesend, has been fined $400,000 for dumping untreated sewage [http://www.dec.ny.gov/press/112334.html] – as much as 200,000
community
From left – Rina Horne, principal of PS 212; Randi Garay; Mallory Figueroa; Councilman Mark Treyger; Georgette Pezzolanti, Family Leadership Coordinator for Community School District 21; Mary Montemarano, Family Leadership Support Coordinator for Community School District 21. (Megan McGibney/BKLYNER)GRAVESEND – Thursday night at PS 212 on Bay 49th Street sawparents
Business
CONEY ISLAND – NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) has released the recently completed Commercial District Needs Assessment for Coney Island [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/sbs/downloads/pdf/neighborhoods/n360-cdna-coney-island.pdf] – one way the city is helping facilitate conversations about what is happening along the commercial corridors in our
Nonsponsored
Photo via Red Apple Real EstateA new rendering has been revealed for “Ocean Dreams [/catsimatidis-scoops-up-new-property-after-city-ignores-coney-islands-west-end-sheepshead-bay/] ” at 3514 Surf Avenue, the 21-story, 311-unit mixed-use development John Catsimatidis’ Red Apple Real Estate filed applications to build on the last day of 2016 [/21-story-apartment-retail-complex-tower-coney-island-boardwalk/]. The building, to be constructed on a vacant Coney
Nonsponsored
Photo via The Prusik GroupCONEY ISLAND – A purportedly inaccurate rendering and information has been released regarding a neighborhood changing development on Coney Island. On January 3rd, New York Yimby [https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2018/01/massive-1000-unit-mixed-use-redevelopment-revealed-at-1709-surf-avenue-coney-island.html] broke the news that developer Prusik Group and Taconic Investment Partners – which is
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – The brave members of the Coney Island Polar Bear Club are forging ahead with their 114th Annual Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day despite forecasts of temperatures only reaching 20 degrees [https://weather.com/weather/5day/l/11224:4:US]. Photo by Dina RabinerTwo towns in
Business
CONEY ISLAND – 30 business and property owners in Coney Island have signed a petition to send to the Department of Small Business Services hoping to prevent a business improvement district (BID) from forming in their neighborhood. The map above includes the very preliminary boundaries and is not the final BID
Announcements
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams announced today plans for two New Year’s Eve celebrations [http://www.brooklyn-usa.org/event/new-years-eve-countdown-to-2018/] taking place concurrently at Coney Island and Prospect Park. Prospect Park AllianceThis is the fourth year for the joint celebrations, giving Brooklyn residents greater access to free family-friendly festivities.
Central Brooklyn
Dr. Diane Davis, clinical director of the Fatherhood Program, and Alan Dorvil, case manager for the program, at the Brooklyn Community Services office in Coney Island. November 8th, 2017.CONEY ISLAND – There’s a new program in Brooklyn helping men be better fathers—and challenging traditional notions of masculinity in
brighton beach
Holiday gift shopping is in full swing. Here is a list of local businesses that offer one-of-a-kind, authentic gifts with an international flair that can only be found in the eclectic Brighton Beach, culturally diverse Sheepshead Bay and “oh, so nostalgic” Coney Island. From Russian caviar to the Uzbek dance