Boerum Hill
SUNSET PARK – Following a spate of bicycle-related fatalities this year, including the July 29th death of 30-year-old Em Samolewicz [/cyclist-killed-sunset-park-18/] on 3rd Avenue, the city announced on Wednesday that the NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) will accelerate work on the
Central Brooklyn
Last week, the New York City Council passed a bill [https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3872945&GUID=DDBE2BA8-D100-4661-B9D1-00B9E367B25C&Options=ID|Text|&Search=1457] which will allow bicyclists to follow Leading Pedestrian Interval [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/infrastructure/leading-ped-intervals.shtml] (LPI) traffic
Announcements
A woman holds a poster at the cyclist die-in early this month. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)UPDATE: The cyclist has been identified as Em Samolewicz. She was 30-years-old. A candlelight vigil will be taking place tonight at 5:30 p.m. at 36th Street and Third Avenue. SUNSET PARK – Another
Nonsponsored
RED HOOK – Red Hook residents came face-to-face with UPS representatives Tuesday night at a community meeting regarding the demolition of the historic Lidgerwood Manufacturing Building at 202 Coffey Street. Laura Lane (right) presents concept design for the Red Hook Lidgerwood building project (Photo: Alex Colletta)The red-bricked Lidgerwood building has
Development
[UPDATED: Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 5pm] The NYC Department of Buildings [DOB] reached out to Bklyner with the following clarifications. “DOB has issued several violations to the building owner already for failure to comply with a DOB issued Stop Work Order,” wrote Andrew Rudansky, DOB Senior Deputy Press Secretary.
Announcements
RED HOOK – Notices have gone out to Red Hook residents that Universal Television will be shooting scenes for a new series, FBI [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7491982/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1], at the Brooklyn Port Authority Marine Terminal/Red Hook Container Terminal from 3:30pm on Friday, November
Downtown Brooklyn
Following the completion of a two-year feasibility study, Mayor de Blasio has given the go-ahead for the proposed Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) streetcar project. Rendering via BQX August 2018 Completion of Conceptual Design ReportIn April, Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen said that a “block-by-block analysis” by an outside consulting firm studying
Arts & Culture
SUNSET PARK – Before setting sail at the free community boating event [/free-community-boating-at-bush-terminal-park/] in Sunset Park tomorrow, head over to Bush Terminal Park early and help paint a new mural. The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/brooklyn] (NYC EDC) and Groundswell [https://www.groundswell.nyc/], a non-profit organization
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – Council Member Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] will join GrowNYC [https://www.grownyc.org/] on Saturday as the non-profit group introduces a new greenmarket in Sunset Park at 6th Avenue and 44th Street. GrowNYC’s Youthstand at Irving Square Park (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The day will
News
RED HOOK – The Gowanus Landmarking Coalition is offering a $300 reward for any information that leads to an arrest in the June 14 fire at the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse that the FDNY says may have been intentionally set [/fdny-deems-fire-at-historic-bowne-warehouse-suspicious/]. S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo
News
RED HOOK – The FDNY has described the two-alarm fire that tore through the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse last month “incendiary.” S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo taken June 15, 2018, the morning after the fire, by Nathan Haselby)The June 14 fire at the warehouse located
community
RED HOOK – Following last month’s fire at the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse [/fire-tore-through-historic-s-w-bowne-grain-storehouse-thursday-night/] (595-611 Smith Street), the Gowanus Landmarking Coalition has increased its efforts to save the building from demolition by launching a petition. S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo taken June 15, 2018, the