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CROWN HEIGHTS – More than 50 apartments in Crown Heights hit the affordable housing market this week as 409 Eastern Parkway (at Bedford Avenue) nears completion. Renderings of 409 Eastern Parkway at Bedford Avenue Credit: CRAFT CGThe corner building spans more than 197,000 sq. ft.with 11 stories and 186
Announcements
CROWN HEIGHTS – After three years of renovation and a yearlong closure, the St. Johns Recreational Center [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/B245] in Crown Heights reopens the end of April. St. John’s Recreational Center Photo: Kadia Goba/BklynerThe center, located at 1251 Prospect Place (between Troy and Schenectady
Borough Park
Burning of chametz in Boro Park. Todd Maisel/BklynerFriday marked the beginning of Passover in the Jewish faith and Good Friday for Christians worldwide, meaning thousands of people in Brooklyn participated in special religious rituals to mark the holy days. In the Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, Jewish residents burned bread and
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS — More than a million Jewish New Yorkers will observe Passover this Friday. Finalizing a menu and meal prep remains a top priority of the annual holiday. But for the sick-and-shut-in, navigating the 15-step seder (Jewish ritual dinner) can be cumbersome. That premise was the motivation for launching “seders-on-the-go”
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Plans released for a development project at the Crown Heights Spice Factory. (via City Planning)By Alan P. Berger, Vice-President, Human Scale NYC [http://www.humanscale.nyc/] Language is important. When you see vague words like “gourmet” or “luxury” over a store, what comes to mind? If you’re like
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CROWN HEIGHTS — A man was fatally shot early Tuesday evening on St. Johns Place in Crown Heights, police said. 1483 St. Johns (Screenshot Google Maps)Police responded to a 9-1-1 call at 1483 St. John’s Pl. between Utica and Rochester Avenues just after 5:00 pm. NYPD arrived on
Crown Heights
CROWN HEIGHTS — We have already told you about Izzy’s opening up its third business — a fried chicken spot— in Crown Heights [/izzys-fried-chicken-to-open-in-crown-heights/]. Here’s the scoop on what’s ahead among the growing retail spaces in the neighborhood. Nostrand Avenue Bar & Lounge at 818-822 Nostrand Avenue (Photo credit:
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CROWN HEIGHTS — The small kosher chain of boutique eateries is diving into the chicken industry—fried chicken. Izzy’s Fried Chicken on Troy Avenue in Crown Heights (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner) Last month, Israel “Izzy” Eidelman opened Izzy’s Taqueria, just three years after his first food venture — Izzy’s
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CROWN HEIGHTS — Tired of catching the B46 down Utica Avenue? The Brooklyn Borough President’s office and a group of NYU students want to hear your thoughts on how extending the number 4 train, south along Utica Avenue, could shape your nabe. There’s a community workshop at the Brooklyn
Crown Heights
Elijah Stroud Campus School. Kadia Goba/BklynerPROSPECT HEIGHTS — Police confirmed that gang-related gun incidents near Stroud Playground on Park Place, sparked two separate “shelter-ins [https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/support/emergency-readiness]” at a nearby school just hours apart on Friday, March 15. They apprehended two armed individuals in relation
affordable housing
CROWN HEIGHTS — Developers are converting a shuttered Weeksville School, Brooklyn’s first racially integrated school, to a fully-affordable apartment building, Bklyner has learned. Located at 1634 Dean St. at the corner of Schenectady Ave., the building closed two decades ago. Now the plans propose gut renovations and turning it into
Arts & Culture
CROWN HEIGHTS -There was standing room only in each of the sessions at the 2019 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium, held yesterday at Medgar Evers College. The attendees were excited, engaged, and unapologetically black as they embraced the day’s special guests and speakers. “I always feel extra black