Announcements
Snow squall on Cortelyou, December 18, 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBROOKLYN – Get ready for lots of snow! New York City is expected to get up to a foot of snow tomorrow, Wednesday, December 16, and is supposed to last until Thursday. Outdoor dining on city streets will be suspended at 2
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Photo by Christopher Vega [https://unsplash.com/@vegaguy?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/plastic-bag?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] New York State began to enforce the ban on plastic bags today
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A litter basket in Ditmas Park. (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Garbage has been top of mind for quite a few neighborhoods, especially those in less well-heeled areas, but also worrying some CEOs who penned an open letter to the Mayor last week [https://gothamist.com/news/tired-feeling-powerless-ceos-pen-letter-de-blasio-about-quality-life-issues] . Either way,
News
New York City — the Department of Sanitation has declared a snow alert for New York City, [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/resources/press-releases/dsny-issues-snow-alert-for-saturday-january-18-2020-at-7-a-m] beginning tomorrow at 7 a.m. and remaining in effect until Sunday at 1 a.m. The National Weather Service of New York sent
Nonsponsored
Winter’s here: Just days after pleasant holiday dinners, New York gets hit with challenging weather. The mayor and other city representatives held a weather preparedness press conference today to address any snow-related questions and ensure New Yorkers of the city’s weather emergency plans. According to the National Weather
Animals
This isn’t a new issue [/what-to-do-about-dog-owners-who-dont-pick-up-poop-bensonhurst/] for our readers: from Park Slope to Bensonhurst, neighbors continue to obsess over what to do with abandoned dog poop. Dog waste left on the street is, well, disgusting, but also dangerous, as it can make its way into our water supply if
Announcements
Gary. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON – The Kensington Plaza is a small, triangular space created by Church Avenue and Beverly Road meeting at an odd angle. A stretch of concrete sidewalk was turned into a Plaza in 2012 to serve as a green space for neighbors to hang out and
Central Brooklyn
Kensington Plaza in 2016 after the beautification effort. (Photo: Michael M Kadish with permission)KENSINGTON – Neighbors’ complaints of trash at the Kensington plaza (just off Church and McDonald) have finally been heard and the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) will be conducting a clean-up in the plaza tomorrow, August 28.
Announcements
Photo: Nathan HaselbyGet your snow boots and shovels ready because we may quite possibly get hit with 4 to 6 inches of snow this weekend, ending the spring-like days! A winter storm watch is in effect from Saturday at 6 pm to Sunday morning. Temperatures are not expected to go
Announcements
There will be a neighborhood-led clean-up in “Little Pakistan” (Coney Island and Foster Avenues) this Sunday, September 17, from 5 to 8pm. It is organized by the Pakistani American Youth Organization [https://www.facebook.com/payousaa/] (PAYO) in partnership with the Department of Sanitation in an effort to keep the
Central Brooklyn
Photo provided by NYC Department of SanitationSome people have brownstone envy. I have brown-bin envy. I often find myself strolling along some Brooklyn street that is just peppered with those increasingly familiar DSNY [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/dsny/index.page] brown bins. And, as much as I love the
Bay Ridge
Photo via Assemblyman William Colton’s office.On Saturday, more than 200 young volunteers worked to clean up Bensonhurst. The clean-up event on Saturday, June 17, was a part of the bigger “Speak-Up & Clean-Up [/colton-and-treyger-kick-off-first-speak-up-clean-up-campaign-of-2015-bensonhurst/] ” campaign (launched in 2011) organized by Assemblyman William Colton, District Leaders Nancy Tong and