Business
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Beloved independent bookshop McNally Jackson [https://www.mcnallyjackson.com] is headed to Brooklyn! Store owner, Sarah McNally, recently announced that she will open an outpost at City Point (445 Albee Square West). City Point, Downtown Brooklyn (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)McNally Jackson’s flagship store almost had to
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Residents of luxury rental tower, The Azure [https://azure436.com/#residences] at 436 Albee Square, are angry with the hordes of college students moving into their building. The Azure, 436 Albee Square via Streeteasy [https://streeteasy.com/building/the-azure-436-albee-square]The 28-story residence, which was originally marketed as
Central Brooklyn
Roughly 40 percent of the city’s intersections have one-way streets and Localize.city [http://www.localize.city] looked at where the most pedestrians and cyclists were injured in these types of intersections between January 2013 and January 2018. While local streets tend to have less traffic and fewer overall
Development
[UPDATED: Wednesday, February 6 at 3pm] The office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams provided the following statement regarding today’s announcement: “A 21st century city demands 21st century transportation solutions. Brooklyn’s future depends on serious mass transit investment, shared streets, and waterfront reactivation. That’s why I look
Arts & Culture
Happy Year of the Pig! February 5 marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year [http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/], a time for celebration, which includes family dinners, dragon and lion dances, lantern festivals, firecrackers, and lucky red envelopes (hongbaos) filled with cash. In Chinese astrology, each
Development
DOWNTOWN – The long overdue plans to create a community green space above an automated underground parking garage at Willoughby Square have officially been scrapped by the city. (Courtesy: NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/project/willoughby-square])The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/project/willoughby-square] (EDC)
Bed Stuy
GOWANUS – Looking for a new office and wouldn’t mind an additional $1K in the bank? During the month of February, any business that signs up for a private office at coworking space The Yard: Gowanus could be eligible to receive a $1K business grant [http://welcome.theyard.com/gowgrant?
Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Public Art Fund [https://www.publicartfund.org/view/public_programs/6683_harold_ancart_subliminal_standard] announced on Monday that artist Harold Ancart [http://www.artnet.com/artists/harold-ancart/] will exhibit an interactive art installation consisting of a playable handball court in Cadman Plaza Park starting in the
Announcements
Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP), The Municipal Art Society of New York [https://www.mas.org] (MAS), and Advocates for Privately Owned Public Space [https://www.mas.org/initiatives/advocates-for-privately-owned-public-space/] (APOPS) announced on Monday the kickoff to
Arts & Culture
The Katra Film Series [http://katrafilmseries.com/tickets/]returns to the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Downtown Brooklyn for its 7th Annual Grand Finale. Out of a total of 100 new works presented last year, 15 finalists have been selected to advance to this year’s grand finale. Named one of
Development
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Last Wednesday, January 16, a dozen people showed up to the first of two Brooklyn Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) workshops this month where the public is invited to comment on how a $10 million NYS grant should be spent towards making the borough’s downtown district more “vibrant
community
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Helen Keller Services [https://www.helenkeller.org/hks/about-hks] for the Blind held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning to celebrate the opening of a new 44,000 square-foot headquarters at 180 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. After 65 years at 57 Willoughby and a $500,000 grant from