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Downtown Brooklyn

Oct
23
Brooklyn Hospital Center Plans A Modern Campus In The Heart of Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Hospital Center Plans A Modern Campus In The Heart of Downtown Brooklyn

Conceptual renderings of the new Brooklyn Hospital Center by Fort Greene Park. Street level. By Robert A.M. Stern ArchitectsThe
8 min read
Sep
28
Dr. Reza Fakhari Is A Strong Defender Of Human Rights— And Teaches Students To Be As Well

Dr. Reza Fakhari Is A Strong Defender Of Human Rights— And Teaches Students To Be As Well

Dr. Reza Fakhari. (Photo via Fakhari)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Dr. Reza Fakhari, 67, was born and raised in Iran. He immigrated
5 min read
Sep
21
Remembering & Honoring The Legacy Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg In Brooklyn

Remembering & Honoring The Legacy Of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg In Brooklyn

People were carrying posters of what RBG meant to them; like this poster right here. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DOWNTOWN
7 min read
Sep
10
Century 21 To Close All Stores, Files For Bankruptcy

Century 21 To Close All Stores, Files For Bankruptcy

City Point, 445 Albee Square West in February of 2019 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Century 21 will be closing all
3 min read
Jun
26
Calling Artists: $600,000 Grant To Beautify Downtown Brooklyn With Public Art

Calling Artists: $600,000 Grant To Beautify Downtown Brooklyn With Public Art

Connecting Downtown Brooklyn to the surrounding communities, making it more open, greener, more part of the rest of the city
2 min read
Jun
19
Has Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Renovation Been Permanently Delayed?

Has Brooklyn Paramount Theatre Renovation Been Permanently Delayed?

Rendering of Flatbush Avenue facade of LIU Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Paramount signage. Rendering by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture. Used
5 min read
Jun
10
Brooklyn’s Accidental New Town Square

Brooklyn’s Accidental New Town Square

MLK quote at Barclays center. Norman Oder/BklynerWhen the Barclays Center was designated [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/
8 min read
Jun
09
Cop Who Aggresively Pushed Protestor Was Arrested & Charged

Cop Who Aggresively Pushed Protestor Was Arrested & Charged

BARCLAYS CENTER – The cop who aggressively pushed a young woman at a protest when she asked him why she had
2 min read
Jun
08
Four Men Shot, Three Killed In Weekend Shootings

Four Men Shot, Three Killed In Weekend Shootings

BROOKLYN – Four men were shot and three were killed in three separate incidents that took place over the weekend. EAST
1 min read
Jun
04
MTA Wants A Dedicated Bus Lane Along Flatbush Avenue. Will The City Oblige?

MTA Wants A Dedicated Bus Lane Along Flatbush Avenue. Will The City Oblige?

Flatbush Avenue. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe city is yet to reveal its transportation plan to deal with the additional 200,000-400,
3 min read