Announcements
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) officially opened Pier 3 [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/blog/park-updates/construction-update-pier-3-winter-progress] on Tuesday, July 10, the last of five piers to be converted at the 1.3 mile waterfront green space, adding another five acres of parkland for visitors to enjoy. The Central
DUMBO
DUMBO – Plans are moving along on three DUMBO properties formerly owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses and include two new residential buildings and a massive new mixed-use development. Via 181front.com [https://181front.com/building]181 Front Street [https://181front.com] – A warehouse previously owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses
Business
DUMBO – An affordable and supportive housing facility will move into 90 Sands Street, the former site of a residential hotel once owned by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. 90 Sands Street (Photo: Scott Bintner via Property Shark)Breaking Ground [https://breakingground.org], a supportive and affordable housing provider, will convert the
Arts & Culture
Celebrate the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—with the return of Make Music New York [http://www.makemusicny.org/], a festival featuring free concerts in public spaces across New York City. Make Music New York via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/makemusicny/photos/p.10154944456867890/10154944456867890/?type=
Arts & Culture
DUMBO – The annual performance and art series staged under the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO, Live At The Archway [https://dumbo.is/live-at-the-archway], returns for a fourth season on Thursday, June 14 with a nod to the World Cup. Live at the Archway, September 15, 2017 © Julienne Schaer (Photo courtesy of
Announcements
Emily Warren Roebling, seen here in a portrait held in the Brooklyn Museum, was instrumental in the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge (Via Wikimedia Commons) BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A streetcorner will be named in honor of pioneering Brooklyn Heights resident for her role in completing one of the greatest pieces of
Announcements
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/press/brooklyn-bridge-park-conservancy-partners-with-smorgasburg-celebrates-women-directors-at-movies-with-a-view-1] announced on Thursday this summer’s Movies With A View lineup [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/event-series/movies-with-a-view], featuring eight films that celebrate the work of women, trans-women, and genderqueer directors. Movies With a View in Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN – Yesterday, a body was spotted floating in the East River near the Brooklyn Bridge, the NYPD confirmed. Officers from the 84th Precinct responded to a call of a man in the water at 9:30 am on Wednesday, May 23, said police. An NYPD Harbor unit transported the body
Downtown Brooklyn
DOT officials met with Community Boards 2 & 6 to give early information about the BQE repair project (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The project to repair the BQE between Atlantic and Sand Streets has been expanded to include the entire interchange around Van Voorhees Park, Department of Transportation officials
Bushwick
205 Water © S9 ArchitectureOn a bright morning late last month, I visited the Manhattan offices of S9 Architecture [http://s9architecture.com/] – a firm that has played a special role in the huge changes sweeping Brooklyn. You might not have heard their name, but you know their work: Since their first
Announcements
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – Brooklyn Bridge Park announced [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/press/2018-spring-and-summer-season-announcement] its schedule of free events coming to the waterfront park for the Spring/Summer 2018 season as well as plans to increase security measures during the peak summer months. Brooklyn Bridge Park, Kite Festival (Photo: Alexa Hoyer)
Bed Stuy
Real estate blog PropertyShark [https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/] released its quarterly report of NYC’s 50 priciest neighborhoods yesterday with DUMBO holding firmly to its fifth place ranking. As it did in the last report in December 2017 [/dumbo-boerum-hill-and-red-hook-are-brooklyns-priciest-neighborhoods/], Tribeca came in at the #1 spot with a median