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Mar
08
Demolition Begins on Flatbush Savings Bank Building

Demolition Begins on Flatbush Savings Bank Building

The Flatbush Savings Bank building on Monday, March 8th, 2020. (Image: Dann Lawrence) Demolition has started on the historic Flatbush
3 min read
Mar
05
Ditmas Park Likely To Get A Large Residential Building On Cortelyou Road

Ditmas Park Likely To Get A Large Residential Building On Cortelyou Road

A rendering of what could be developed at 1620 Cortelyou Road, provided to the city last year by owner Tony
3 min read
Mar
04
District 40 Council Candidates Talk Policing, Affordable Housing and Bunny Wailer

District 40 Council Candidates Talk Policing, Affordable Housing and Bunny Wailer

Candidates for Brooklyn’s 40th Council District (Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Midwood) gathered virtually Wednesday night to discuss issues ranging
8 min read
Mar
03
DOT Looks to Revamp Traffic Flow at Park Circle In Windsor Terrace

DOT Looks to Revamp Traffic Flow at Park Circle In Windsor Terrace

Park Circle (Image: Google Maps)The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) is rethinking traffic flow at Park Circle at
3 min read
Mar
01
An Extraordinary Officer: Det. Kim Walker Retires After Serving Flatbush For 22 Years At The 70th Precinct

An Extraordinary Officer: Det. Kim Walker Retires After Serving Flatbush For 22 Years At The 70th Precinct

Det. Kim Walker has retired after 22 years of serving Flatbush and Midwood at the 70th Precinct. Nathan Thompson/BklynerIt
12 min read
Mar
01
Planned Church Avenue Target Prompts Instant Backlash

Planned Church Avenue Target Prompts Instant Backlash

Rendering of the new Target (Image: Ripco Real Estate)Days after Bklyner reported on news of a planned Target store
2 min read
Feb
25
Openings and Closings: Tortillas, Tomato Butter, and Toast

Openings and Closings: Tortillas, Tomato Butter, and Toast

Welcome back to another week’s openings and closings. This week we say hello to another (yes, another) crab restaurant,
3 min read
Feb
24
Target Coming to Church Avenue in Flatbush, Replacing Modell’s

Target Coming to Church Avenue in Flatbush, Replacing Modell’s

Rendering of the site from Ripco Real EstateTarget is expanding its presence in Brooklyn with a new location in Flatbush.
3 min read
Feb
23
Brooklyn’s Largest Vaccine Site, At Medgar Evers College, Opens Wednesday

Brooklyn’s Largest Vaccine Site, At Medgar Evers College, Opens Wednesday

Governor Andrew Cuomo at Medgar Evers College on Monday. (Image: Governor’s office)A mass vaccination site at Medgar Evers
2 min read
Feb
16
Brooklyn’s Seafood Boom: “The Crab Craze Has Moved Up Into New York” 

Brooklyn’s Seafood Boom: “The Crab Craze Has Moved Up Into New York” 

Over the last year, the influence of Brooklyn’s seafood-heavy coastal neighborhoods has started spreading inward. We’ve reported the
4 min read