Central Brooklyn
The Flatbush Savings Bank Building in November 2020. (Image: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)An activist group is asking the city to landmark a Flatbush Avenue Bank before its owners demolish it to construct a new, mixed-use building in its place. In a letter sent [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MvnMHWbb-qwF6ygvZLIUe7X-fTSh--s1/
Bushwick
Saigon Spice’s new location on Church Avenue. Photo from @saigon_spice on Instagram.We say goodbye to a few good spots this round, which is always hard. Take time to mourn, and then make your way to one of the openings. We’ve got gold-foil lobster rolls, even more
Central Brooklyn
Council Member Mathieu Eugene. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)The New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) voted on Friday to levy a $10,717 fine [https://www.nyccfb.info/pdf/EC2017_Eugene_Mathieu_PM.pdf] on Brooklyn Council Member Mathieu Eugene’s 2017 campaign. The fine was for nine violations
Central Brooklyn
The NYPD is looking for three individuals who last Friday, January 8, invaded and robbed an apartment at 145 East 18th Street in Flatbush. Home invasions are not at all common. https://bklyner.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/133-21-Robbery-Home-Invasion-70-Pct-01-08-21-Video.mp4 The following was reported to police:
affordable housing
Here are the current applications open for the affordable housing lottery in Brooklyn. While most are not much less expensive than market-rate housing, there are a few worth applying to. To apply please click here [https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/]. 885 Rogers Plaza, Flatbush via HPD Listing885 Rogers Plaza [https:
affordable housing
Flatbush District #1 School Building in 1931. (Photo: Brooklyn Public Library) The city is looking to develop the former site of P.S. 90 at the corner of Church and Bedford avenues in Flatbush into affordable housing and community space. The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Brooklyn Heights
Welcome to a new year of openings and closings. We’ve got lots of exciting new options to start the year off, including an underground barbecue delivery service, several new patisseries, and a new permanent home for a butcher pop-up. Mercifully, we start the year without a single closing. And
Announcements
At the ceremony yesterday. (Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit) FLATBUSH – The Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College Subway Station will be home to a memorial in honor of train operator Garrett Goble who was killed in an arson fire in March in Harlem. On March 27 at around 3
Central Brooklyn
I am the first in my family to graduate from law school and the first to be a political activist in the United States. Unfortunately, I am certainly not the first woman of color to be slandered and have my qualifications called into question by those who are afraid of
Announcements
Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] FLATBUSH – A homeless man was found dead on the sidewalk with
Ditmas Park
If there’s one thing that this year could use more of, it’s definitely latkes. Sufganiyot. Brisket. We’ve rounded up some of the best spots to treat yourself to a Hanukkah feast this year, whether you need just a single donut or packages of colorful dreidels. Bklyn Larder
Announcements
Photo by Bill Oxford [https://unsplash.com/@bill_oxford?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/gavel?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] MIDWOOD – An attorney was arraigned on an indictment in which he