Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – This weekend the Brooklyn Academy of Music [https://www.bam.org] (BAM) will present the 15th annual celebration of spoken word and hip hop with Word. Sound. Power [https://www.bam.org/literary/2019/word-sound-power]. BAM’s springtime performance will take place on Friday, April 5 and Saturday,
Bushwick
Powerful, yet elegant, 475 Clermont captures Brooklyn’s industrial era aesthetic, sitting where Fort Greene and Clinton Hill meet. Every aspect of the building has a reason to exist, a specific purpose to fulfill. It has real homes, curated amenities, and is centrally located. 475 Clermont encompasses 12 stories of
Boerum Hill
[UPDATE: Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 5:15pm] The Community Board 2 Borough-Based Jail System public hearing is scheduled for Thursday, April 11 from 5pm to 9pm at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, 357 Clermont Avenue. (Doors open at 4:30pm. Enter on Greene Avenue. Stair-free entrance on Clermont Avenue)
Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – A new public artwork honoring three literary greats will be installed in Fort Greene Park next month. Elizabeth Masella, Public Art Coordinator for NYC Department of Parks & Recreation [https://www.nycgovparks.org/art-and-antiquities], presented plans for Pieces of Poetry Monday evening during the Brooklyn Community Board 2
Borough Park
Brooklyn Tech, Photo by BKLYNERAs admissions controversy roils, data shows New York City’s specialized high schools continue to accept few black and Hispanic students. By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY As New York City is engulfed in a debate over efforts to better integrate the city’s specialized high schools,
Announcements
FORT GREENE – The Brooklyn Academy of Music [https://www.bam.org/] (BAM) revealed last week its plans for a group of expanded arts spaces on Fulton Street. Rendering of BAM Strong at Fulton Street & Ashland Place, courtesy of BAM Scheduled to debut in October 2019, BAM Strong will unite
Bed Stuy
There’s been lots of activity during the first quarter of 2019, with new businesses opening up, a couple of shops moving into new homes, and a few closing down. See our roundup below and let us know what we’ve missed. OPENINGS Charm Kao [https://charmkao.com/] 193 Schermerhorn
Business
NYC Wedding; Photo Courtesy of David Stark DesignMost of the products being created by the tenants of Sunset Park’s Industry City are made to last (with the obvious exception of food). But one company there trades in the ephemeral. What they build are experiences. Founded (at least in its
Education
FORT GREENE – Brooklyn Tech faculty and students are in mourning this week following the sudden death of their popular Assistant Vice Principal, Paul Hoftyzer, on Monday, February 4. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/549783155523607/]The 44-year-old Hoftyzer, or “Hofty” as he was affectionately known, worked at the specialized
Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – Though its official grand opening isn’t for another couple of weeks, The Center for Fiction [http://www.centerforfiction.org/new-space-in-brooklyn] offered a preview of its new home at 15 Lafayette Avenue (between Rockwell & Ashland Place) Tuesday morning while crews were busy adding finishing touches. The Center
Arts & Culture
By Megan McGibney/BklynerSince 2012, Black History Month has been celebrated along Myrtle Avenue’s retail area in Clinton Hill in an event called Black Artstory Month. Historically, visual artists create murals in storefront windows in the neighborhood, united around a common theme. This year, however, the Myrtle Avenue Business
Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts [http://mocada.org] (MoCADA) is planning to convert a vacant lot at 48 Lafayette Avenue into a sculpture garden. Via Architecture + Construction PLLC presentation [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/20190205/48%20Lafayette%20Ave%20-LPC%20FInal%20%201-31-2019.