Borough Park
A rendering of the 18-story mixed-use building coming to Borough Park (Via Cycle Architecture and Planning)An 18-story mixed-use building is set to replace a religious center on the corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway and 43rd Street, and now new renderings are out, revealing the white, multi-tiered marvel. The building
News
A rendering of the proposed development between 8th Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway at 62nd Street in Sunset Park (By DXA Studio)SUNSET PARK – With recent real estate developments and city investment, it’s clear that the prognostications of residents and politicians about the impending gentrification of Sunset Park were
Announcements
Photo via Brooklyn Prospect Charter SchoolWINDSOR TERRACE – Just 90 minutes after the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-respond-shooting-parkland-florida-high-school-n848101] , two teenage boys went to social media, threatening a shooting at Brooklyn Prospect Charter School. [https://www.brooklynprospect.org/] “Don’
News
BOROUGH PARK – Another White Castle bites the dust. Just last year we were lamenting the decline in the number of White Castle spots in the borough, a popular spot for Valentine Day celebrations [/know-white-castle-valentines-day-hot-spot/], and yesterday the location at Fort Hamilton & 42nd Street called it a night. This morning,
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – The MTA released a Request for Proposals (RFP) today to develop the airspace above a 3.8-acre section of the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch freight rail corridor located on 61st Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 8th Avenue. Via MTA’s 61st Street Overbuild RFPThe MTA is looking
Bensonhurst
Though we were sad to see Rocco’s Calamari’s [/dyker-heights-roccos-calamari-latest-long-time-business-close-shop-bensonhurst/] go last August, maybe it’s not the small business death knell that many neighbors feared. A few weeks ago, the home of former neighborhood Italian stalwart was replaced by the latest in a litany of all you can
Central Brooklyn
Black minivan slowed after hitting the 6-year-old boy, then rolled away.Cops are searching for a driver who plowed into a young boy and then fled the scene in Borough Park yesterday, close to the border of Kensington and blocks from the southern edge of Greenwood Cemetery. Surveillance footage shows
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue at Snyder Avenue, 1932.Just a glimpse of the past can lift us out of our own tiny universes and plunk us right into another century, while never leaving our own street corner. At the end of a busy week, we had a lot of fun sifting through
Animals
Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153781826291483/?type=3] Looking for a new companion? Lola is playful, affectionate, and loves belly rubs! > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153781826291483/?type=3] : >
Central Brooklyn
Police are searching for a man suspected of robbing a D train passenger at knifepoint last Wednesday near Borough Park. According to police reports, the suspect brandished a knife to a 45-year-old man on the southbound D train approaching the Fort Hamilton Parkway station, on June 15 at 5:15am.
Central Brooklyn
The intersection of Church and McDonald Avenues. (Photo: Google Maps)Being a pedestrian in our area is no joke — crossing a major intersection can feel like taking one’s life in one’s hands. Last week, City Council Member Brad Lander announced a number of measures that are supposed to
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDThe NYPD is asking for help in identifying a man who exposed himself on the F train earlier this month. The man exposed his penis and masturbated on a southbound F train around 7:30pm on Wednesday, January 6, before he fled the train at the Fort Hamilton
Business
Photo by Ditmas Park CornerCalaveras [http://www.calaverasmexicangrill.com/], the Mexican restaurant at 2905 Fort Hamilton Parkway which opened last year [/food/calaveras-a-new-mexican-restaurant-at-2905-fort-hamilton-parkway-is-now-open] and was put up for sale a few months ago [/business/calaveras-restaurant-on-fort-hamilton-parkway-is-for-sale/], has now been sold and the owners will be closing up shop this Saturday. “We
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Shannon Geis/KensingtonBkAlmost exactly a year ago Batata opened its doors [/business/batata-celebrates-its-grand-opening-at-3021-fort-hamilton-parkway/] on Fort Hamilton Parkway and began serving up delicious Middle Eastern dishes. We stopped by this week to grab some breakfast eats from their all day breakfast menue, but this isn’t the place to
Adoptable Pet of the Week
We are a day late to celebrate National Cat Day [http://www.nationalcatday.com/] , but never fear, we have an amazing feline to introduce to you! Looking for a new companion? Miss Phoenix enjoys being pet and brushed for short periods of time, and follows her foster mama all around
Councilman Brad Lander
Photo by Bernard Surulo [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=355377754671731&set=o.143224269148309&type=1] After this week’s rain caused familiar flooding at the south ramp of the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station, forcing pedestrians to scale the guard rail if they didn’t want