Central Brooklyn
Entrance to Church Avenue B/Q stop at Saint Paul’s Place and Caton Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)An attack on a 44-year-old white man at an area subway station over the weekend is being classified as a hate crime, according to authorities. The assault, which occurred at roughly 9:
gentrification
With shiny new luxury condo developments, rising rents, rising shooting rates, struggling police-community relations, and too-few employment opportunities all occurring at the same time, Fort Greene public housing residents have a lot of questions and hopes. Public Advocate Letitia James and several local officials hope that this next in her
34 Newkirk Plaza
Alex Belanchuk in his work space. Photo by Ditmas Park CornerFor 20 years, Alex Belanchuk has taken the shoes that have become the victims of our lives — the athletes’ sneakers that have seen one too many laps around the field, the construction workers’ boots trampled by sun and dust and
Anita Mensah Bonsu
After spotting this sign at Newkirk and E. 16th Street, we were curious to find out more and emailed the listed address last week. A couple days ago, we got a response from Anita Mensah Bonsu, a journalism student from France who’s now living in the United Kingdom, and
armed robbery
A series of armed robberies last fall at Ox Cart Tavern [/blog/crime/three-men-rob-ox-cart-tavern-gunpoint-last-night], Mimi’s Hummus [/blog/crime/armed-robbery-mimis-hummus-gunman-flees-foot], Lark Café [/blog/crime/lark-cafe-robbed-gunpoint-last-night], and the Stratford Deli [/blog/crime/deli-church-avenue-stratford-road-robbed-last-night] left our community feeling shaken and vulnerable. It also sparked an impassioned conversation about class, race, police, and
Politics
Councilman Jumaane Williams at the hearing he led Thursday on the 421-A property tax exemption program. (Photo by William Alatriste/NYC Council [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nyccouncil/16398315345/].)Local legislators slammed the city’s 421-A property tax exemption program [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/developers/ahp.shtml]
gentrification
Source: Youtube/Global Ambassador NYCOh, Taylor. First you released that terrible, terrible single [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81doBkpkdJQ] about our beloved city. Then we learned that it was just a publicity stunt for your new role as the “Global Welcome Ambassador” [http://www.nycgo.com/w2ny/] for New
brooklyn's finest
A Fort Greene newcomer has been getting to know her neighbors through her camera lens. Sara Hylton [http://www.sarahylton.com/] (above), originally from Canada, moved to the neighborhood this past fall and started taking portraits of locals in Fort Greene. Sara first became interested in photography in 2011, she
cori carl
A few weeks ago, neighbor Cori Carl contributed a Ditmas Park Perspective piece on anti-gentrification sentiments written at the Church Avenue B/Q stop [/blog/neighbors/ditmas-park-perspective-on-gentrification-in-flatbush]. Many others joined the conversation to talk about race, class, and even age, and how best to keep the Ditmas Park area affordable
discussion
This Thursday, January 30 at 6:30pm, the PS 321 [http://www.ps321.org] Parents’ Diversity Committee is hosting a roundtable discussion called Gentrification in Brooklyn [http://www.ps321.org/blogs/diversitymatters/post/Gentrification-in-Brooklyn]. A panel featuring three sociology professors from area colleges will: …address the changes in our neighborhoods
gentrification
An argument about the against the ever expanding list of names for our area (and others in the borough) inside ever shrinking “neighborhood” borders by neighbor Harry Siegel [https://twitter.com/harrysiegel] ran today in The New York Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/bogus-brands-brooklyn-article-1.1536677]. In it he
corcoran
Neighboring Greenwood Heights was the subject of a Wall Street Journal article [http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304069604579155813770998546] this week, focusing on how the area is separating itself from the Slope and becoming a “desirable community in its own right.” “It has more of a neighborhood feel, it’s