Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Low-income Coney Island homeowners still recovering from Superstorm Sandy are feeling the wrath of what is now the longest U.S. government shutdown in history that started on December 22, 2018. Rebuilding Together NYC [/rebuilding-together-nyc-debuts-new-headquarters-in-gowanus/], a Brooklyn-based non-profit, provides free home repairs and accessibility modifications to low-income homeowners,
Announcements
GOWANUS – The city’s styrofoam ban went into effect Tuesday, January 1, 2019, a law reaching as far back as 2007 with fourth and fifth graders from Brooklyn leading the charge. Students from PS 15 in Red Hook joined the mayor and other public officials at the Hamilton Avenue Marine
Boerum Hill
CARROLL GARDENS/PARK SLOPE – Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] elected Park Slope resident Peter Fleming as its new Chair at the start of its December board meeting. “One of the things that I think is really important about the community board is that
Boerum Hill
The fire is so delightful at Camp, along with a host of other cozy bars (Via Camp Bklyn)Winter is finally here. We’ve been blessed to avoid early storms, but if you’re looking to brave this weekend’s rain, there are some great spots to dry off fireside—
brownsville
CONEY ISLAND – On Christmas morning, a home-invasion robbery sent an 88-year-old woman to the hospital, and now police are hoping to track down the suspect. Around 6:45 am on Tuesday, December 25, the suspect entered the victim’s apartment, near Surf Avenue and West 25th Street, through an unsecured
Development
GOWANUS – Gowanus residents who were expecting to see NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page]‘s (DCP) Draft Neighborhood Plan by the end of this year will have to wait a little longer. The agency’s target date for releasing the draft rezoning proposal
Bay Ridge
Just a few days after the MTA announced they’d raised the speed limits on the N and R trains in Brooklyn, things have come to a screeching halt. This morning, the MTA tweeted that D, N, R and W lines would experience “extensive delays” due to switch problems at
Business
GOWANUS – After years of construction, crews working to install high-level storm sewers along a stretch of 3rd Avenue in Gowanus are finally moving on, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction [https:
Events
GOWANUS – Thousands of drunken Santas will wreak havoc at bars across Manhattan [https://santacon.nyc] when SantaCon [https://www.santacon.info/New_York-NY/] returns on Saturday, December 8. Avoid those sloppy Saint Nicks and stay in Brooklyn tomorrow instead. Parklife will be spreading holiday cheer throughout Gowanus with their Second
community
GOWANUS – Tuesday evening, at the start of a meeting to discuss Fair Housing in Gowanus, local NYCHA residents demanded answers from officials explaining why Wyckoff Gardens was without water for several hours on Sunday and again on Monday morning. Gowanus Fair Housing Meeting, Dec. 4, 2018 (Photo: Nathan Haselby)“The
Announcements
This December, Park Slope’s foodies will be lined up to celebrate the grand opening of Pokéworks [http://www.pokeworks.com], the nation’s leading healthy, fast-casual poke restaurant. The new spot at 258 7th Ave., officially debuted November 5, with a fresh take on Hawaiian-inspired poke bowls and burritos
Gowanus
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) has proposed the use of a tunnel to collect excess combined sewage from the Gowanus Canal instead of two CSO (combine sewage overflow) tanks currently planned in the EPA’s cleanup of