Gowanus
[UPDATED: Thursday, October 11, 2018, 10:00am] A spokesperson for DOT responded, “This project is in its initial phases. We are currently studying the possibility of having a fixed bridge approved at this location by the Coast Guard. The first step in that process is a Navigation Study, which polls
Gowanus
GOWANUS – The Brooklyn Supreme Court gave the NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) the green light last week to proceed with the acquisition of three properties in Gowanus to build an eight million gallon Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) tank and
Bay Ridge
GOWANUS – A 42-year-old man wanted for a shooting in an Upstate New York hospital and an armed robbery in Brooklyn was captured behind the Whole Foods at 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street in Gowanus on Monday. > Joshua Stuart — the man who fired shots at police on 9/28 &
Gowanus
GOWANUS – RFR Realty [https://rfr.com/home/] has enlisted the architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group [https://big.dk/#projects] (BIG) to draw up preliminary designs for a residential project along the Gowanus Canal, Crain’s New York [https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/architect-tapped-gowanus-development-signals-high-end-future-once-gritty-neighborhood] reports. 175-225 3rd Street, Gowanus via Google
Carroll Gardens
PARK SLOPE – Garden Train [https://www.facebook.com/GardenTrainD15/] and Grow to Learn [https://www.grownyc.org/grow-to-learn] are hosting the first Annual Brooklyn School Gardens Crawl this Saturday, September 29, opening the gates to participating school gardens for a day of free, family-friendly activities. Participating schools are located throughout
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – A 26-year-old man was shot and killed in front of his home at the Gowanus Houses Monday afternoon. 187 Hoyt Street via Google MapsJust before 5pm on September 17, police say they responded to a call at 187 Hoyt Street (at Warren Street). When officers arrived, they found
Central Brooklyn
GOWANUS – There are two opportunities this week—weather permitting—to view the stars through a telescope with local astronomers. The first event, Starry Night: A Night of Stargazing and Drinks, is scheduled for Tuesday, September 18 at Parklike [http://parklifebk.com/event/starry-night-a-night-of-stargazing-and-drinks/], 636 Degraw Street (between 3rd & 4th
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – For a second year in a row, the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club [http://www.gowanuscanal.org] and the Gowanus Souvenir Shop [https://gowanussouvenir.com] hosted a poetry reading [https://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/bookend/watery-words-reading-niedecker-on-the-gowanus-at-dawn/] Wednesday morning on the Gowanus Canal as part of the Brooklyn Book Festival [/brooklyn-book-festival-sept-10-17/]. Gowanus
Announcements
Zephyr Teachout, Cynthia Nixon, Kelly Baden, Julia Salazar & Jasi Robinson (from left to right). (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)GOWANUS – Four women, all running as progressive candidates for elected office in New York met at a panel in Small City, a co-working space in Gowanus, to discuss reproductive health, education,
Gowanus
St. Thomas Aquinas church and the R train entrance on Ninth Street in Park Slope, where the attempted robberies took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)PARK SLOPE – A would-be robber was electrocuted and killed this weekend when he slipped and fell onto the third rail while attempting to evade police.
Gowanus
PARK SLOPE – The NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s (DOT) comprehensive redesign of 9th Street will begin later this week following paving work on the busy and dangerous corridor. Crews working on 9th Street at 7th Avenue (Photo: Nathan Haselby)DOT
Business
GOWANUS – Congratulations to Threes Brewing [https://www.threesbrewing.com/] for winning the Governor’s Excelsior Cup for a second consecutive year at the New York State Craft Beer Competition. Photo courtesy of Threes BrewingThe largest beer competition in New York State selected the Brooklyn brewery for the top prize at