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Business

Three Fun Fitness Options Coming To Gowanus

GOWANUS – Whether axe-throwing [/axe-throwing-fun-entire-family/], archery [/hitting-target-archery-kids-brooklyn-citykidcorner/], fencing [http://www.brooklynfencing.com], shuffleboard [/the-royal-palms-shuffleboard-club-opens-tonight-parkslopestoop/], rock climbing [/brooklyn-boulders-and-genesis-an-aerial-play-host-climb-a-thon-fundraiser-parkslopestoop/] , or canoeing on the canal [/the-gowanus-challenge-super-fun-race-on-superfund-site/], there are lots of ways to be active and keep fit in

Business

New Incarnation Of A&E Supply Co. Shutters After Three Months

The former A&E Supply Co. at 548 4th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) GOWANUS – The restaurant in the former A&E Supply Co. space has shuttered three months after relaunching as Bar Salumi. Located at 548 4th Avenue (at 15th Street), neighbors say the beleaguered eatery

Gowanus

New Developments Planned For Sunset Park, Red Hook & Gowanus

SUNSET PARK/RED HOOK/GOWANUS – The 18-acre Sunset Industrial Park located on the border of Greenwood Heights and Sunset Park will soon be redeveloped into a distribution center. Sunset Industrial Park, 75-81 20th Street via Google MapsDevelopment firm DH Property has partnered with the Chicago firm, Bridge Development, to purchase

community

Community Gathers To Discuss Vision For North Gowanus

GOWANUS – Council Member Stephen Levin’s office hosted a Public Visioning Session Wednesday evening at 313 Butler Gallery to hear the community’s suggestions on three key areas in the northern part of Gowanus before the EPA and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) finalize designs for the Gowanus Canal

Arts & Culture

Animation Block Party Returns For 4 Days Of Animated Fun

GOWANUS/FORT GREENE – The 15th annual Animation Block Party [http://www.animationblock.com/#intro-section], the East Coast’s largest animation festival, returns for four days to showcase an eclectic selection of professional, independent, and student animated films. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/animationblock/photos/a.450586582759.251079.20128952759/10150668358412760/

environment

EPA Marks Final Phase Of Gowanus Canal Dredging Pilot

GOWANUS – During Monday morning’s intermittent rain, EPA Regional Administrator Peter Lopez, Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, and Dan Wiley from Congress Member Nydia Velázquez’s office marked the final phase of the dredging and capping pilot project [https://semspub.epa.gov/work/02/503424.pdf] at the Gowanus Canal’

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Weekend Crime Blotter: A Daylight Shooting on Fulton Mall, A Home-Invasion Rape in Sunset Park & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – On Friday, a daylight shooting on Fulton Mall sent onlookers running after a number of men were involved in a verbal dispute that turned violent, with shots fired that sent three

brownsville

EXCLUSIVE: State Senate Hopeful Challenges Incumbent Hamilton to Debate Series

Democratic challenger Zellnor Myrie addressing Brooklyn residents (Via ZellnorForStateSenate [https://zellnorforstatesenate.com/])Today, Zellnor Myrie, a candidate in the Democratic primary [https://zellnorforstatesenate.com/] for the 20th District State Senate seat challenged incumbent Senator Jesse Hamilton to a series of debates across the district. The 20th district primarily covers Crown

community

Following Suspicious Fire, Gowanus Coalition Launches Petition To Landmark Bowne Storehouse

RED HOOK – Following last month’s fire at the S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse [/fire-tore-through-historic-s-w-bowne-grain-storehouse-thursday-night/] (595-611 Smith Street), the Gowanus Landmarking Coalition has increased its efforts to save the building from demolition by launching a petition. S.W. Bowne Grain Storehouse, 595-611 Smith Street (Photo taken June 15, 2018, the

community

Gowanus Community Gathers To Discuss Rezoning Framework With City Agencies

GOWANUS – The PS 32 gymnasium was packed Wednesday evening for an open house where community members from Gowanus and the surrounding neighborhoods could learn about and comment on the NYC Department of City Planning [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page]‘s (DCP) “Gowanus: A Framework for a Sustainable,

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District 15 middle schools may eliminate academic “screening” in effort to integrate

The education department launched a community engagement effort in District 15 as parents, educators and activists try to devise a plan to address segregation in the Brooklyn district. By Christina VeigaBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/] PARK SLOPE – In a Brooklyn district where middle schools are sharply divided

Arts & Culture

Make Music New York Returns Thursday, June 21

Celebrate the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—with the return of Make Music New York [http://www.makemusicny.org/], a festival featuring free concerts in public spaces across New York City. Make Music New York via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/makemusicny/photos/p.10154944456867890/10154944456867890/?type=