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Gowanus

A collection of 362 issues

How to Celebrate Easter in Brooklyn: Chocolate Bunnies and Brunch

Our next holiday is right around the corner, and we have suggestions for everything from chocolate eggs and bunnies to marzipan lambs, and classic Easter brunch or dinner. Also, check out our list [/easter-egg-hunt-brooklyn-2020/] of the traditional Easter Egg Hunts happening around the borough this week. Candy and Pastries Buttermilk

39 Community Leaders Endorse Doug Schneider In D39 Race

This morning Park Slope civil rights lawyer and Democratic District Leader Doug Schneider [https://dougschneiderbk.com/meet-doug/] announced his campaign to represent the 39th Council District had received the support of 39 nine community leaders across the district. Doug Schneider, campaign photo.Schneider is running to replace term-limited council member

OPINION – Poison Land and Poison Rhetoric: Gowanus Rezone Proponent Uses Personal Attacks to Sidestep Public Health Concerns

Rendering of the post-rezoning Gowanus canal bridge crossing with waterfront development and pedestrian activity. (Rendering from the Department of City Planning website)By Nora Almeida, Linda LaViolette and Miranda Sielaff In a take-down attempt that’s short on evidence and heavy on pro-developer talking points, Michelle de la Uz’s

OPINION: Gowanus Green Opposition Offers Up NIMBY Misinformation Cloaked in Progressivism

Courtesy of Marvel Architects/SCAPE Landscape ArchitectsBy Michelle de la Uz A recent opinion piece by several Gowanus residents [/opinion-welcome-to-gowanus-green-brooklyns-own-love-canal/] opposed to affordable housing development in their neighborhood, unfortunately, continued a pattern of dangerously misleading rhetoric about the Gowanus Green development. As a 43-year old nonprofit comprehensive community development corporation

District 39 Council Candidates Talk About the Future of Gowanus

Rendering of the post-rezoning Gowanus canal bridge crossing with waterfront development and pedestrian activity. (Image: Department of City Planning) Brooklyn Council Member Brad Lander has spent almost half a decade organizing community planning meetings to generate consensus around the rezoning of Gowanus, the southwest Brooklyn neighborhood known for its historic

Openings and Closings: Bibimbap, Branzino, and Beef Yaroa

This week we welcome a new Italian eatery with a great happy hour, a coffee shop with a cause, and a pop-up at a gone-but-not-forgotten favorite. We say goodbye to Crown Height’s Associate Supermarket after a long road, which you can read more about here [/associated-supermarket-given-30-days-to-vacate-crown-heights-site/]. As always, let

OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

Rendering via Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentBy Linda LaViolette, Miranda Sielaff and Nora Almeida, VOICE of GOWANUS Advocates of the proposed Gowanus Rezoning claim that a plan to privatize and develop affordable housing on Public Place (Gowanus Green), the site of a former manufactured gas plant, justifies a massive

Openings and Closings: Tortillas, Tomato Butter, and Toast

Welcome back to another week’s openings and closings. This week we say hello to another (yes, another) crab restaurant, a new sandwich shop, and give a Manhattan bakery a new Brooklyn home. Our goodbyes are a mixed bag this week, with one extreme tragedy and one just a quick

District 39 Council Candidates Talk BQE, Schools and Gowanus Rezoning

L-R Top row: West, Hanif, Schneider; bottom row: Haq, Krebs, ReinCandidates for Brooklyn’s Council District 39 (Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Windsor Terrace) gathered virtually Thursday night to talk about issues ranging from the crumbling Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Gowanus rezoning to school reopenings and composting. At a forum hosted

Opponents of Gowanus Rezoning Hire Counsel For Potential Legal Challenge

Rendering of the post-rezoning Gowanus canal bridge crossing with waterfront development and pedestrian activity. (Department of City Planning)Update: January 15th, 2020 – 5:58pm The Voice of Gowanus group announced it has filed a lawsuit against the city’s Department of City Planning (DCP) in Kings County State Supreme Court.