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Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – During a break in the rain Saturday afternoon, the Gowanus Souvenir Shop [https://gowanussouvenir.com/collections] kicked off a festive event celebrating From Here to Sunday [https://www.heretosunday.com]‘s three-month residency at the store. The Chinatown Community Young Lions performing at Gowanus Souvenir Shop (Photo: Nathan Haselby)
Gowanus
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams rallied outside the Gowanus Houses Community Center in Gowanus with dozens of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) tenants impacted by the citywide heating crisis, as he called on NYCHA to take actions to address challenges its underfunded capital program faces (Photo Credit: Erica
environment
GOWANUS – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] announced last week that the Gowanus Canal cleanup has been stalled due to issues with the dredging and capping pilot project [/work-begins-gowanus-canal-cleanup/] that was scheduled to begin at the end of 2017. 4th Street
Business
GOWANUS – Real estate development and investment firm, Two Trees, has purchased two adjacent commercial sites in Gowanus for more than $100 million, Crain’s New York [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180129/REAL_ESTATE/180129906] reports. Via Google MapsThe first site formerly housed a Pathmark supermarket at 1-37 12th Street.
Coney Island
GOWANUS/GREENPOINT/CONEY ISLAND – Some homeowners and business owners in NYC may be unwittingly contributing to polluting the city’s waterways, according to a recent City Limits [https://citylimits.org/2018/01/16/in-unknown-numbers-and-often-unwittingly-homes-and-businesses-pollute-city-waterways/] report. The Gowanus Canal from the Union Street Bridge. (Photo: BKLYNER)While the Beach Haven Apartments
Announcements
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Founded in 1982, the family-run Court Street Office Supplies [http://www.courtstreet.net] has been stocking nearby offices, homes, schools, and courthouses with legal forms, pens, toner, and stationery products for more than three decades. Court Street Office Supplies, 44 Court Street (Photo: Nathan Haselby)After February 20th,
Business
PARK SLOPE – Here’s a list of some recent or upcoming business changes around Park Slope. Let us know if we’ve missed anything in the comments or at editor@bklyner.com. The sign posted at A&E Supply Co., 548 4th Avenue (Photo: Nathan Haselby)A&E
Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE – At the Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] General Meeting Wednesday evening, the board voted to pass the NYC Department of Transportation’ s (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] proposal to install four miles of protected bike
community
GOWANUS – The Urban Land Institute New York (ULI NY) [https://newyork.uli.org/] released a report [https://goo.gl/WM1rhL] on Monday outlining recommendations on how new developments, that will be built as part of the rezoning of Gowanus, will be able to help mitigate the urban heat island (UHI)
Gowanus
GOWANUS/PARK SLOPE – Initially slated to open in Summer 2017 [/boutique-hotel-open-gowanus-summer/], the new hotel, Gowanus Inn & Yard [http://www.gowanusinn.com], officially opened its doors to guests on November 24. Gowanus Inn & Yard (Photo by: Coke Bartrina, courtesy of SAVVY Studio)Located at 645-651 Union Street (at 4th
Downtown Brooklyn
BOERUM HILL/GOWANUS/PARK SLOPE – As winter storm Grayson [https://weather.com/storms/winter/news/2018-01-04-winter-storm-grayson-northeast-bombogenesis-snow-forecast] , or the more dramatically monikered “Bomb Cyclone [https://weather.com/science/weather-explainers/news/what-is-bombogenesis-weather-bomb] ,” pummeled NYC with heavy snow, arctic temperatures, and blustery winds this morning, BKLYNER braved the elements to capture some photos
community
GOWANUS – Despite requests from the community, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] has decided not to designate the more than 100-year-old Gowanus Station building a landmark, Brownstoner [https://www.brownstoner.com/neighborhood/gowanus/gowanus-station-brooklyn-landmarks-preservation-commission-234-butler-street-epa-superfund/] reported last week. Gowanus Station building, 234 Butler