Announcements
Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups, art shows, and recent closures. Openings Vacation Planet @ Williamsburg “Vacation Planet” exhibition at 25 Kent. Photo courtesy of Anne Spalter Studios. Digital and mixed media artist Anne Spalter is taking over 8,300-square-feet to bring
Announcements
Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups, art shows, and recent closures. Openings Sheepshead Bay Library Reopens After Renovation [/sheepshead-bay-library-reopens-after-renovation/] @ Sheepshead Bay Photo credit Gregg Richards, Brooklyn Public LibraryJanuary 7, the ribbon was cut and stories were read to celebrate the reopening
Bay Ridge
This week’s openings and closings brings lots of new places. We welcome post-workout shakes, a Japanese bar, and lots of new coffee shops, and say goodbye to a Gowanus legend. Bay Ridge Cocoa Grinder [https://www.cocoagrindernyc.com/] 9302 4th Avenue, between 93rd and 94th streets. > [https://www.
Business
Happy 2020! The only thing better than going out on New Year’s Eve is going out on New Year’s Day to recover, gossip, and plan resolutions. These spots have got you covered, whether you want French classics, saltfish and rum cocktails, or to keep the party going with
Announcements
Menchaca, Lander, and Velázquez at a memorial for a bicyclist killed on 3rd Avenue in 2019. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Following a particularly deadly year for pedestrians and especially bicyclists in Brooklyn, the City has decided to lower the speed limit from 30 MPH to 25 MPH along 3rd Avenue
Announcements
Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups, art shows, and recent closures. Openings Plum & Honey [https://www.plumandhoney.com/] Cooking & Baking School Plum & Honey cannoli class. Courtesy of Plum & Honey.Katie Rosenhouse, the woman behind Buttermilk Bakeshop in
Announcements
New location of Van Alen Institute. Courtesy of Van Alen Institute.GOWANUS — The Van Alen Institute announced their move to a new location in Gowanus, leaving behind their Flatiron space after 125 years. The Van Alen Institute [https://www.vanalen.org/about/] is an architectural nonprofit organization, dedicated to improving
Announcements
B71 coalition gather outside of Park Slope Library with Council Member Brad Lander and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon. Hannah H. Kim/BklynerPARK SLOPE — Residents from Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, and Park Slope rallied before the MTA’s open house on the Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign [/tell-the-mta-what-you-hate-about-your-brooklyn-bus-route-this-fall/] in Park Slope
Arts & Culture
The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday designated five industrial buildings in Gowanus as individual city landmarks, eyeing preservation as the neighborhood undergoes planned changes to increase density and sustainability, and in the wake of the demolition of the historic, 133-year-old S.W. Bowne grain storehouse [/briefly-noted-demo-on-bowne-building-continues-under-the-k-park-wallaby-walk-more/] in Red Hook in
Events
GOWANUS/PARK SLOPE – Make dinner or drink plans Tuesday night at a local restaurant or bar and support CHiPS [http://chipsonline.org], the 4th Avenue soup kitchen and shelter for homeless moms. CHiPS, 200 4th Avenue (via Google Maps)Eleven restaurants in the Gowanus/Park Slope area will participate in
environment
GOWANUS – In an effort to bring attention to the area’s Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) problem, activists marched at Thomas Greene Playground on Saturday with reminders of the notorious Gowanus Canal “Poonami.” Members of the Gowanus Neighborhood Coalition for Justice marched during Thomas Greene Park’s Halloween Parade (Pamela Wong/
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – Gowanus Souvenir Shop [https://gowanussouvenir.com/] hosted a launch party over the weekend for the release of its latest Souvenir Edition [https://gowanussouvenir.com/collections/gowanus-souvenir-editions-1]—the Gowanus Manufacturing Calendar 2020 [https://gowanussouvenir.com/collections/gowanus-souvenir-editions-1/products/2020-gowanus-calendar] . Via gowanussouvenir.com [https://gowanussouvenir.com/collections/gowanus-souvenir-editions-1/products/2020-gowanus-calendar] The