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Apr
07
Oft Overlooked on Brooklyn-Queens Border, The Hole Shows Risks of Ignoring Environment

Oft Overlooked on Brooklyn-Queens Border, The Hole Shows Risks of Ignoring Environment

Community groups and some residents see potential to develop the area in a way that maintains its affordability, given that it is close to an express subway stop on the A train and not far from Kennedy Airport, but first, they need proper sewers, Samantha Maldonado reports.
9 min read
May
11
City Seeks Feedback on Plan for the Future of the Waterfront

City Seeks Feedback on Plan for the Future of the Waterfront

A railing above Newtown Creek. (Image: Paul Stremple/Bklyner)The Department of City Planning (DCP) published draft goals and strategies
3 min read
Apr
08
Opinion: Brooklyn Needs Public Power

Opinion: Brooklyn Needs Public Power

Blackout in Mill Basin, 2019. Todd Maisel/BklynerBy Nicholas Boni It’s time for Brooklyn to take its power back.
4 min read
Jan
29
Seven Citi Bike Stations Coming to Bay Ridge in February

Seven Citi Bike Stations Coming to Bay Ridge in February

NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) staff presented plans for seven new Citi Bike [https://www.citibikenyc.com/] stations between Bay
2 min read
Jan
29
Taking on Mugwort in Bay Ridge

Taking on Mugwort in Bay Ridge

By the Narrows Botanical Gardens. Photo by Salma Elazab/BklynerJames Johnson, a landscape designer and co-founder of the Narrows Botanical
2 min read
Jan
27
Assembly Member Colton Rages Against Proposed Park at Gravesend Schoolyard

Assembly Member Colton Rages Against Proposed Park at Gravesend Schoolyard

Assembly Member William ColtonAssembly Member William Colton is calling on southern Brooklyn residents to take to their cars to protest
4 min read
Jan
26
Poll Finds Most Brooklyn Voters Would Trade Parking For Pedestrian and Transit Improvements

Poll Finds Most Brooklyn Voters Would Trade Parking For Pedestrian and Transit Improvements

A majority of voters in Brooklyn–and across the city–would give up parking for pedestrian and public transit improvements.
3 min read
Jan
25
South Brooklyn Marine Terminal To Become A Wind Turbine Assembly and Maintenance Plant, Bringing 1,200 Jobs To Sunset Park

South Brooklyn Marine Terminal To Become A Wind Turbine Assembly and Maintenance Plant, Bringing 1,200 Jobs To Sunset Park

Elizabeth Yeampierre estimates that her team at UPROSE [https://www.uprose.org/] – the Brooklyn community-based environmental justice organization she oversees
5 min read
Jan
22

Cleaning Up Bushwick One Block At A Time

Since the pandemic started, and sanitation litter basket service got significantly cut [/garbage-open-dining-and-private-streets-dominate-transportation-committee-hearing/] , garbage issues have only gotten worse in
3 min read
Jan
19
Meet the Green Agitators Who Planted Seeds for Brooklyn’s Coming Wind Turbine Assembly Hub

Meet the Green Agitators Who Planted Seeds for Brooklyn’s Coming Wind Turbine Assembly Hub

By Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/17/22236287/brooklyn-wind-turbine-assembly-hub] by
6 min read