Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN – Sunday, March 11 marks the final day of Spencer Finch’s Lost Man Creek [/4000-trees-grow-in-brooklyn-spencer-finchs-public-art-installation-lost-man-creek/] , a living public art installation which debuted at MetroTech Commons in October 2016. In honor of the closing, Finch and the Public Art Fund [https://www.publicartfund.org/view/exhibitions/6126_spencer_finch_lost_
Bensonhurst
Kalman Yeger by Esther Shittu/ BKLYNERBOROUGH PARK – Councilman is a new title for Kalman Yeger, but he’s no stranger to public service. “I love public service,” Yeger said. “There’s not a single time when I walk into the city hall that I’m not in awe of the
Announcements
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – Brooklyn Bridge Park announced [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/pages/main-street-section-of-park-temporarily-closed] on Thursday that it will temporarily close a section of the popular waterfront park to protect visitors from debris falling from the Manhattan Bridge. DUMBO Boulders, 99 Plymouth Street, under the Manhattan Bridge (Photo by Pamela Wong/
Education
Teachers, parents, politicians and some very excited students cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of P.S. 34’s Green STEM Lab (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) GREENPOINT – After muddling through with limited resources for nearly 3 years, students and teachers alike celebrated the opening of a new Green STEM Lab
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – Last June, in honor of the Park’s 150th anniversary, the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org] hosted the first ever Prospect Park Soiree, an event for “thousands of friends and neighbors to get together as a community and celebrate the Park,” according to Deborah Kirschner, AVP
Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/big-ideas/make-it-in-brooklyn/make-it-in-brooklyn-pitch-contests] presents The Make It In Brooklyn Smart Cities pitch content—giving startups working to create smarter cities the chance to win $5,000. Startup businesses developing innovations in urban technologies in an effort to create smarter cities are
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)
Announcements
MulchFest 2016 at Fort Greene Park (Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC Parks)Now that the holidays are over, are you wondering what exactly to do with the suddenly out-of-place pine tree in your home? Don’t just throw it out—bring it to a city park this weekend to be
Animals
WINDSOR TERRACE – Kensington Stables [http://kensingtonstables.com] may be safe for the next five years, according to the property’s seller. Kensington Stables (Photo: BKLYNER)The stables, located near Prospect Park at 55 Caton Place near East 8th Street, went on the auction block in February [/historic-kensington-stables-sold-bankruptcy-auction-week/]. The property was
Business
via EcoMaids of New YorkCleanliness may be next to godliness, but it sure isn’t easy. Especially if you have kids or pets. And it might not even be that safe. The Environmental Working Group [https://www.ewg.org/guides/cleaners/content/cleaners_and_health#.Wh71drQ-e8p] did a study of
Announcements
CLINTON HILL – At an event kicking off a $7 million initiative to promote urban farming education in Brooklyn classrooms, Borough President Eric Adams joined students of Clinton Hill’s PS 56 Lewis H. Latimer and Urban Assembly Unison School on Tuesday to tour the site of a “future state-of-the-art greenhouse.
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – Rats have reportedly been flocking to Carroll Park—much to the disgust of park-goers, neighbors, and parents. Carroll Park via Google MapsThe park, located on a block bordered by Smith and Court Streets and President and Carroll, has received more complaints about vermin than any other park in