Bay Ridge
Welcome back to openings and closings. This week, we have lots of corporations joining our borough, as well as new tea and sweet shops. We’re saying goodbye to a Park Slope institution and see-you-later to the Mediterranean in Williamsburg. Openings: Wegmans21 Flushing Avenue, off of Navy Street. Navy Yard
Business
The Brooklyn Book Festival is back this week, [/full-lineup-announced-for-brooklyn-book-festival-sept-16-23/] just in time to ease your sadness about the dropping temperatures. Reading a book in public can be a rare pleasure- but it can also be easily ruined by blasted music, too-close quarters, and overly chatty bartenders. We’ve found seven
community
GREENPOINT – As neighbors and advocates for ending traffic violence were mourning the death of 10-year-old Enzo Farachio in Midwood [/enzo-farachio/] last night, another pedestrian neighborhoods away was run over by a driver and killed. On Thursday, September 12 at around 8:04 p.m., a 62-year-old man was driving his
Bay Ridge
Welcome back to Openings and Closings. This week brings lots of sweet treats, including two new bakeries and a new baklava spot, which you’ll definitely need to get through the closings of several neighborhood favorites. Park Slope Brooklyn Baklava 42 4th Avenue, between Dean and Pacific streets. This new
Bushwick
Welcome to another week of openings and closings around Brooklyn. This edition includes a new spot from a Michelin starred chef, the loss of a beloved pie shop, and new things to come for Park Slope’s 5th Avenue. Estuary [https://www.estuarybrooklyn.com/]159 Bridge Park Drive, between Furman
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGREENPOINT – Two weeks after cyclists and advocates called on Mayor Bill de Blasio to better protect them, two more cyclists were killed by drivers in trucks. One was in Brooklyn. This marks the 17th cyclist death in NYC just this year. On Tuesday, July 3 at around
Business
GREENPOINT – Getaway [https://getaway.bar/] sits on Green Street in the middle of Greenpoint, signaled to passersby by the “0%” sign glowing outside. It’s not your everyday bar—this is a bar that serves only non-alcoholic drinks. No low ABV, no kombucha, just 0%. The bar and cozy interior
Events
Rep. Carolyn Maloney led a rally at Foley Square Saturday afternoon calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Todd Maisel/Bklyner WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT – Rep. Carolyn Maloney is no stranger to President Donald Trump, having been his representative in Congress when he lived at Trump Tower and occasionally bumping into
Greenpoint
Carolyn Maloney. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who represents parts of Brooklyn, will join a rally to call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, Kadia Goba of BuzzFeed News reports. > Sources: Rep. @CarolynBMaloney [https://twitter.com/CarolynBMaloney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] to attend #impeachtrump [https://twitter.
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT — Dawn Smalls is considering a run against U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney of the 12th congressional district in 2020, according to sources close to the former public advocate candidate. Dawn Smalls (Photo: Dawn Smalls’ Twitter account)Smalls, a Democrat, who placed sixth in a 17-person race this year, recently
Bushwick
A week and half into the L Train slowdown and things are…okay. The plan, which replaced the much-dreaded L Train shutdown, has left commuters a bit irritated, but not wholly upset about the service changes. The L train line at Bedford Avenue. Todd Maisel/BklynerSo what exactly are riders
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG — The city closed a daycare center on Monday after the school refused to provide vaccination records to the city in the wake of a measles outbreak which has now climbed to 329 cases. United Talmudical Academy, at 75 Ross St. in Williamsburg, is the first institution to close. Brooklyn’