Announcements
Dust off those old photo albums! On Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and the Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/] (BHS) announced the launch of “A Blast from Brooklyn’s Past,” a photo challenge inviting Brooklynites to submit images that capture the borough’s “evolution in architecture, streetscapes,
environment
[UPDATED: Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 11:15am] This post has been updated to include additional photographs provided by Jonathan Bream, an archeologist with AHRS [http://ahrservices.com/]. GOWANUS – On Monday afternoon, the EPA [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] presented some of the debris construction
Arts & Culture
The five-story, four-ton platform and statue of Saint Paolino at the 130th Giglio Feast in Williamsburg in 2017 (Photo by Paul Stremple)WILLIAMSBURG – For over 130 years, the Italian community in North Brooklyn has been coming together every year for the Giglio Feast [/130th-giglio-italian-feast-kicks-off-williamsburg/], a week-long religious celebration that involves
Arts & Culture
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – In honor of the 199th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth (May 31, 1819), The Walt Whitman Project [http://www.waltwhitmanproject.org/] and St. Francis College are hosting a reception and walking tour of Brooklyn Heights sites that the poet frequented. Walt Whitman (Photographer George C. Cox, 1887)
Announcements
Emily Warren Roebling, seen here in a portrait held in the Brooklyn Museum, was instrumental in the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge (Via Wikimedia Commons) BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A streetcorner will be named in honor of pioneering Brooklyn Heights resident for her role in completing one of the greatest pieces of
Coney Island
Now that the LPC has approved “scenic landmark” status, the Reigelmann Boardwalk’s look will be preserved (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee voted unanimously to approve Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk as a scenic landmark [/boardwalk-lpc/], furthering the cause of preservation of
Arts & Culture
BAY RIDGE – This small book, published last month, features 11 true crimes, some solved, some still “cold”, that took place in Bay Ridge between 1874 up until 1957. Packed with historic details about the neighborhood and the individual time periods (there was a time when parking on streets overnight was
Business
Marine Florists [http://www.marineflorists.com] at 1995 Flatbush Avenue, where Flatlands meets Marine Park at its northern tip, has been delivering flowers for every imaginable occasion – as well as “just because”- for 120 years. It’s 6 o’clock on a Sunday evening, and co-owner George Tsentzelis starts
Bay Ridge
Both of their significant others are named Leigh, and now these two Southern Brooklynites are looking to share the same district. In his very first endorsement as an elected official, City Councilmember Justin Brannan of the 43rd Council district is throwing his support behind the Democratic front-runner for NY11, Max
Arts & Culture
Riegelmann Boardwalk (Hugo Smith/BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – Last week, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission moved forward with the next step to recognize the Riegelmann Boardwalk (Coney Island Boardwalk) as a scenic landmark. Landmarking status would ensure the boardwalk is rebuilt in the event of another environmental crisis such as
Announcements
The Chair of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) announced her resignation on Thursday after serving four years in the role. St. Barbara’s Roman Catholic Church, Bushwick (Photo: Scott Bintner/PropertyShark)“I am honored to have served as Chair of the
Arts & Culture
The statue of J. Marion Sims atop a granite base in Central Park (Via Wikimedia Commons)Today, the statue of controversial 19th-century medical pioneer J. Marion Sims has been taken down from its Central Park perch in East Harlem to be sent to Brooklyn and installed in Green-Wood Cemetery, where