Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – On Tuesday, July 30, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) debuted Fight for Sunlight [https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/fight_for_sunlight_exhibit], a new exhibition that addresses “an existential threat facing our Garden.” Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 150 Eastern Parkway entranceThe exhibit is a “grassroots effort to prevent
clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – The New York City Council voted last week to co-name the corner of Dekalb Avenue and Ryerson Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dekalb+Ave+%26+Ryerson+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11205/@40.6898889,-73.9664608,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25bbec37fda27:0x5503bab5598a80e4!8m2!3d40.6898889!4d-73.
Coney Island
Yellow Submarine by Ayla Schultz/BklynerCONEY ISLAND CREEK/GRAVESEND – Three years before the Beatles 1966 hit was released, a real-life yellow submarine was dreamed into existence in Brooklyn. The original yellow color has now rubbed off, but the rusted hull is still visible above the thick polluted waters. The submarine,
Development
GOWANUS – A traveling interactive exhibition examining the history and legacy of redlining will debut at the Old American Can Factory on Thursday, July 18. Undesign the Redline is an interactive exhibit and workshop that “explores the history of structural racism and classism” that was fostered by the practice of redlining
Central Brooklyn
State Sen. Zellnor Myrie and Assemblywoman Diana Richardson embrace during Myrie’s inauguration at SUNY Downstate in East Flatbush (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—Local lawmakers are urging the governor to sign a bill that will add Medgar Evers College to the names of two central Brooklyn subway stops.
Development
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A petition [https://www.change.org/p/lisa-kersavage-preserve-227-duffield-street-abolitionist-place-as-a-nyc-landmark?recruiter=980907572&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition] was launched last week to save a four-story brick building that was the formerly the home of two abolitionists and is believed to have
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Opera On Tap [https://www.operaontap.org/] will present an interactive, musical walk “through America’s volatile political history” in twelve performances over four nights at The Old Stone House [https://theoldstonehouse.org]. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/684000438720201/]“It really focuses on American music looking
Arts & Culture
Yoni Katz in a library on Kingston Avenue, where he begins his tours (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS—It all started with a fight over bike lanes. Rabbi Yoni Katz, 40, almost 10 years ago noticed “tension” between “hipsters” and Hasidic people in Williamsburg centered around them [https:
Announcements
From left to right, Central Sunset Park Historic District, Sunset Park South Historic District, Sunset Park North Historic District, and Sunset Park 50th Street Historic District. Via LPCSUNSET PARK – Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated Sunset Park North,, Central Sunset Park, Sunset Park 50th Street, and
Arts & Culture
Rutland @ Flatbush has been named Dr. Lamuel A Stanislaus way. Liat Weinstein/BklynerPROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS – Lamuel used to lay awake at night wondering whether he could pay a $99 a month mortgage for a brick row house situated on Rutland Rd. between Flatbush and Bedford Avenues, his son Eugene Stanislaus
Central Brooklyn
Weeksville by Nic LehouxCROWN HEIGHTS— Weeksville Heritage Center [https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/] has received Cultural Institutions Group [https://www.nycgo.com/venues/cultural-institutions-group] designation, joining 32 other cultural institutions the city supports with grants. “Weeksville is sacred African American ground,” Council Member Laurie Cumbo who represents Crown Heights said in
history
PARK SLOPE – The 23rd annual Brooklyn Pride Parade [http://brooklynpride.org/pride-events/] will kick off at precisely 7:30pm on Saturday, June 8 under the meticulous direction of Mickey Heller. The Parade Coordinator since 2010, Heller ensures the procession’s punctual start and maintains its flow and exuberance. Brooklyn Pride’