Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – A 45-year-old worker had to be rescued from a “confined space” after falling several feet into an excavation at a Coney Island construction site Saturday morning, officials said. Firefighters remove the injured man via ladders to the ground below. (Photo by Todd Maisel)The worker suffered head, back,
fort greene
(Courtesy Instagram/Kmurrrs [https://www.instagram.com/p/BDNxCJuo0bc/])The Giovanni is starting to fashion its retail frontage, and Gold Coast Bank will be a big part of it. A new branch of Long Island-based Gold Coast Bank [http://gcbny.com/] is slated to open in the fall at 81
Bensonhurst
City Councilman Mark Treyger joined with Coney Island residents to demand the city purchase the former F.E.G.S. building. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)They asked for a community center, but they might be getting condos. After the city ignored Coney Island residents’ pleas [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/
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City Councilman Mark Treyger joined with Coney Island residents to demand the city purchase the former F.E.G.S. building. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)They asked for a community center, but they might be getting condos. After the city ignored Coney Island residents’ pleas [/treyger-demands-city-purchase-shuttered-property-for-community-use/] to purchase a
180 myrtle avenue
Image via Dattner Architects [http://www.dattner.com/portfolio/myrtle-avenue-development-plan/#prev_image]. Development on the west end of Myrtle Avenue that borders Downtown Brooklyn continues apace, with The Real Deal reporting [http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/03/09/mapping-myrtle-avenues-development-projects/] that $155 million in financing has been secured for one of
Brooklyn Community Board 9
After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of our favorite recent stories from our sister sites, as well as some other fascinating pieces that are worth a read this weekend: A
275 Washington Avenue
Meet Scott Trausch, 25, a graduate student, music lover and bike rider who recently moved to Clinton Hill for graduate school at NYU. (Photo by Amanda Woods)Neighborly Neighbors [http://www.thenabe.me/blog/tag/neighborly-neighbors/] is a series of posts in which we stop random people, ask them a
anthony weiner scandal
Anthony Weiner. Source: FacebookAs the hype grows over Anthony Weiner’s possible return to New York politics [/weiner-considering-a-comeback-with-mayoral-bid/], analysts far and wide are weighing in on the question of what the chances really are for the former congressman. While early polling [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/nyregion/weiner-hasnt-joined-race-for-mayor-but-a-poll-of-democrats-puts-him-in-second.