bath beach
It’s easy to lose track, so we have compiled the openings from this fall, roughly south of the Park. Please do let us know whom we missed in the comments. OPENINGS: Tanoshii Ramen, 7718 5th Avenue, Bay Ridge This ramen place had a soft opening in December. The management
Ditmas Park
Public Advocate Candidate Melissa Mark Viverito on the Q train platform at the Newkirk Avenue station in Flatbush (Photo credit: Perri Litton)FLATBUSH – The former Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito [https://melissamarkviverito.com/] campaigned at the Newkirk Avenue train station on Friday morning for the New York City Public Advocate’s
Animals
We know—it’s been Hot Duck this and Hot Duck that all winter, right? But plenty of local species have called Brooklyn home since time immemorial, long before flashy-feathered waterfowl transplants started gentrifying Central Park. And for more than a century, the Audubon Society in New York has been
Carroll Gardens
This morning, Borough President Eric Adams and Councilmember Mark Treyger arrived at the corner of West 2nd Street and Avenue Y to call on the city to improve street safety at the intersection where a local woman was killed yesterday in a hit-and-run collision. Francine LaBarbara, 57, was walking home
Bed Stuy
Holiday shopping is in full gear and Brooklyn shops have every type of gift you and the women in your life could want. From chocolate, beauty and spa treatments and terrariums to women-centered accessories, a subscription to an exclusive book club and the opportunity to find a new passion. There
Announcements
This December, Park Slope’s foodies will be lined up to celebrate the grand opening of Pokéworks [http://www.pokeworks.com], the nation’s leading healthy, fast-casual poke restaurant. The new spot at 258 7th Ave., officially debuted November 5, with a fresh take on Hawaiian-inspired poke bowls and burritos
Central Brooklyn
570 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)KENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK – The city needs homeless shelters and the latest one is slated for the border of Ditmas Park and Kensington. The former Park Manor Adult Home is being renovated into a shelter that will provide 139 beds for single
Arts & Culture
Muslims praying. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Next week, Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) will present its “Muslims in Brooklyn” [http://brooklynhistory.org/projects/muslimsinbrooklyn] oral history project to the world. “Muslims in Brooklyn” includes 50 oral histories from various Muslims across the borough. “These 50 people are not representative
Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON – Last night at PS130, a couple dozen residents listened to the DOT present their solutions to what has been a longstanding issue – crossing Church Avenue where ocean Parkway becomes Prospect Expressway safely. Of particular concern are the north-side crossings, especially the one where traffic turns from Church Avenue onto
Central Brooklyn
KENSINGTON – Last spring, local officials held a Town Hall with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) to address yet another terrible pedestrian death at the intersection of Ocean Parkway/Prospect Expressway and Church Ave in late February [/dangerous-ocean-parkway-intersection-claims-another-life/]. “This
Central Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN – A subway slashing at the Nevins Street station sent a man to the hospital after a verbal altercation turned violent. On Wednesday, November 14, two men were arguing on a northbound 2 train around 11:30 pm. As the train pulled into the station, the suspect pulled out a
Central Brooklyn
Most of us will never experience the extreme hunger that millions of Americans face, but every day, CAMBA’s Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry helps hundreds of our neighbors get the emergency food they need [https://www.camba.org/programs/health/nutritionalservices/beyondhungeremergencyfoodpantry] . Families, elderly people and those simply struggling