Central Brooklyn
via CAMBAEvery week, hundreds of our hungry neighbors will wait in line outside of CAMBA [https://www.camba.org/]’s Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry as they wait to receive a few bags of nutritious food that will last them the week. Across the borough, hundreds of thousands more are
bath beach
BAY RIDGE – Ross Barkan, an award-winning journalist who is running to unseat State Senator Marty Golden (R, District 22) feels strongly about the environment. “Climate change and future flooding represent an existential threat to Southern Brooklyn — but Marty Golden has just not taken these issues seriously,” said Barkan. “We must
Announcements
* 10:00 am Moore Street Market (110 Moore St, Brooklyn, NY 11206 [https://maps.google.com/?q=110+Moore+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11206&entry=gmail&source=g] ) on Saturday, November 18 New York City Economic Development Corporation and Council Member Antonio Reynoso will be hosting the market’s
Announcements
PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS – is about to get even more awesome, and just in time for the holidays. This Sunday at noon, neighbor Vanessa Raptopoulos will be opening the doors of her brand new gift store called Awesome [https://www.awesomebrooklyn.com/] at 617 Flatbush Avenue [https://maps.google.com/?q=
community
GOWANUS – With cleanup efforts officially kicking off at the Gowanus Canal’s Fourth Street Basin [/work-begins-gowanus-canal-cleanup/] last month, elected officials and EPA representatives hosted a town hall meeting at the Wyckoff Gardens Community Center Thursday evening to update locals on the Superfund project. Congress Member Nydia Velazquez at the Gowanus
Announcements
BOERUM HILL – Though it’s been in the works for years, it seems the impending closure of Hank’s Saloon [http://www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon/], the flame-emblazoned dive bar and music venue on the corner of 3rd and Atlantic Avenues, is slated for next year. Hank’s Saloon, 46 3rd
Holidays
Families gather at a welcome dinner sponsored by the Department of Homeless Services, Councilmember Antonio Reynoso, and Dar 525 restaurant. (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – Like any good holiday meal, the message was one of home, of welcome, and of family. But for those enjoying the dinner, “home” was a journey,
Arts & Culture
LITTLE PAKISTAN – On Coney Island Avenue, American-Pakistani women are trying to keep their culinary tradition alive in a tax office. (Mustafa Z. Mirza/BKLYNER)On weekdays, Bibi Jan Corp, is mostly frequented by South Asian men seeking advice on immigration and taxation, but on the weekends, the same place is
Central Brooklyn
State Senator Jesse Hamilton, Ms. Joy P. Noel, Estefania Trujillo of the Flatbush Tenant Coalition, City Councilmember Jumaane Williams and members of the local community stood together to demand Ms. Noel’s return to her apartment after an allegedly illegal eviction. (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)FLATBUSH – When Ms. Joy P. Noel
Arts & Culture
BAY RIDGE – As Veterans Day approaches, thousands of Americans around the country are preparing to celebrate and thank those who gave service to the country, at home or abroad. Many Veterans in Brooklyn are thankful for art therapist Beryl Brenner. On Wednesday, November 8, an event held to commemorate the
Neighbors
BROOKLYN – Two Brooklyn men associated with the Gambino crime family [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambino_crime_family] were arrested yesterday and charged alongside two others from the Bonanno crime family [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonanno_crime_family] at the federal courthouse earlier today with narcotics trafficking, loansharking and
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – BKLYNER first met artist Nancy Rodrigo [http://artid.com/members/nancyrodrigo] back in September at the 10th Annual 10th Street Block Party and Art Exhibit [/outdoor-art-exhibits-park-slope-saturday-sept-16/] in Park Slope. Nancy Rodrigo and Janice Pullicino, September 2017 (Photo: Nathan Haselby) Rodrigo and her partner, fellow artist Janice Pullicino, hosted