Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerThe 2018 Congressional Primaries have come and gone. The winners? Two incumbents: Dan Donovan of District 11 and Yvette Clarke of District 9. District 9 (Park Slope, Flatbush, Sheepshead, Crown Heights) had a total of 28,533 voters [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/06/26/us/
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – Council Member Brad Lander [https://council.nyc.gov/district-39/] joined Carroll Gardens neighbors on Tuesday at the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page]‘s (LPC) public hearing on 236 and 238 President Street [/carroll-gardens-group-fights-to-save-the-historic-hans-s-christian-kindergarten/] . (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela
Announcements
In a 5-4 decision [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/us/politics/supreme-court-trump-travel-ban.html] , the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump’s third travel ban—also referred to as the “Muslim ban”—is indeed lawful. The ban restricts entries from Iran, North Korea, Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, and Venezuela.
Business
PARK SLOPE – Omari Clarke walks into La Bagel Delight on 7th Avenue and asks for his usual. The men behind the counter wordlessly prepare his order. “You guys have any use for some tables or chairs?” he asks the owner. Clarke is renovating the storefront at 837 Union Avenue, between
Bushwick
142 Grove Street in Bushwick, a Silvershore Properties building where a tenant took an unusual approach to getting his security deposit back… (Via PropertyShark)LOCATION – After Seth Callaway moved out of his apartment in Bushwick, he expected to get his security deposit back in a reasonable amount of time. Unfortunately,
Boerum Hill
FORT GREENE – Members of the Brooklyn Bear’s Rockwell Place Community Garden [https://brooklynbears.wordpress.com/rockwell/] will host their annual Summer Solstice Celebration on Thursday despite fears of a “serious threat to the Garden’s future.” Brooklyn Bear’s Rockwell Place Community Garden at Lafayette & Flatbush (Photo: Pamela
community
PARK SLOPE – Several Park Slope and Prospect Heights neighbors filled the hall at the Sixth Avenue Bible Baptist Church (97 Lincoln Place) Tuesday evening for the 78th Precinct’s quarterly Neighborhood Coordination Officer [/nypds-78th-precinct-rolls-neighborhood-coordination-officer-program-brooklyn-museum/] (NCO) Sector C Build The Block Meeting. L-R: Officer Kareem Abdelaziz, Sergeant Anthony Dimichele, Officer William
Business
PARK SLOPE – After 34 years, Ansonia Chemist closed its doors at 358 7th Avenue for the last time Tuesday night. The shuttered Ansonia Chemist, 358 7th Avenue, Park Slope, June 20, 2018 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Many Park Slope neighbors stopped by the beloved pharmacy to say goodbye, including Patrick
Announcements
UPDATE- as of 9:30 am, thanks to the quick intervention by the Public Advocate’s office, water will no longer be shut off at 250 Parkville Avenue today. “This is outrageous. It should not be happening,“ Francisca Montaña from the Public Advocate’s office said upon reading our story.
Announcements
Photo: Magiceye/Flickr Creative CommonsTomorrow, Muslims all over the world will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a holiday that lasts three days after the month-long Ramadan [/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ramadan-in-brooklyn/]. Tonight, hundreds of people will celebrate on Coney Island Ave at the annual Chand Raat Mela [/chand-raat-mela-on-coney-island-avenue-in-this-thursday/], where there will be henna stalls, shopping opportunities,
community
GOWANUS – Forget Belmont Stakes! Sixteen teams braved the waters of the Gowanus Canal on Saturday for a canoe race on the notoriously contaminated Superfund site. New CB6 District Manager Mike Racioppo shoots the starting pistol (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Gowanus Challenge SuperFun Canoe Race (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Gowanus Challenge SuperFun Canoe
Coney Island
Southern Brooklyn- After months of speculation, Chris McCreight [https://www.chrismccreight.com/why] has thrown his hat into the race to fill the vacant assembly seat in the 46th Assembly district. The news came as two local political clubs prematurely endorsed the candidate on social media. Yesterday, immediately following a