Announcements
BAY RIDGE – The Bay Ridge Community Council will host a debate on October 23, at 7 pm among the Southern Brooklyn candidates, moderated by Alex Conit. State Senator 22: State Sen. Marty Golden vs Andrew Gounardes Assembly District 64: Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis vs Adam Baumel Assembly District 46: Mathylde Frontus
environment
PARK SLOPE – Dozens of P.S. 282 students and Principal Rashan Hoke joined Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) Commissioner Vincent Sapienza, and NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org] Borough Commissioner Martin Maher Monday morning to
environment
The former NuHart site will have to undergo environmental remediation before development on the site can begin (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – Earlier this month, many residents of Greenpoint left a public meeting about environmental concerns [/nuhart-site-meeting-tonight/] at the former NuHarte Plastics site feeling like they needed more information. Now, they’
Bensonhurst
At 71st Street and 12th Avenue, where a bus crashed last week after the driver suffered a fatal medical episode (Screenshot via Google Maps)At the end of last week, two separate traffic fatalities claimed lives in Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods. On the morning of Thursday, October 18, a school bus
Borough Park
CLINTON HILL – A group of young men held up a Clinton Hill wine shop Friday night, but the armed oenophiles seemed to prefer cash to cabernet. The robbery took place on Friday, October 19, around 7:00 pm said police, when four suspects in their late teens or early twenties
Central Brooklyn
The Dime Savings Bank (9 Dekalb Avenue) was open to the public during Open House New York on Saturday, Oct. 13 (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner]
Education
BAY RIDGE/BENSONHURST/SUNSET PARK/KENSINGTON – The October 17 meeting of Community Education Council for District 20, which stretches from Bay Ridge, to Kensington, and includes southern parts of Sunset Park and Bensonhurst, was a loud and passionate affair. NYC Department of Education presented to parents its plan to reform
Central Brooklyn
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Bushwick
The new Jefferson Street building was designed by Stat Architecture for Neighborhood Restore (Via Stat Architecture [http://www.statarchitecture.com/]) BUSHWICK – A new building planned for Bushwick is being built by a non-profit developer, with four condos planned for the site that will apparently be affordable housing. The four-story apartment
Business
409 RemsenEAST FLATBUSH – Community Board 17 voted overwhelmingly against reinstating a prior variance for an automotive repair service in East Flatbush at their October 17 general meeting. Members complained the lot at 406 Remsen Avenue and Lenox Rd. — for years — has been a hub for trash, double-parked cars and barking
Central Brooklyn
Construction netting over the facade of St. Barbara’s Catholic Church in Bushwick (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)In case you missed it, the MTA is having a little “L Train Shutdown” Preview—every night ’til the end of November. [http://gothamist.com/2018/10/17/lol_train_weeknights_yay.php] That’
canarsie
Malcolm Pinckney/NYC ParksCANARSIE – The cracked concrete patch is no more. The ground was broken this morning on a $3.8 million renovation of the I.S. 68 Playground, which was first opened in 1965 and is officially known as Bildersee Playground. NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher, City