Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
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Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Director of the Brooklyn Museum released a statement on Friday responding to the backlash the institution received [/brooklyn-museums-newly-appointed-curator-of-african-art-causes-outrage/] following the announcement that Kristen Windmuller-Luna, a caucasian woman, was selected as its new Curator of African Art. Brooklyn Museum (Photo: BKLYNER)The statement from the Museum’s Director,
Bushwick
A modern apartment building is planned for an empty lot on Bushwick’s Troutman Street (Via BEAM Group)BUSHWICK – Another day, another development in North Brooklyn neighborhoods. As Bed-Stuy has the gaps in its streets filled in by new rental spaces, Bushwick isn’t far behind. At 61 Troutman Street,
Big Story
CROWN HEIGHTS – After Wednesday’s killing of 34-year old Saheed Vassell at the hands of the NYPD [/police-shooting-vassell/], crowds gathered at the corner of Utica Avenue and Montgomery Street to mourn the neighbor’s passing. State Senator Jesse Hamilton spoke at a vigil, starting at 4:40 pm, the time
Announcements
It’s Participatory Budgeting [https://council.nyc.gov/pb/] (PB) voting season! PB is a democratic process where the community decides how to spend a part of the public budget allocated to their district. This year ten of Brooklyn’s Councilmembers – Levin, Reynoso, Cumbo, Cornegy, Menchaca, Lander, Eugene, Williams, Treyger,
Central Brooklyn
Seen in Green-Wood Cemetery—”It’s okay to make mistakes that’s why pencils have erasers” (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * Real Estate Industry Voices Opposition To Potential “Vacancy Tax” [https://commercialobserver.com/2018/04/real-estate-board-brokers-outraged-about-vacancy-tax-talks/?pi_list_email=editor%40sunsetparkvoice.com&utm_campaign=todays-news&utm_content=2018-03-04-12749068&
bath beach
A bunch of new places have popped up in South-Western Brooklyn in the last few months and we are looking forward to trying them and letting you know what we think soon. In the meantime, here they are: BENSONHURST/GRAVESEND: Shardeni Espresso Bar [http://www.shardeniespressobar.nyc/] – Located at 210
Greenpoint
An advertisement for the upcoming meeting tonight in GreenpointGREENPOINT – The New York Department of Parks and Recreation will be holding a public scoping meeting tonight in Greenpoint to hear input on the design of the long-awaited Box Street Park coming to the northernmost tip of Brooklyn. Slated for 6:00
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Architecture, home design, and history lovers rejoice! The 59th Annual Park Slope House Tour [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/housetour2018/] is scheduled for Sunday, May 20 and includes self-guided tours of select historic brownstones as well as the members-only Montauk Club. Montauk Club, 25 8th Avenue at Lincoln Place (Photo:
Central Brooklyn
A rendering of the residential building planned for Erasmus Street (Via BEAM) EAST FLATBUSH – Renderings have been revealed for a new six-story apartment building headed to 142 Erasmus Street in East Flatbush—and it’s quite a change for the block. Mostly populated by single- or two-family homes with fenced-in
Central Brooklyn
A photo of Saheed Vassell, who was shot and killed by the NYPD yesterday afternoon (Via Facebook)CROWN HEIGHTS – Yesterday afternoon, NYPD officers shot and killed Saheed Vassell, a Crown Heights man thought to be brandishing a gun. He was holding a metal pipe. According to NYPD Police Chief Terence