Announcements
Photo: Nathan HaselbyGet your snow boots and shovels ready because we may quite possibly get hit with 4 to 6 inches of snow this weekend, ending the spring-like days! A winter storm watch is in effect from Saturday at 6 pm to Sunday morning. Temperatures are not expected to go
Borough Park
BORO PARK/MIDWOOD – On Thursday, 26 community organizations led by New York Senate District 17 for Progress [https://www.facebook.com/nysd17forprogress/] (NYSD 17 for Progress) shared a letter they sent to Senator Felder (see below), who represents District 17, asking him to take a position on an issue that
Announcements
Photo via Brooklyn Prospect Charter SchoolWINDSOR TERRACE – Just 90 minutes after the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida that left 17 people dead [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-respond-shooting-parkland-florida-high-school-n848101] , two teenage boys went to social media, threatening a shooting at Brooklyn Prospect Charter School. [https://www.brooklynprospect.org/] “Don’
Business
The building at 1601 Kings Highway will house a location of the iconic New York sporting goods store (Rendering by Murdock Solon Architects)MIDWOOD – Long-running New York sporting goods retailer Modell’s will be opening a location in Southern Brooklyn this spring. The Modell family, which has run the store
Bed Stuy
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for the man that burglarized an apartment near Meserole Street and Manhattan Avenue earlier this month. Around 2:40 pm on Tuesday, February 13, the suspect entered a residential apartment building and attempted to crash through the door of one of the units. He was unsuccessful
Central Brooklyn
The old spice factory at 960 Franklin may soon give way to six new residential towers (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – As another old industrial space undergoes redevelopment, another community stands opposed to the planned changes, this time in Crown Heights. As developer Continuum attempts to rezone the site
Announcements
Post Office on Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (D9, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay) met with Anthony Impronto, Brooklyn Postmaster on Monday, February 12, to discuss how to address the poor service provided by the postal offices in her district, that has been
Arts & Culture
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler in conversation with Abiola Oke (Via BAMCinematek)The BAM Harvey Theater was sold out last night in anticipation of an advance screening of Black Panther, the mega-hyped Marvel movie set to open this weekend. Not only that, but the film’s director, Ryan Coogler, was
Central Brooklyn
The M&T Bank near Grand Army Plaza, the latest in a growing string of robberies (Screenshot via Google Maps)In a pair of Valentines Day robberies, the suspect that’s been running rampant through Brooklyn banks struck again, notching his sixth and seventh bank jobs of 2018. Police
News
AECOM & the Chamber of commerce want to tell us how to live, an essay by George Fiala [http://www.star-revue.com/aecom-chamber-commerce-want-tell-us-live-essay-george-fiala/#sthash.kX8ZFzU4.dpbs] (Red Hook) Blackface photos used in Brooklyn PTA fund-raiser message ignite outrage [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/blackface-photos-pta-fund-raiser-message-ignite-outrage-article-1.3814759] (Park Slope) Avocaderia on
Ditmas Park
FLATBUSH – Mayor de Blasio delivered his big annual State of the City speech at the Kings Theater on Flatbush Avenue last night. He got down to business around 8:00 pm, saying that “there is a point at which extreme inequality makes a mockery of a democratic society”, and that
camps
Each of these traditional camps offers a variety of activities. Over the summer kids can play sports, go swimming, paint and do lots of crafts and even take field trips while still maintaining a predictable and safe day. And, when your child outgrows camp but still needs supervision — and wants