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NORTH BROOKLYN – Spectrum internet went down in North Brooklyn overnight on Friday, September 15th, leaving residents without connectivity—or real answers—for hours. Somewhere around 1:00 am, customers began to report losing internet service from Spectrum. The problems persisted throughout the morning, with the company announcing an “outage due
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK — Last week we wrote about the closing of Brooklyn Industries on Cortelyou Road [/brooklyn-industries-closing-ditmas-park-store-sunday/]. A few weeks before that, Stems, the flower shop that resided at Sycamore bar relocated to Prospect Heights (to co-locate with a yoga studio instead) [/stems-relocates-from-ditmas-park-bar-to-prospect-heights-yoga-studio/]. It was a pleasant surprise to find out
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One of the two screens in the overflow room.The room for the town hall last night was packed to capacity and overflow was filling up as the Mayor took the microphone from Council Member Chaim Deutsch. He started the evening off with a handful of promises before opening up
Announcements
FLATBUSH – The New York City Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/] (EDC) filed construction documents this week for a 255-unit, 100% affordable rental development at 2119 Caton Avenue. Flatbush Caton Market on the corner of Flatbush and Caton Avenues (via Google Maps)BRP Companies [http://www.brpcompanies.com], Urbane
Announcements
Historic Erasmus Hall in Flatbush.Welcome to the school year! If you have kids looking at starting Middle School and High School next year, you are probably bracing yourself for the circles of hell you’ll travel through until March. This too, shall pass, but it will be easier if
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545 Broadway (Rendering via Blesso Properties)WILLIAMSBURG – Renderings were revealed this week for a new mixed-use rental high-rise to be constructed above the Lincoln Savings Bank in Williamsburg. The 27-story building will have 218 units rental property, with office and retail space below, 6sqft reports [https://www.6sqft.com/revealed-27-story-tower-at-lincoln-savings-bank-site-will-be-tallest-in-east-williamsburg/
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – Drone footage released by the architecture firm ODA [http://www.oda-architecture.com/] shows construction progressing on two massive housing developments coming to Bushwick. Together, the developments at 10 Montieth Street and 123 Melrose street—site of the old Rheingold Brewery [http://www.brownstoner.com/history/rheingold-beer-brewery-brooklyn-bushwick-history/] —take up 1.
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced today that a 25-year-old Prospect Park South resident, Celestino Martinez, was sentenced to twenty years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter for his role in an attack that killed a 23-year old man and injured his brother. Four other gang members
Announcements
Polling booths at Agudath Senior Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)In a nutshell – Voter turnout was abysmal, polling stations were poorly sited, and the results favored incumbents. According to NYC Board of Elections [https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_apr17.pdf], as of April 2017, there were exactly
Business
Do you recognize the guy in the photo? NYPD is looking for him in connection with a non-fatal shooting two weeks ago in Crown Heights [https://ny.eater.com/2017/8/30/16225372/brooklyn-wing-house-shooting]. Details are as follows: Two employees of Brooklyn Wing House (1218 Union Street), as well as
Central Brooklyn
Bicyclists in Prospect ParkPROSPECT PARK – Yesterday, Prospect Park opened its streets back up to cars after a summer ban on motor vehicles [/cars-banned-prospect-park-2-month-summer-trial-officials-say/] that lasted two months. The ban, which started July 17, closed a window in which cars were allowed to use the East Drive on weekdays between 7:
Downtown Brooklyn
Via NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/atlantic-ave-flatbush-ave-study-2016.pdf] FORT GREENE – The intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues is a major hub consisting of two highly trafficked two-way roads. Vehicular, foot, and bicycle traffic will only increase with all the new commercial and residential developments rising