Announcements
Council Member Mark Treyger in 2016 at Coney Island. (Photo by Hannah Frishberg/BKLYNER)Council Member Mark Treyger [/37630-bensonhurst/], representing Bensonhurst, Coney Island, and Gravesend, has secured major funding in the fiscal year 2018 budget for renovations to area libraries, parks, schools, senior program, and city initiatives. The council member
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsThe MTA announced it will be improving…how we hear about regular delays. At a board meeting on June 19, MTA officials discussed a plan to replace many pre-recorded messages straphangers hear on the trains with live announcements informing passengers about delays, according to news outlets. This
Central Brooklyn
DOT rep Quinn Kelly addressing the CB 7 transportation committee and Windsor Terrace residents, June 19 at P.S. 154. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)After a lively debate last night, Community Board 7’s transportation committee members voted to approve a Department of Transportation proposal for painted-on bike lanes
Central Brooklyn
The renovated Wellhouse, near the Vanderbilt Street park entrance. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)City officials are helping Brooklynites do their duty for the environment. Yesterday, the city’s first public composting toilets opened in the historic Prospect Park Wellhouse after a $2.34 million renovation. The comfort station will
Downtown Brooklyn
2 train entering Clark Street stationWere you shut out of the Clark Street or Hoyt Street 2/3 subway stations this past weekend? Starting on Friday, June 16, those two stations will be closed every weekend from Friday 11:45pm until Monday at 5am until Spring 2018 so the MTA
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites)Today’s predicted thunderstorm could bring 2 to 4 inches of rain and damaging winds up to 60mph, continuing into early Tuesday morning, according to the National Weather Service [http://www.weather.gov/media/okx/Briefings/WxBriefing_FB.pdf]. The National Weather Service has
Animals
Cock-a-doodle-doo! That’s not a sound Brooklynites are familiar with. After all, we wake up to alarm clocks, trains passing by, or cars honking in traffic. But that very sound was heard in Kensington just yesterday morning. And it wasn’t the first time. In 2014, a Ditmas Park resident
News
(Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)Coney Island’s B36 bus appears to be skipping an important bus stop, with little-to-no warning from the MTA. The westbound B36 bus stop at Surf Avenue and West 8th Street – which connects to the Q and the F trains – has been temporarily suspended, first
Food & Drink
Berlyn Restaurant (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)After six years of serving pre- and post-show BAM crowds, German-influenced restaurant, Berlyn, is closing, DNA Info [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170615/fort-greene/berlyn-restaurant-closing-fort-greene] reports. Located at 25 Lafayette Avenue, directly across from the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Berlyn “will be serving
brighton beach
Vacant lot at 271 Sea Breeze Avenue. (Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)South Brooklyn’s iconic developer, Sergey Rybak, could build a 22-story apartment tower on a long-abandoned lot at 271 Sea Breeze Avenue in West Brighton. Rybak’s initial plans include a 114-unit mixed-use tower with full amenities, community
Central Brooklyn
“There was no delay to the signal project at Church Av.,” says Kevin Ortiz, an MTA spokesperson. “The signal work at Church Av was completed on schedule in 2014.” However, you would not know that from publicly available information. This statement comes in response to a story we did [/church-avenue-subway-repairs-not-track/
Big Story
(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)A new building proposal for Cortelyou Road could dramatically change the Ditmas Park skyline, and some wonder if it will trigger a rezoning cascade effect. Property owners are asking for approval to build a nine-story apartment complex on top of the Key Foods Cortelyou Market,