Central Brooklyn
“Bold winK” bike rack designed by David Byrne, Fort Greene (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)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], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign
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Weather permitting, repaving of Ocean Parkway will start on Monday 5/15, from 9 pm to 5 am, and on weekends they plan to work from 9 pm to 7 am. The work is to be performed in two phases. Resurfacing will begin at Church Avenue to Avenue N first,
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384 Schermerhorn Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Salsa and breakfast taco purveyors, Jalapa Jar, [https://www.jalapajar.com/] will soon be opening a two-year, pop-up shop at 384 Schermerhorn Street on the corner of Flatbush Avenue. The 600-square-foot outpost will take over a former check-cashing spot that will eventually
community
Brooklyn Community Board 6 (District Manager Craig Hammerman is seated second from left) Photo via NYC.Gov [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page]At Wednesday night’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 general meeting at PS 32 in Carroll Gardens, the board’s chair announced that long-time District Manager
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5th Avenue & 2nd Street, Park Slope via Google Maps[UPDATED: May 11, 1:00pm—Con Edison responded to the scene at 12:10am this morning after being notified by the FDNY, Bob McGee, a spokesperson for ConED says. A couple of manholes were smoking when they arrived to the
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Kings County Criminal Court, 120 Schermerhorn StreetA fire broke out at the Kings County Criminal Courthouse located at 120 Schermerhorn Street Wednesday afternoon, forcing the building to be evacuated. Firefighters responded to the scene at approximately 4pm and found the fire on the sixth floor of the 13-story building, an
Central Brooklyn
City Council Member Vincent Gentile and community advocates celebrating the support of the “aggravated illegal conversion violation” bill. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Today, City Council unanimously passed a bill to enforce fines on landlords that illegally subdivide homes to create “modern tenement housing”, an issue that has led to
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Booms around the Con Ed transformer, Wednesday, May 10. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)A Con Edison transformer at the Farragut substation located on the Brooklyn waterfront at John Street failed on Sunday, May 7, leaking approximately 30,000 gallons of fuel on and around the property, with an unknown
Food & Drink
DUMBO (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Here’s a quick list of a few new places to check out the next time you’re in DUMBO. And while you’re there, don’t forget to check out Brooklyn Bridge Park’s recently reopened Squibb Park Bridge [/squibb-park-bridge-bounces-back-wednesday-april-19/] and Anish Kapoor’
Food & Drink
Photo by Red Hook Food Vendors via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/119720824749619/photos/a.511195992268765.1073741825.119720824749619/1065176350204057/?type=3&theater] Since 1974, the popular Red Hook Food Vendors [https://www.facebook.com/Red-Hook-Food-Vendors-119720824749619/] or “Ball Field Vendors” have been serving authentic Latin American street food to hungry
Arts & Culture
176 Washington Park in Fort GreeneA Crown Heights man, Aderibigbe Ogundiran, 36, was indicted today for allegedly stealing a 19th century landmarked mansion in Fort Greene, as well as attempting to steal five other properties in Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant and East New York in a title transfer scheme. Aderibigbe Ogundiran
Central Brooklyn
Photo courtesy of the Office of Carlos MenchacaThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Sunset Park Block Renamed Cinco de Mayo Place [New 12 [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/sunset-park-road-renamed-cinco-de-mayo-place-1.13578847] ] -FDNY Rescues Two Felines From