Business
CARROLL GARDENS/FLATBUSH – Tastes of Brooklyn [http://tastesofbrooklyn.com/] is hosting two food crawls this weekend! The 8th Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Fall Crawl [http://tastesofbrooklyn.com/] is slated for Saturday, October 5 and the first-ever Tastes of Flatbush [http://tastesofbrooklyn.com/] will debut on Sunday, October 6. Ticket prices for
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Throughout October, Brooklyn Historical Society [https://www.brooklynhistory.org/] (BHS) will present 400 Years of Inequality: Slavery, Race, and Our Unresolved History, a series of programs focusing on the history of racial inequality in America over the past four centuries. Programming will include lectures, panels, and screenings addressing
Business
The Work Heights location at 277 Franklin Ave. Photo via Sam Strauss-Malcolm.As the industry questions the coworking model exemplified by the beleaguered WeWork [https://www.businessinsider.com/weworks-nightmare-ipo], local entrepreneurs like Sam Strauss-Malcolm are serving local communities in a more sustainable way and growing, if not as fast. Strauss-Malcolm
Announcements
FORT GREENE – Last month, BRIC [https://www.bricartsmedia.org] introduced the Colene Brown Art Prize [/bric-to-award-10-nyc-based-artists-10k/], a $100,000 award that will be split among ten under-recognized New York-based visual artists. On Tuesday, October 1, the organization announced the ten creatives who will each receive a $10K unrestricted grant. “We
Announcements
At an oath ceremony in Canarsie in June. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DITMAS PARK – A Brooklyn woman has been waiting for her naturalization ceremony for about five years. It was scheduled and then canceled, with no reason provided. Now, her attorney and the Council on American-Islamic Relations-NY (CAIR-NY) [https://www.
Arts & Culture
GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – Strolling along its miles of pathways, relaxing by one of its ponds, or just admiring the scenery, Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.green-wood.com] is a peaceful respite from the chaos of the city. Designated a National Historic Landmark in September 2006, Green-Wood Cemetery boasts 478-acres of lush landscapes
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – As Spoke The Hub [https://spokethehub.org] readies to open its new 2,900-square-foot home at 298 Butler Street, the organization is planning a month of Oktoberfest events to celebrate its grand opening and help pay for the costly renovations at the space. From October 5 through October 27,
Announcements
Vacant storefronts on 86th Street in Bay Ridge, February 28, 2019. (Photo: Justin Mitchell/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – A new study by Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office shows that Brooklyn is facing a substantial spike in storefront retail vacancies and rents. According to the study [https://comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/retail-vacancy-in-new-york-city/?utm_
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – As hundreds gathered on Sunday to celebrate to co-naming of part of Lafayette Avenue in honor of Brooklyn-born jazz musician Randy Weston, NYS Attorney General Letitia James took advantage of the occasion to call for a “permanent home to promote jazz” in the borough that would equal Manhattan’
Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The second annual Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival [http://www.dbartsfestival.org] kicks off on Friday, celebrating the Brooklyn Cultural District [https://gcdn.net/member/brooklyn-cultural-district/]‘s vast array of artists and cultural institutions. Courtesy of Downtown Brooklyn PartnershipHosted by the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com], many of
Arts & Culture
SUNSET PARK – Carroll Gardens’ Court Tree Gallery [https://www.artsy.net/court-tree-collective/overview] is expanding. On Friday evening, the gallery debuted its second space at Industry City’s Innovation Alley. Court Tree Gallery at Industry City, Building 5, Innovation Alley, 67 35th Street (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)“We just found out
Development
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – It’s a three-story brick building, its windows broken, roof sagging, and façade weather-beaten. But a bold group of 15 protesters stood outside the more than 150-year-old house surrounded by newly-constructed skyscrapers on Saturday in a last ditch effort to stop the demolition of 227 Duffield Street on