Arts & Culture
The West Indian Day Parade was a soggy affair as rain poured on revelers, but didn’t dampen spirits. Todd Maisel/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS – The Labor Day streets of Crown Heights were jammed with people attired in elaborate and colorful costumes at the West Indian American Day Parade. Revelers at the
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – The last night of the free summer fireworks lit up the sky on Coney Island Beach Friday, August 30. The beach and boardwalk from the Aquarium to the Steeplechase Pier were packed with young and old looking to watch the final fireworks event, sponsored by the Alliance for
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS/FLATBUSH – The 52nd annual West Indian American Day Carnival [http://wiadcacarnival.org/] returns this weekend with a series of festivities honoring Caribbean history, culture, and unity, including a Junior Carnival for the kids and the popular “day break” J’Ouvert celebration. With an array of steel band music,
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Last Sunday, a new public artwork was installed at the recently revamped 7th Avenue Triangle on the west side of Flatbush. Under the Sun by William Soltis (2019), photo by Pamela Wong/Bklyner Aug. 30, 2019, as the greenery at 7th Avenue Triangle was wateredWilliam Soltis’ sculpture Under
Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Book Festival 2019 poster by Raúl Colón [https://brooklynbookfestival.org/news/2019-poster-debut/]The 14th edition of the Brooklyn Book Festival returns in September for a full week of literary events across the city featuring Children’s Day for young readers and Festival Day with hundreds of authors and booksellers
Announcements
Gary. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON – The Kensington Plaza is a small, triangular space created by Church Avenue and Beverly Road meeting at an odd angle. A stretch of concrete sidewalk was turned into a Plaza in 2012 to serve as a green space for neighbors to hang out and
Gowanus
GOWANUS – After years sitting vacant at 360 3rd Avenue, the landmarked Coignet Building is now on the market for $6.5 million. Coignet Building, 360 3rd Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)According to the Corcoran listing [https://www.corcoran.com/nyc-real-estate/for-sale/gowanus/360-3rd-avenue/5874576] , the “townhouse,” located at the
Central Brooklyn
Domino Park. Liena Zagare[UPDATED: Friday, August 30, 2019 at 2:45pm] A representative for Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte contacted Bklyner with the following correction and clarification. “Although [Bichotte] did not like certain things about how the congestion pricing was being handled still voted in favor of it. Her concerns
Nonsponsored
Vito Mustaciulo, via NYCAThe Daily News’ Tuesday exposé on the “toxic work environment” fostered by NYCHA general manager Vito Mustaciuolo [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nycha/about/executive-team/vito-mustaciuolo.page] is rocking the nation’s largest public housing authority, torpedoing the confidence of elected officials in a public servant touted
community
Local officials are paying tribute to Alan Fleishman, a longtime political organizer and LGBTQ activist who passed away earlier this week. Alan Fleishman via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/alan.fleishman]Fleishman, 62, passed away on Tuesday, August 27 after battling cancer for five-years, Gay City News [https://www.gaycitynews.
Arts & Culture
Staying in town this Labor Day weekend? If so, grab some friends and family and head out to the various events happening throughout Brooklyn. Check out the Memeseum at Court Tree Gallery for unique works of art, spend the day at the New York Transit Museum and participate in the
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Earlier this week School Diversity Group issued a recommendation to do away with gifted and talented programs and add more school-based enrichment [/school-diversity-group-nyc-should-phase-out-gifted-programs-curb-selective-screening-in-admissions/] , among other ideas to de-segregate the city’s schools. We asked neighbors what they thought. Today – responses from Brooklyn Heights. Q: A mayoral panel wants