Announcements
Stickball Day at MCU Park. (Photo via Jay Cusato)CONEY ISLAND – It’s almost time for the Fourth Annual Stickball Hall of Fame Game at MCU Park to celebrate Stickball Day in Brooklyn. The annual stickball game will take place on Sunday, July 14—with South Brooklyn taking on Sheepshead
Central Brooklyn
The building where the day care center will soon open (Image via Google Maps) CROWN HEIGHTS — The site of a Crown Heights coworking space will soon be a day care facility. The former Electropositive [https://www.facebook.com/ElectropositiveBK/] coworking space at 639 Classon Avenue will be replaced by Magic
Food & Drink
PARK SLOPE – It’s almost time again for New York City Restaurant Week [https://www.nycgo.com/restaurant-week], with reservations officially opened on Tuesday, July 9. The event, actually several weeks long, takes place from July 22nd to August 16th and features restaurants from all over the city. One of
Arts & Culture
Take advantage of the long summer days with a variety of events throughout Brooklyn this weekend! Take a musical history walk at the Old Stone House or kayak at the Brooklyn Bridge Boathouse as part of City of Water Day. Looking to get your day started off on the right
Nonsponsored
RED HOOK – Red Hook residents came face-to-face with UPS representatives Tuesday night at a community meeting regarding the demolition of the historic Lidgerwood Manufacturing Building at 202 Coffey Street. Laura Lane (right) presents concept design for the Red Hook Lidgerwood building project (Photo: Alex Colletta)The red-bricked Lidgerwood building has
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerWASHINGTON SQUARE PARK – About a thousand cyclists lay down on the ground next to their bikes and loved ones Tuesday evening for a die-in to protest the 15 preventable bicycling deaths in NYC just this year. “Some people say that there are too many people on bikes
Arts & Culture
BED-STUY/CONEY ISLAND – The Luminal Theater [https://www.luminaltheater.org] will merge the festivities of a classic Bed-Stuy block party with film and art later this month in the organization’s first ever Cinema Block Party. During the 9th annual TAMA Summerfest [https://www.facebook.com/TAMABedstuy/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&
Boerum Hill
Brad Lander at Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal Open House (Photo: Nathan Haselby) PARK SLOPE— The MTA’s plans to run four F express trains per day drew the ire of a Council member who represents neighborhoods served by the line. On Tuesday, the MTA announced [http://www.mta.info/press-release/
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – It’s almost time again for New York City Restaurant Week [https://www.nycgo.com/restaurant-week], with reservations officially open on Tuesday, July 9. The event, actually several weeks long, takes place from July 22nd to August 16th and features restaurants from all over the city. One of
Business
CARROLL GARDENS – Brooklyn kids who love comic books have a new place to hang out and get creative without parents lurking around, in the form of a new comic shop called loot. Interior of loot (Photo: Catherine Michelle Bartlett)Joe Einhorn, the founder of the online retailer Fancy and a
Central Brooklyn
Foreclosures in Brooklyn since 2016 (Image via PropertyShark)Foreclosures have slightly risen in Brooklyn in recent months, a new report found. Despite a decrease in foreclosures in New York City, foreclosures during the second quarter of this year were up 7 percent in Brooklyn compared to last year’s second
Downtown Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 4pm] A representative for American Development Group contacted Bklyner stating that the company “had actually secured the funding in advance of EDC pulling the contract and is currently in an active lawsuit with EDC over the unfounded cancellation of the contract.” DOWNTOWN – On Tuesday,