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Southbound Winthrop Street 2 and 5 train station will shutter between March 11 and June 2019. (Screenshot: Google Maps)PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN — The MTA will close the southbound Winthrop Street (2/5) [http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/twoline.htm] train station at Nostrand and Parkside Avenues for three months
affordable housing
CROWN HEIGHTS — Community Board 9 (CB9) will hold a public hearing [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/event/notification-of-community-board-public-hearing-960-franklin-avenue-rezoning/] this week about rezoning plans proposed to allow developers to construct two 39-story towers on Franklin Avenue, exceeding in size, neighboring Ebbets Field by nearly 300 apartments. The project is proposed at the
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Yesterday morning Brooklyn celebrated five extraordinary social justice organizations, incidentally all led by incredible women, and their work right here, in our borough. The second-floor lobby at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was bursting at the seams as over 300 attendees filed in for the third annual SPARK breakfast, hosted
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The glassy four-story building that formerly housed an HSBC branch on Montague Street may soon be demolished to make way for a new 20-story residential building with ground-floor retail. 200 Montague Street, near Cadman Plaza West (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.
Development
GOWANUS – The auditorium of P.S. 133 was packed Thursday evening with locals eager to see NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page]‘s (DCP) presentation of the Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal. Via NYC Department of City Planning presentation of the Gowanus
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BROOKLYN — The city wants people to “Trash It. Don’t Flush It,” in a new campaign to help reduce those underground, greasy mounds that ruin your— and the city’s— plumbing. An accumulation of grease and solid debris that make its way into New York City’s sewage system. (Photo
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SUNSET PARK – Mohamed Bahi, 35, is humble. He’s the founder of the non-profit Muslims Giving Back but refers to himself as a volunteer. Muslims Giving Back has allowed Bahi to transform a mosque for the better, create a free bakery in Yemen, open a women’s shelter in Brooklyn,
Health
WILLIAMSBURG — The measles count is now at 121 with 21 cases stemming from a single unvaccinated Yeshiva student who attended school before showing symptoms, despite a Department of Education mandate not to. In December, when the measles count was at 42, parents of Yeshiva schools were barred from sending [/health-department-to-yeshiva-students-immunize-or-stay-home-as-measles-outbreak-spreads-across-southern-brooklyn/
Education
The celebration of Black History Month in Brooklyn schools has been a yearly event for decades, learning of great Black leaders, the struggle for civil rights and justice, and an understanding of Black culture. Usually, the month is a time to acknowledge the resilience of Black people.This year’s
Business
By Kelli Anderson/Jen Snow, Courtesy of Russ & DaughtersNAVY YARD – Russ & Daughters, the defining Lower East Side appetizing joint — and an old New York Jewish standby that has managed to keep up with the times — opened its doors officially in a sprawling space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Announcements
995 President Street, By Kadia Goba/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS — Developers have filed permits to transform the vacant lot on President Street in Crown Heights into a seven-story apartment building, as first reported by YIMBY [https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/02/permits-filed-for-995-president-street-in-crown-heights-brooklyn.html] . The lot at 995 President Street is located between Franklin
Animals
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The borough’s first feline cafe, Brooklyn Cat Cafe [https://www.catcafebk.com/], held an official grand opening on Wednesday at its new home at 76 Montague Street. Having moved in December into the landmarked building that previously housed Friend of a Farmer restaurant, the new Brooklyn Cat