Education
FORT GREENE – Brooklyn Tech faculty and students are in mourning this week following the sudden death of their popular Assistant Vice Principal, Paul Hoftyzer, on Monday, February 4. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/549783155523607/]The 44-year-old Hoftyzer, or “Hofty” as he was affectionately known, worked at the specialized
Central Brooklyn
On Thursday evening, on the steps of the Department of Education’s location at 52 Chambers Street near City Hall, stood dozens of students, teachers, and activists from all over the city for the Black Lives Matter at Schools [https://blacklivesmatteratschool.com/about/] Rally. It was part of a nationwide
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK/KENSINGTON – Last night at IS62 a handful of neighbors, outnumbered at least 3:1 by city officials and police, listened to an update and asked questions about the shelter for 139 men that is set to open at 570 Coney Island Avenue [/570-coney-island-avenue-will-re-open-as-139-bed-shelter-for-men/] later this spring, at the
Central Brooklyn
Community Board 9 at 890 Nostrand Ave. between Carroll and Presidents Streets. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS/PLG — Phone service at Community Board 9 was restored Wednesday after nearly a month of no service because a rat infestation in the building’s basement prohibited Verizon from repairing the rat-chewed
Announcements
Espinal and Rodríguez. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – Candidates for the February 26 Public Advocate special election have been spending their days in debates [https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/02/06/nyc-public-advocate-debate-] , one-on-one series, and just yesterday, a forum by City University of New York (CUNY) students.
Columbia Street Waterfront
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT – A group of Columbia Street Waterfront residents are rallying to oppose a developer’s plans to build a seven-story building in their low-rise neighborhood. Rendering of 41 Summit Street via Sheldon Lobel presentationNeighbors Katarina Jerinic and Anthony Bradfield live on Carroll Street, directly behind the proposed development
Central Brooklyn
Roughly 40 percent of the city’s intersections have one-way streets and Localize.city [http://www.localize.city] looked at where the most pedestrians and cyclists were injured in these types of intersections between January 2013 and January 2018. While local streets tend to have less traffic and fewer overall
Development
GOWANUS – An activist group hijacked the NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page]‘s (DCP) Gowanus Draft Rezoning Proposal [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page#navigation] open house Wednesday night, staging their own meeting at the event held inside the
Business
Five Below on Flatbush Avenue.FLATBUSH – Five Below [https://www.fivebelow.com/] is a “trend-right, high-quality extreme-value retailer for tweens, teens and beyond” they say where everything truly does retail for $5 or less, and it is opening another two stores in Brooklyn. One of them will take prime space
Business
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Here’s a listing of what’s opening & closing in Crown Heights and Prospect Heights. To start, here are some retail scoops: Good news for those on the CB9 [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/] side of Franklin Avenue who were disappointed when Yoon’s closed a
Arts & Culture
Happy Black History Month! There are a couple of events lined up this weekend to celebrate the annual observance of African-American history including the return of Myrtle Avenue’s Black Artstory Month and BAM’s Black Comix Expo. Check the Bklyner Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or
Crown Heights
OBK Oyo’s Bar and Grill (formerly Summerhill) at 637 Nostrand Avenue. (Photo credit: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The controversial bar Summerhill in Crown Heights is rebranding — a new name, coat of paint and new items on the menu. Chef Wallahi Oyo told Bklyner he entered into a co-ownership