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1320 Fulton St. between Nostrand and New York Avenues (Screenshot: Google Maps) BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Affordable housing lotteries are now open for three Bedford Stuyvesant apartment buildings, and despite the long odds at scoring one of the apartments listed, you can only win if you apply. 1328 Fulton Street After more than
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Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP), The Municipal Art Society of New York [https://www.mas.org] (MAS), and Advocates for Privately Owned Public Space [https://www.mas.org/initiatives/advocates-for-privately-owned-public-space/] (APOPS) announced on Monday the kickoff to
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Photo by Eric [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sirira2000/15101827505]BEDFORD STUYVESANT/BUSHWICK — Chipotle is bringing their burritos and beer to the Bedford Stuyvesant area. The new location at 774 Broadway between Marcus Garvey Blvd. and Elery street will be their fifteenth Brooklyn location, but first in Bedford Stuyvesant and
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FORT GREENE – Nearly a year after beloved South African restaurant Madiba shuttered [/four-beloved-venues-close-brooklyn/] for good, it appears another popular eatery will be moving into its vacant storefront. Saraghina will take over Madiba’s former space at 195 Dekalb Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The owners of Saraghina [http://www.saraghina.
affordable housing
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Applications are now being accepted for 23 affordable units at a new rental development at 146 Pierrepont Street (between Clinton Street & Cadman Plaza West). The Pierrepont, 146 Pierrepont Street (rendering via Marvel Architects [https://marvelarchitects.com/work/montague-pierrepont-apartments/71])The Pierrepont [https://thepierrepontbk.com] features 128,000
Bay Ridge
Image courtesy of the offices of Assemblywoman Nicole MalliotakisBAY RIDGE — It’s true about political offices—the re-election starts the day you’re elected. At least that’s the case for newly-elected U.S. Congressman Max Rose. Nicole Malliotakis, officially opened a campaign committee [http://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/508/
Business
FORT GREENE/PARK SLOPE – Walking into George’s Barber Shop [http://parkslopebarbershop.com/] in Park Slope, it is hard not to be transported back in time. Between the bustle of conversation and the retro design, brothers Rafael Rubinov, 36, and Edward Rubinov, 49, along with brother-in-law Nathan Suleymanov, 26, merge
DUMBO
DUMBO – More details and a website [https://frontandyork.com] have been released for Morris Adjmi’s “game-changing mixed-used project” at 85 Jay Street [/plans-for-3-former-jehovahs-witnesses-sites-in-dumbo/], the site of a former parking lot occupying a three-acre block bounded by Jay, Front, Bridge, and York Streets. Front & York rendering by Williams New
Crown Heights
Crown Heights Map (Screenshot: Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – Optimum confirmed a “third party” construction crew caused the service outage on Wednesday that electronically shut down parts of Crown Heights. Hundreds of residents and small businesses in the neighborhood were affected, especially along the Kingston Avenue retail corridor. Businesses could not
Central Brooklyn
The Winter 2019 edition of NYC Restaurant Week [https://www.nycgo.com/restaurant-week] kicked off on Monday, January 21 with nearly 400 restaurants across the city offering special prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus. Participating eateries are featuring $26 two-course lunch menus and $42 three-course dinner menus until Friday, February 8.
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY — A mysterious website that sprang up a few weeks ago “reporting” on Southern Brooklyn belongs to former State Sen. David Storobin, Bklyner has learned. Storobin, who served a short 7-month stint in office before he was redistricted told Bklyner he’s always wanted to “do journalism” and wrote
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY – The Seaport Buffet hammer attack story gets even more devastating. The third and final victim died this morning, the NYPD confirmed. Tsz Mat Pung, the 50-year-old restaurant’s manager, succumbed to his injuries at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn. Last week 34-year-old Arthur Martunovich stormed inside the restaurant and