Bay Ridge
The 2017 Third Avenue Summer Stroll. (Image: Summer Stroll on Third [https://www.facebook.com/SummerStrollon3rd])A popular summertime tradition is returning to Bay Ridge. Local elected officials announced this morning that the Third Avenue Summer Strolls [http://www.summerstrollon3rd.com/about/] program, in which portions of the avenue are
News
Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeIt’s been a long and eventful week in Brooklyn. As you enjoy the warm and sunny [https://weather.com/es-US/tiempo/hoy/l/9997af9d31e8bd8419a6acaccbb4e26a4010f26b7425354247dccdd32f5c147f] weather, catch up on the week’s stories below: * This is Streets Week, so City Hall has
Central Brooklyn
Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn speaks at a press event focused on the death of Romy Vilsaint on Friday, May 14th. (Image: Billy Richling)East Flatbush elected officials joined family members on Friday to mourn a 12-year-old boy who died after being assaulted at his school [https://nypost.com/2021/
Central Brooklyn
Recent mailers from Senator Kevin Parker. (Image: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)Internet safety. NYPD entrance exams. Lupus Awareness Month. Anti-Asian hate crimes. Those are just four topics from a deluge of mass mailers from Brooklyn State Senator Kevin Parker that some constituents say have flooded their mailboxes in recent weeks. “I’
hate crimes
Vandalism at the Tayba Islamic Center on Coney Island Avenue. (Image: Imran Khan)A Brooklyn mosque was vandalized with the words “Death 2 Palestine” early Thursday morning, during the Eid-al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. At about 6:45am, officers responded to a 911 call at the Tayba
Central Brooklyn
Rendering of the approved development. (Image: Morris Adjmi Architects)The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved a hotly-contested proposal to build a residential development next to the Hebron Seventh Day Adventist School in Crown Heights on Tuesday,. The development, which the LPC approved unanimously at its Tuesday hearing [https:
environment
A railing above Newtown Creek. (Image: Paul Stremple/Bklyner)The Department of City Planning (DCP) published draft goals and strategies [https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.waterfrontplan.nyc%2Fdraft-goals-and-strategies&data=04%7C01%7CCWassif%40planning.nyc.gov%7Cba619a14e8894b41ce4408d913bffb16%7C32f56fc75f814e22a95b15da66513bef%7C0%7C0%7C637562537525196594%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%
Central Brooklyn
Kings Highway Plaza at 5200 Kings Highway. (Image: RIPCO Real Estate)A new Target has opened in East Flatbush, alongside outposts of Smashburger and the discount store Five Below. All three leases are within the Kings Highway Plaza [https://www.ripcony.com/property-listings/5200-kings-hwy-brooklyn-ny-11234/] development at 5200 Kings Highway, and
Cypress Hills
Image: NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Hank Gutman at a press event on Conduit Boulevard on Monday, May 10th. (Image: NYC DOT)The city is lowering the speed limit on a major eastern Brooklyn thoroughfare in an attempt to reduce crashes and save lives. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this
Gowanus
The Gowanus Canal. (Image: Google Maps)A judge has temporarily stopped the clock on the contested Gowanus rezoning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page] process, ordering the city to provide the court with details for a planned public meeting before the process can continue. On Friday,
Central Brooklyn
Friends and Family Gathers and elected officials gather to honor the late Dr. Roy A Hastick Sr. Mukta Ahmad/BklynerFamily, friends, and elected officials gathered in front of Caton Flats – the 225 unit affordable housing project on the corner of Caton [/800-flatbush/] and Flatbush Avenues championed by Dr. Roy A
affordable housing
Developer’s argument that corner site deserves more density.The developers of 840 Atlantic Avenue [/?s=%22840+Atlantic%22], a proposed 18-story residential tower at the southeast corner of Vanderbilt Avenue, have for months sought Community Board 8 (CB8)’s support for upzoning a site occupied mainly by a drive-through
Election 2021
Five candidates seeking to represent Coney Island in the City Council gathered virtually on Thursday night to talk about the neighborhood’s challenges and opportunities. Last month, Coney Island celebrated the long-awaited reopening [/amusement-parks-reopen-in-a-much-needed-boost-for-coney-island/] of its amusement parks after a long, pandemic-induced closure. But the tourism-reliant neighborhood still faces major
Election 2021
Candidates seeking to represent north Brooklyn in the City Council laid out their plans to improve the area’s parks, public spaces and environment at a virtual forum [https://www.facebook.com/NBKParks/videos/292728329099431] last week. While all of the candidates said they support increasing funding for the city’
COVID-19
You can get vaccinated at the American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, Manhattan as of late April, 2021. Credit; Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.If you want to get a vaccine, these days you can get it just about everywhere, including the Natural History Museum, no appointment
Education
Governor Andrew Cuomo talks to NYC School Safety officers who were deployed to hand out hand sanitizer, masks and gloves to subway riders during the COVID-19 Pandemic while the schools were not physically in session. Photo via Governor’s office.When school safety agent Quiann Simpkins of East Flatbush learned