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Renderings: Studio V ArchitectureCROWN HEIGHTS — Community Board 8’s Land Use committee weighed in on two proposals, Thursday, December 6, urging developers to make changes that comply with the M-CROWN [/two-large-new-crown-heights-developments-in-the-works/] rezoning plan and the board’s goal to maintain jobs in the area. Currently, the area consists of parking
Bushwick
A picture of the girls from the fundraising page (Via GoFundMe [https://www.gofundme.com/support-renita-vincent-and-their-family?fbclid=IwAR0LdY0zGf420lFYjc2S8aEbeiJJvppSvXBr9VpDtbCdc4GBvFKgdKkArVg] )A fundraiser has been set up to help the family of the two girls who were killed in a Bushwick apartment fire [/two-girls-killed-in-fire-while-visiting-their-grandfather-in-bushwick/] over the weekend. Haley Harris, 8, and Payton Gomez,
News
PARK SLOPE – Looking for unique, locally-made gifts for the holidays? Gasworks NYC [https://gasworksnyc.com] is hosting a holiday pop-up and auction on Saturday, December 15 at its studio at 673 5th Avenue. The doors to the ceramics studio will be open from 1pm to 8pm, selling pottery items handcrafted
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Transit riders, elected officials, and members of the #FixTheSubway Coalition rallied Monday afternoon, December 10, to oppose the MTA’s proposed fare hike and call on Governor Cuomo to develop a “fair and sustainable transit funding plan” which includes congestion pricing [/fix-nyc-proposes-charging-entering-manhattan-60th-street-fund-subway-repairs/] . Rally outside of MTA Public Hearing
Bushwick
Governor Cuomo touring the Gateway Tunnel in North Bergen in October (Via NY Governor’s Office)Yesterday, Governor Cuomo announced that he’d make a midnight inspection of the L train’s Canarsie Tunnel this week in advance of the spring shutdown to make sure there’s no way to
Bay Ridge
Just a few days after the MTA announced they’d raised the speed limits on the N and R trains in Brooklyn, things have come to a screeching halt. This morning, the MTA tweeted that D, N, R and W lines would experience “extensive delays” due to switch problems at
Arts & Culture
Flatbush Presbyterian Church on Foster and East 23rd in November of 2018. Liena Zagare/BklynerFLATBUSH – As the borough shuffles to house all the city’s newcomers, part of its history will inevitably be gutted or succumb to full demolition. Religious institutions, with their architecturally exciting structures, brought families and communities
Central Brooklyn
BROOKLYN COLLEGE – Two months ago, Brooklyn College Professor Mitchell Langbert posted something on his blog [http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2018/09/kavanaugh.html]. He wrote, “If someone did not commit sexual assault in high school, then he is not a member of the male sex.” He later said it was
bath beach
Bob Capano. (Facebook screenshot)BAY RIDGE — Bob Capano, a former City Council candidate and chairman of the now-defunct New York State Reform Party stepped down from Andrew Gounardes’ transition team two weeks ago. Sources say the departure comes as a result of what some called “xenophobic rhetoric” Capano spilled [https:
Bushwick
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopBUSHWICK – The DOT has revealed its plans for Citi Bike coverage expansion into Bushwick help mitigate the effects of the L-train shutdown: just five temporary stations coming to the neighborhood this winter. Two stations will be located near L train stops, at Jefferson and
bath beach
The Rev. Khader El-Yateem at the Alpine Theatre.BAY RIDGE — Rev. Khader El-Yateem returned to his old neighborhood for a night to see the Brooklyn premiere of “FATHER K,” a documentary based on his 2017 run for the City Council seat to represent Bay Ridge, his home for nearly two
Business
GOWANUS – After years of construction, crews working to install high-level storm sewers along a stretch of 3rd Avenue in Gowanus are finally moving on, the NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) and the NYC Department of Design and Construction [https: