Central Brooklyn
1010 Pacific St. (Renderings: Studio V Architecture)CROWN HEIGHTS — Applicants released plans for two new developments in northwestern Crown Heights – 1010 Pacific Street and1050 Pacific Street, both of which fall within Community Board 8’s M-CROWN rezoning proposal. 1010 PACIFIC STREET Private developers, Avo Construction [http://www.avoconstruction.com/], whose
Central Brooklyn
Grinch elevator at Industry City, Sunset Park (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips,
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Events
GOWANUS – Thousands of drunken Santas will wreak havoc at bars across Manhattan [https://santacon.nyc] when SantaCon [https://www.santacon.info/New_York-NY/] returns on Saturday, December 8. Avoid those sloppy Saint Nicks and stay in Brooklyn tomorrow instead. Parklife will be spreading holiday cheer throughout Gowanus with their Second
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – “There is no one way to be Muslim,” Zaheer Ali, the project director of “Muslims in Brooklyn” said. “Islam is not a box that you put people in. It is a box that people stand on.” Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) officially presented its “Muslims in
Business
1640 Flatbush Avenue looking north along Flatbush towards the Junction. Two lower floors would be retail and offices, upper floors residential. Rendering via S9 Architects.Community Board 14 spent over an hour at their December 5 hearing discussing the proposed 13 story building at 1640 Flatbush Avenue, before recommending approval
Bushwick
Courtesy of Brooklyn Holiday BazaarSo you’ve got some holiday shopping to do, but you went ahead and canceled your Prime account because of Amazon’s HQ2 debacle, right? Well, don’t worry—you’ll have to venture outside to round up gifts this year, but North Brooklyn’s got
Business
Councilmembers Rafael Espinal (left) and Carlos Menchaca (right). (Justin Mitchell/BKLYNER).BROOKLYN — Despite being out front handling Brooklyn residents’ confusion and outrage [/officials-take-action-amid-outrage-over-signage-fines/] over a wave of signage violations sweeping the city in recent months [/merchants-take-down-signs-as-panic-over-fines-sweeps-city/], City Councilmembers Rafael Espinal and Carlos Menchaca both sponsored a bill last year that
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – An affordable housing lottery will launch on Monday, December 10 for seven units at 924 Myrtle Avenue (between Tompkins & Throop Avenues). Rendering of 924 Myrtle Avenue by Beam Group [https://www.jgoldmandesign.com/exteriors]Designed by Beam Group [http://www.beamgroup.net] and J Goldman Design [https://www.
News
2018 Public Advocate ForumBROOKLYN HEIGHTS — A group of Brooklyn political clubs is sponsoring a public advocate’s forum on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. The event will be held at First Unitarian Universalist Congregational Society [http://www.fuub.org/home/] at 119 Pierrepont Street. Doors open at 6:45 pm and
Central Brooklyn
Yesterday, the “smoke a joint, save the subway” [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/nyregion/marijuana-legalized-nyc-subway.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion] method of using potential tax revenue from legalized marijuana was proposed by a new study. Today, a Brooklyn lawmaker said there’s a better way to use the
Announcements
Photo via OneBlood.FLORIDA – Sure Bklyner covers Brooklyn stories, but this story was too important to pass up. Zainab Mughal, an adorable two-year-old needs blood to survive. The catch? The blood she’s looking for is rare. Could you be her match? Zainab has an aggressive form of cancer called