Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – With Thanksgiving fast approaching, it’s time to start prepping for the holidays, and Winterfest at the Brooklyn Museum [http://winterfestbrooklynmuseum.com/] will help get you into the spirit. Photo via WinterfestFrom Black Friday, November 23 through Monday, December 31, a 40,000-square-foot space between the Brooklyn Museum
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – At a general board meeting Wednesday evening, November 14, Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] voted to approve co-naming St. James Place between Gates Avenue and Fulton Street “Christopher Wallace Way” in honor of the late rapper Notorious B.I.G. The
Bushwick
All across Brooklyn, major luxury rental developments are rising—and so are rents. Many Community Boards are fighting for higher and higher percentages of affordable housing units in new developments, and though the brass ring of 100% affordable development remains elusive, here’s a roundup of relatively affordable units that
Crown Heights
A Crown Heights mural on mental health awareness on Troy Avenue and Park Place outside of MS354, The School of Integrated Learning.CROWN HEIGHTS – The New York City Mural Arts Project [https://www.muralartsproject.cityofnewyork.us/] made its mark on Brooklyn this year with a four-story mural on mental health
Arts & Culture
It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving! In the spirit of giving during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week [https://hhweek.org], there are two “Empty Bowls” events happening this Saturday [/giving-back-neighbors-help-fight-hunger-at-two-empty-bowls-events-next-week/] in which local ceramic artists create and sell bowls to raise funds to help fight hunger. Also around town, SkyIce
Bay Ridge
Cannabis Sativa PlantCONEY ISLAND – State Sen. Diane Savino, responsible for much of the state’s marijuana legislation, went to Nevada to learn the cannabis business this week. The lawmaker, whose district encompasses Staten Island, and a portion of Southern Brooklyn including Coney Island, visited DB Labs [http://dblabslv.com/] testing
Crown Heights
Permits have been filed for the 15-story building seen at the rear of the Drill Shed (Rendering via BFC Partners)CROWN HEIGHTS — If you missed the Crown Heights Town Hall on Tuesday on development, it’s OK, not much was accomplished. Assemblyman Walter Mosely was the lone legislator fending off
News
It will snow on Thursday and later turn to rain, meaning evening rush will likely be more of a mess than usual. Here are two good stories to check out: * A joyful noise grows in Brooklyn – Emmanuel Baptist Church is the cornerstone of this section of Lafayette Avenue [https://ny.
Bushwick
WILLIAMSBURG – More Citi Bikes are coming to Williamsburg and Greenpoint ahead of the L Train Shutdown this winter as the NYC Department of Transportation looks to add capacity to existing bike stations across North Brooklyn. A draft of the new plan was presented to Community Board 1 in Williamsburg last
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – Dozens of fourth graders at Success Academy Cobble Hill participated in the school’s first-ever Empty Bowls fundraiser to help feed hungry New Yorkers. Success Academy Cobble Hill Empty Bowls Event (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) Success Academy Cobble Hill Empty Bowls Event (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) Success Academy
Announcements
The New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a Snow Alert for Thursday, November 15, 2018 at noon, and they are expecting 3 inches of snow. Here’s what the Department of Sanitation wants you to know: When do salt spreaders start working? Salt spreaders are the first line
Greenpoint
The grassy field at 50 Kent, between North 11th and 12th Streets, where the new park will be developed (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)WILLIAMSBURG – As the last new parks to be built in North Brooklyn progress through their design phase, Community Board 1 has approved the design for a new portion