Announcements
Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/ Michael DorauschThe annual Veterans Day Parade [https://parade.uwvc.org/] will be held on Sunday, November 11, at 11 am – in Madison Square Park. The parade goes north on Fifth Avenue, from 26th to 46th Street. This year is particularly special as it marks a centennial
News
DOWNTOWN – An long-standing fixture of Brooklyn’s Downtown, the Macy’s on Fulton Mall had years ago fallen into disrepair, but this morning, a gleaming new version of the store opened to eager customers. Macy’s CEO Jeffrey Gennette and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams were on hand to cut
Bed Stuy
Congratulations to Claro [https://www.clarobk.com] (284 3rd Avenue) in Gowanus which just received a Michelin star! The year-old Mexican eatery [/six-new-restaurants-check-brooklyn/] will be included in the 2019 Michelin Guide New York City, making it the first restaurant in Gowanus to receive the honor, according to the Wall Street
Business
MIDWOOD – This coming Sunday, Nov. 11 at 8:00 am, Brooklyn’s latest Target will open doors to the neighborhood. Located just off Kings Highway at 1712 East 14th St, you can’t miss its bright signs when passing by. This is Target’s second small concept store in Brooklyn,
Central Brooklyn
907 St. Marks Avenue: Renderings: NMI Architecture, PLLC.CROWN HEIGHTS – Renovations for a Crown Heights building — slated to become the borough’s next co-living space — were voted down November 1, after a Community Board 8 committee curbed the project. CB 8’s landmark committee voted nine to one to table
Arts & Culture
Bowls at Artshack. Photo by Megan McGibney/BklynerBED-STUY/BAY RIDGE – When Harvest Henderson joined the nonprofit ceramics studio, Artshack [http://www.artshackbrooklyn.org/] in Bed-Stuy, two years ago, she had in mind for the community studio take part in the grassroots fundraising event Empty Bowls. It was something she had
Business
Board members Kareem Dolah and John DeWind of the Nostrand Avenue Improvement Association.CROWN HEIGHTS — A neighborhood group in Crown Heights is taking its community organizing a step further by incorporating and registering as a non-profit. A group of residents and merchants filed and incorporated Nostrand Avenue Improvement Association (NAIA)
Central Brooklyn
Pedestrians walk the streets of East Flatbush, Brooklyn in October 2018. Photo by Larisa Karr/BklynerDanni Ai dug feverishly with her bare hands through a barrel of medical waste in a restricted part of the hospital. She had just given birth, her daughter was dead and medical personnel had accidentally
Bed Stuy
A zoning and design study submitted by Morris Adjmi Architects for the 1215 Fulton Street parcel in Bed-StuyBED-STUY – A t-shaped lot between Fulton and Halsey Streets could potentially be filled by a combination of office space, retail and residential units, based on a recently submitted zoning and design study. The
Arts & Culture
Red Hook artists and makers are opening their doors to visitors this weekend while the Fall edition of The Other Art Fair takes place in Greenpoint. The TIDE Film Festival debuts on Friday and Interference Archive honors Veterans Day with a poetry reading and screening of two short films. Check
Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/DUMBO/FORT GREENE – Making its debut this weekend is The TIDE Film Festival [https://www.tidefilmfestival.org/], dedicated to films written, directed, and produced by filmmakers of color to “celebrate storytelling that represents a minority voice in Hollywood.” The TIDE Film FestivalPresented by the non-profit organization DreamMaker DreamDoer
Business
PARK SLOPE – Small business owners uncertain about the Americans With Disabilities Act [https://www.ada.gov/] (ADA) regulations or whether their storefronts are fully accessible should attend an ADA Compliance Info Session this Friday, November 9, at the Park Slope Library. Via Park Slope Fifth Avenue Facebook [https://www.facebook.