Announcements
Jeremiah Harvey. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – “Cornerstore Caroline’s” stunt last week traumatized a kid, and Flatbush community isn’t having it. Borough President Eric Adams and Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte held a community conversation outside Sahara Deli Market on Albermarle Rd. between Flatbush Avenue and East 21st Street, yesterday
bath beach
Photo: NYS SenateThe GOP leader who defended his decision to host the far-right group Proud Boys at his political club Friday also works for a Brooklyn Republican lawmaker who will not return calls about the event. The Chairman of the Metropolitan Republican Club, Ian Reilly, received at least 13 payments
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GERRITSEN BEACH – The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) installed six rubberized temporary pedestrian islands on Gerritsen Avenue last week in its latest attempt to calm the traffic. [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/gerritsen-ave-traffic-calming-oct2016.pdf] Residents are concerned about having to veer into oncoming traffic to
Arts & Culture
A shot of the Greenpoint waterfront from Pink Slater’s “Dreamcatcher” music video (Screenshot via Pink Slater)GREENPOINT – Can you see your house from here? A new music video from artist Tim Poovey, recording as Pink Slater [https://pinkslater.bandcamp.com/releases], uses drone footage from over Greenpoint as the
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GRAVESEND – Southwest Brooklyn Marine Transfer Station (Southwest MTS) quietly opened on October 1, 2018. The facility has a capacity to accept 700-900 tons of garbage a day and is now the destination for waste from the surrounding Community Boards 11, 12, 13 and 15. All of it was previously headed
community
PARK SLOPE – The Park Slope Civic Council [https://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/] is hosting the 7th Annual Food for Thought Tasting Gala [https://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/food-for-thought/] this Wednesday, October 17 to raise scholarship funds for civc-minded students graduating from the John Jay Educational Complex [https://insideschools.org/school/00Z007] at 237 7th
Bay Ridge
Brooklynites are heading to their local bodegas or liquor stores to pick up a Mega Millions ticket on Tuesday – in hopes of winning the $654 million jackpot — even though the odds are 1 in about 302,575,350 as of the time of publishing. This week’s jackpot is $2
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Where the Hope Street Underpass once stood, now filled in on the west side of the BQE, on Marcy Avenue (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – Local residents looking for a better way to cross the BQE on foot into the other side of Williamsburg have come up with a new suggestion:
Arts & Culture
Katie Merz mural on Flatbush Avenue and Fenimore (Photo: Kadia Goba/BKLYNER) PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN — Katie’s at it, again. The artist, Katie Merz, best known for her 80 Flatbush mural, is tagging all parts of Brooklyn. Less than a week ago, Merz was putting the finishing touches on a gate
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A Prospect Heights Apartment building in the district the community is looking to landmark. Via Preserve Prospect Heights [https://www.preserveprospectheights.com/the-district]PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Community Board 8 voted in favor at it’s October 11 general meeting, to pursue a new landmark district designation in Prospect Heights they say
Boerum Hill
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A penthouse in the Quay Tower at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 [/teaser-site-pricing-revealed-brooklyn-bridge-park-pier-6-condo-tower/] is on the way to becoming the most expensive residence in Brooklyn. Rendering via quaytowerbk.com [https://quaytowerbk.com]The posh pad recently went into contract for more than $20 million, which would break
Boerum Hill
PARK SLOPE/BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/BOERUM HILL – Brian Lehrer’s “Ask The Mayor” segment [https://www.wnyc.org/story/askthemayor-10122018] returned on Friday after a two week hiatus with Mayor Bill de Blasio speaking with the radio host for more than thirty minutes, covering several Brooklyn-related topics. Affordable Housing advocates confront