Events
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerHave a candidate you support? Here is where everyone is watching the results come in after the polls close at 9:00 pm. An almost complete list: Cynthia Nixon – Jumaane Williams – Zephyr Teachout: 9:00 pm Cafe Omar, 1744 Nostrand Avenue Letitia James: 9:00 pm Milk
Announcements
This weekend: Don’t miss Sunset Park’s biggest fall celebration – Sunset Park 5th Avenue Street Festival – check out all that’s new and revisit old favorites this Sunday, September 16th, from 11 am to 6 pm. 5th Avenue will be closed between 44th and 59th streets, parking is impossible
Bay Ridge
DOT crews painting the new bike lane on 9th Street (Photo: Pamela Wong)The other day a bicyclist in Park Slope ended up with stitches when he asked a driver from Bensonhurst to move his car off the freshly painted 9th Street bike lane [https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/09/
News
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/] (DBP) and the New York City Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) launch “Willoughby Walks” today, temporarily transforming the blocks surrounding the intersection of Willoughby and Lawrence Streets into a public playground. Via NYC
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMIDWOOD – Primary Polls are definitely busier than they were in June this morning. At 9:30 a.m., I was one of three voters in the room– number 25 in my polling station at Brookdale Senior Citizen Center of Agudath Israel. A poll worker told me, “Not
Announcements
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Michelle Obama is coming to Brooklyn! The former First Lady will promote her new memoir, Becoming, with a ten-city book tour, making her only New York City appearance at the Barclays Center on Saturday, December 1. The event will feature conversations between Obama and a moderator (to be
Arts & Culture
The sun returns (hopefully) just in time for a weekend packed with fun things to check out, from music, poetry, performances, exhibits, books, food, and more! Don’t forget to celebrate the Brooklyn Army Terminal’s 100th anniversary [/bat-celebrates-centennial-with-a-block-party/] at a block party on Saturday featuring performances by Busta Rhymes,
Announcements
Election time is here! NYC Primaries will be held tomorrow, Thursday, September 13. Doors will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you are registered and eligible to vote, please do! * Find out where your polling site is with this locator [https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search]
Bay Ridge
CONEY ISLAND/AY RIDGE – A Walmart backed charter school group, is throwing some skin in the 46th Assembly race with a last-minute mailer backing Mathylde Frontus. Over the weekend, some residents in the Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Bay Ridge area received a mailer from Moving New York Families Forward
News
Simcha Felder. (Photo: NY Senate)BORO PARK – The turncoat Democrat State Senator Simcha Felder, who often caucuses with state Republican lawmakers, has always been honest with his constituent base. Earlier this year he reminded us all that he has no party allegiance [/i-am-not-your-guy/]. For Felder, his interests lie with the
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Coney Island Creek Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNERTomorrow New Yorkers will fill polling sites to cast their votes for candidates across the city. Here’s the final installation of a 5-part Q&A series from candidates running to fill the vacant seat in the 46th Assembly district. You can
Downtown Brooklyn
WILLIAMSBURG/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – J. Crew’s casual, denim-focused brand, Madewell , launches its first ever menswear collection online today [https://www.madewell.com/mens/denim?srcCode=Email|Branding|Responsys|MWEMBR02650&uea=%2FlWDe%2BCnaNiL3u3fANnOzFBMIckaWankqUB1w%2F38C1M%3D&utm_source=responsys&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sept_0912_MensLaunch_NoBanner&