Bensonhurst
Photo: Liena Zagare/BklynerBENSONHURST – You ask, we answer. A neighbor was curious about what happened to make waste baskets disappear along 18th Avenue in Bensonhurst. So we looked into it. Wastebaskets along 18th Avenue between Bay Ridge Parkway and 65th Street were removed about seven years ago; part of the
Arts & Culture
Book lovers will be thrilled next week when the 13th annual Brooklyn Book Festival [http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/](BKBF) returns with a litany of literary events across the city that lead up to the Festival Day & Literary Marketplace next Sunday (September 16) featuring more than 300 authors and 250
Neighbors
Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Marisa Lago announced earlier this week that the Department has submitted addresses for more than 122,000 housing units that the Census Bureau did not have on its address list for the 2020 Census – part of the City’s effort to make sure all
Central Brooklyn
1027-1035 Cortelyou Road. A new 5 story building is proposed for the corner of Stratford and Cortelyou Roads. Full demolition permits have been issued to the owners, so we can say bye bye to the one-story storefronts. 1027-1035 Cortelyou RoadWhile we have no renderings of the new building, from the
Central Brooklyn
R10 Subway Car (Via Wikimedia Commons)Yesterday’s scorching weather has cooled down today and through the weekend, which may see some showers. But weather experts are looking towards next week, when Hurricane Florence may make a direct hit on New York late next week. [https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/
celebrity
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A new 20-story tower located at 126 Pierrepont Street will start leasing this Fall. The Pierrepont, 146 Pierrepont Street (rendering via Marvel Architects [http://marvelarchitects.com/project/montague-pierrepont-apartments/])The Pierrepont features 128,000 square feet of residential space, with 86 “family-sized homes” designed with “meaningful amenities and community
Announcements
CONEY ISLAND – Life can be complicated, getting your High School Equivalency Diploma (HSE/GED) should not be. However, there are more than 2.2 million adults in NYC today who lack a high school diploma, English language proficiency, or both, according to Ira Yankwitt, Executive Director of the Literacy Assistance
Announcements
Mathylde Frontus & Ethan Lustig-Elgrably. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CONEY ISLAND – The community room in Trump Village was packed with residents of Assembly District 46, eager to hear the two Democratic candidates — Mathylde Frontus and Ethan Lustig-Elgrably– speak about their platforms and debate it out. The rather tense debate was
Announcements
FLATBUSH – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez will roll out the popular Begin Again program this month, where residents can address outstanding summonses for low-level offenses. For the fourth consecutive year, New York residents get the chance to clear their slates of outstanding summonses received before Aug 31, 2018. On Sept.
Downtown Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Monday, Sept. 10 at 10:35am] A representative for Slate Property Group provided the following statement regarding the project at 570 Fulton Street. “570 Fulton is a transformative project for Downtown Brooklyn, imagined with Brooklyn’s communities in mind,” Slate Property Group Principal, David Schwartz, said. “From office spaces
East New York
A former East New York landfill along Jamaica Bay will be transformed into a 407-acre State Park opening next year (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST NEW YORK – Governor Cuomo announced Wednesday that the largest State Park in New York City will open in Brooklyn next year—and it will be
Announcements
Bklyner editorial team – from left – Paul Stremple, Pamela Wong, Liena Zagare and Zainab Iqbal. Missing Kadia Goba.Dear Reader, I’m Liena Zagare, editor and publisher of Bklyner. I’m writing today to let you know that Bklyner is joining prominent news organizations around the country by launching a membership