Boerum Hill
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held the second ULURP [http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/1659/uniform-land-use-review-procedure-application] (Universal Land Use Review Procedure) public hearing for Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush project Monday at Borough Hall. 80 Flatbush ULURP public hearing at Brooklyn Borough Hall (Photo: Kadia Goba)
Central Brooklyn
Junk truck with flowers, on the block in Clinton Hill (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Flatbush Church Doesn’t Make The Cut For Landmarking, Will Become 9 Stories of Housing [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/30/city-rejects-bid-to-landmark-century-old-flatbush-church-slated-for-demolition/] [City Limits] * Greenpoint Waterfront Retains Industrial Charm Amid Glossy Development in Williamsburg and LIC [https:
Announcements
RED HOOK – NYC Department of Parks and Recreation [https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/whats-happening/red-hook-park-remediation] (NYC Parks) and the Environmental Protection Agency [https://www.epa.gov/ny/columbia-smelting-refining-works-red-hook-brooklyn-new-york] (EPA) hosted a meeting Monday evening [/meeting-to-update-community-about-red-hook-ball-fields-scheduled-for-monday-april-30/] to provide the Red Hook community with an update on the lead remediation and improvement
Announcements
Brooklyn College Library. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)FLATBUSH – Tuition is going up, the faculty is fearing more cuts, and facilities not in direct public view are crumbling. Students are demanding full, proper funding. Students of the City University of New York (CUNY), the largest urban university system in the US
mill basin
Mill Basin Residents gathered to protest the planned arrival of party boats in the waters off their property (Photo via Al Buznik)MILL BASIN – On Sunday, a group of Mill Basin residents met up in the parking lot of Nick’s Lobster House to protest the planned arrival of Sheepshead
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Council Member Brad Lander has announced the winning 2018 participatory budgeting projects for District 39 (Borough Park, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Kensington, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace). Council Member Brad Lander speaking at the District 39 PBNYC 2018 Project Expo, April 9 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT PARK – The sun was out and the blossoms in full bloom for the Brooklyn Botanical Garden’s 37th annual Sakura Matsuri cherry blossom festival over the weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, visitors poured into the gardens to experience the flowering of more than 200 cherry trees in peak bloom
environment
McCarren Park BBQ areas map, via NYC ParksWILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT – NYC Parks has created three new barbecue areas in McCarren Park, just in time for the warmer weather we are supposed to finally have this week. Nine double-headed grills, 18 new picnic tables, and three large, red charcoal bins are now
Announcements
Awaiting the F Train. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)TGIF and you know what that means? Subway changes! Here’s what’s happening this weekend, so plan your commute! Due to construction, M train shuttle buses will now be running from Willoughby Ave (Eastbound) and Hart St. (Eastbound) from 6 AM
Business
Glenn Alan and Cynthia Gordy, the duo behind Instagram’s “Black Owned Brooklyn” (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Last week, our list of black-owned coffeeshops [/black-owned-coffee-shops-alternatives-to-starbucks-in-brooklyn/] generated an enormous reader response. Even Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams got in on the action, launching a #BLKCoffeeInBK [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BLKCoffeeInBK?src=hash]
Central Brooklyn
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mill basin
MILL BASIN – While residents of Sheepshead Bay have celebrated the announced departure of some of the “party boats” [/sheepshead-party-boats-relocated/] docked at the Sheepshead Bay Piers along Emmons Avenue, many residents of Mill Basin were shocked to find out that three of the boats were headed for their shores this summer—