Animals
The Mayor visited Bushwick and looked on as workers packed rat burrows with dry ice (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)Yesterday, Mayor De Blasio announced a new campaign of aggressive rat extermination strategies at the 10 NYCHA developments with the worst infestations in New York. In Brooklyn, that means the
Announcements
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – A block on MacDonough Street between Patchen and Ralph Avenues was co-named Jackie Robinson Way in honor of the baseball legend who once lived on the Bed-Stuy street. Via @BrooklynDA [https://twitter.com/BrooklynDA]Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, Public Advocate Letitia James, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
Arts & Culture
The statue of J. Marion Sims atop a granite base in Central Park (Via Wikimedia Commons)Today, the statue of controversial 19th-century medical pioneer J. Marion Sims has been taken down from its Central Park perch in East Harlem to be sent to Brooklyn and installed in Green-Wood Cemetery, where
Announcements
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Renowned architect Daniel Libeskind [https://libeskind.com/people/daniel-libeskind/] recently released renderings of his firm’s first building in New York City—the Sumner Houses Senior Building in Bed-Stuy. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BebeoDjDnw0/] [https://www.instagram.com/p/BebeoDjDnw0/] Studio Libeskind is working on this project
Bushwick
An overhead view of the rendering for 10 Montieth Street (VIa ODA New York) BUSHWICK – It’s hard to forget the community tension and negotiations leading up to the rezoning and development of the former Rheingold Site [/bushwick-construction/]. Original promises about affordable unit numbers were walked back as the property
Central Brooklyn
Earth Day 2018 [https://www.earthday.org] is Sunday, April 22 and there are lots of events taking place across Brooklyn where you can show the planet some love and celebrate. Founded by John McConnell [http://www.earthsite.org/john.htm] on April 22, 1970, Earth Day is celebrated worldwide,
News
An aerial view of the waterfront—and the massive development above it. (Via Two Trees Management)WILLIAMSBURG – As the mega-development project surrounding the Domino Sugar Refinery moves along, more plans and renderings are becoming available for the promised Domino Park, which opens this summer. The park will be finished well
Central Brooklyn
Practicing for the Brooklyn Folk Festival’s Banjo Toss with a paddle (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Day After Day, The New Signals Are Failing at Bergen Street [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/nyregion/even-newer-subway-signals-cause-headaches-on-f-train.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur] [NY Times] * Council Aims to Curb Short-Notice Pilot Programs
celebrity
FORT GREENE – It was revealed last year [/celeb-blogger-compensated-living-300-ashland/] that Rookie [http://www.rookiemag.com/] magazine founder and social media star, Tavi Gevinson, moved into an apartment at 300 Ashland [http://www.300ashland.com/building] and was being compensated by Two Trees, the building’s developers, in a partnership deal consisting
Announcements
2935 W 5 St Scaffolding collapsed (Photo: Credit NYC 911 News LLC)BROOKLYN – There were four flash flood warnings this morning, and we hope you were not personally affected by the havoc the heavy rains unleashed on the city. Scaffolding collapsed on two parked cars in Brighton Beach (2935 W
Arts & Culture
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – It can takes years for professional artists to get their work exhibited at a major institution like the Guggenheim, but some lucky Brooklyn elementary school students will have their artwork included in a group show at the museum later this month. The Guggenheim Museum ‘s Learning
environment
PROSPECT PARK – Following up on a call about a fire in Prospect Park at approximately 6:15am Saturday morning [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-in-prospect-park-brooklyn-479774923.html] , police discovered a horrific scene—the remains of 60-year-old David Buckel, a prominent gay rights lawyer and environmental activist who set himself on