Cypress Hills
Image: NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Hank Gutman at a press event on Conduit Boulevard on Monday, May 10th. (Image: NYC DOT)The city is lowering the speed limit on a major eastern Brooklyn thoroughfare in an attempt to reduce crashes and save lives. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this
Gowanus
The Gowanus Canal. (Image: Google Maps)A judge has temporarily stopped the clock on the contested Gowanus rezoning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page] process, ordering the city to provide the court with details for a planned public meeting before the process can continue. On Friday,
Central Brooklyn
Friends and Family Gathers and elected officials gather to honor the late Dr. Roy A Hastick Sr. Mukta Ahmad/BklynerFamily, friends, and elected officials gathered in front of Caton Flats – the 225 unit affordable housing project on the corner of Caton [/800-flatbush/] and Flatbush Avenues championed by Dr. Roy A
affordable housing
Developer’s argument that corner site deserves more density.The developers of 840 Atlantic Avenue [/?s=%22840+Atlantic%22], a proposed 18-story residential tower at the southeast corner of Vanderbilt Avenue, have for months sought Community Board 8 (CB8)’s support for upzoning a site occupied mainly by a drive-through
Election 2021
Five candidates seeking to represent Coney Island in the City Council gathered virtually on Thursday night to talk about the neighborhood’s challenges and opportunities. Last month, Coney Island celebrated the long-awaited reopening [/amusement-parks-reopen-in-a-much-needed-boost-for-coney-island/] of its amusement parks after a long, pandemic-induced closure. But the tourism-reliant neighborhood still faces major
Election 2021
Candidates seeking to represent north Brooklyn in the City Council laid out their plans to improve the area’s parks, public spaces and environment at a virtual forum [https://www.facebook.com/NBKParks/videos/292728329099431] last week. While all of the candidates said they support increasing funding for the city’
COVID-19
You can get vaccinated at the American Museum of Natural History, 200 Central Park West, Manhattan as of late April, 2021. Credit; Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.If you want to get a vaccine, these days you can get it just about everywhere, including the Natural History Museum, no appointment
Education
Governor Andrew Cuomo talks to NYC School Safety officers who were deployed to hand out hand sanitizer, masks and gloves to subway riders during the COVID-19 Pandemic while the schools were not physically in session. Photo via Governor’s office.When school safety agent Quiann Simpkins of East Flatbush learned
Borough Park
At a virtual forum Thursday afternoon, five leading candidates for Brooklyn Borough President weighed in—or demurred—on a hot-button issue for Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community: how strictly to regulate secular education in the city’s yeshivas. The candidates—Council Members Antonio Reynoso [https://www.reynosoforbrooklyn.com/], Robert Cornegy
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Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes and Council Member Antonio Reynoso at a press event on Thursday, May 6th, 2021. (Image: Billy Richling/Bklyner)Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes and Council Member Antonio Reynoso joined local residents outside NYCHA’s Red Hook Houses on Thursday afternoon to draw attention to ongoing cooking gas
Central Brooklyn
The “New & Noteworthy” section at the remodeled Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. (Image: BPL)The leadership of Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) and public officials gathered on Thursday morning to unveil the first phase of a $60-million-renovation of the Central Library branch at Grand Army Plaza. The renovation
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray attend the funeral of NYPD Officer Anastasios Tsakos at the Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Church in Greenlawn, NY on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. NYPD Officer Anastasios Tsakos, struck and killed in the line of duty last week in Queens. Michael Appleton/