Business
Amazon Prime delivery in Brooklyn. Liena Zagare/BklynerAssemblymember Robert Carroll, who represents Brooklyn’s District 44, has recently made news after reviving his bill to place a $3.00 surcharge on online packages. The legislation was first introduced in 2019 by Carroll, who stressed to us that it was “not
Announcements
Laura Rendon Albarracin at her internship at the Whitney Museum.Laura Rendon Albarracin, 19, is a freshman at St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn. She immigrated to the United States four years ago from Colombia and lives with her mother and 11-year-old brother in a small apartment in Queens. In
Election 2020
Democrat Darma Diaz may have won the battle for Brooklyn’s 37th City Council District seat, but she hasn’t won the war. Darma Diaz opens the door to her council member office for the first time. Credit: Karen Cherry, courtesy of Darma Diaz.Diaz was elected in November to
Borough Park
BROWNSVILLE – Police are asking for help finding 13-year-old Malik Daleiy, who was reported missing on December 8 but was last seen on Friday, December 4. Photo of Malik Daleiy. Courtesy of DCPI.Daleiy was last seen inside his residence at approximately 12:00 p.m. on Friday, December 4, in
Announcements
Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] FLATBUSH – A homeless man was found dead on the sidewalk with
Announcements
Hello Brooklyn Friends, Welcome to Molière in the Park [https://www.moliereinthepark.org/penmanship], Prospect Park’s Free Theater! We are Brooklyn’s proud theater company, dedicated to bringing yearly, free, inclusive theater productions to Prospect Park. Following the success of our virtual performances of Moliere’s The Misanthrope, Tartuffe,
Business
As temperatures drop, hospitalizations increase, and cases rise, Brooklyners are bracing for a highly unusual Winter season. The pleasures of outdoor dining are soon to be marred by the cold, and according to Governor Cuomo [https://twitter.com/NYGovCuomo/status/1335987364347473921], indoor dining may soon be shut down. For some
Announcements
Brad Lander. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – A group of 23 progressive women from across the city just endorsed Council Member Brad Lander for comptroller. Women include those in all parts of government and in the non-profit sector such as Council Members Margaret Chin and Debi Rose, former Manhattan Borough
Ditmas Park
If there’s one thing that this year could use more of, it’s definitely latkes. Sufganiyot. Brisket. We’ve rounded up some of the best spots to treat yourself to a Hanukkah feast this year, whether you need just a single donut or packages of colorful dreidels. Bklyn Larder
affordable housing
The City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning voted yesterday to approve a residential upzoning [https://zap.planning.nyc.gov/projects/P2018K0303] that will allow for a 13-floor development with 278 rental apartments, a church, and retail at 312 Coney Island Avenue in Windsor Terrace. The Subcommittee’s vote was unanimous,
community
Whitney Hu at South Brooklyn Mutual Aid – Brooklyn Army Terminal – 11/28/20There is no typical week for South Brooklyn Mutual Aid [https://southbkmutualaid.com/] (SBKMA) founder Whitney Hu, but every week is chock full. Amid coordinating projects as diverse as a free toy store and a house cleaners’ collective,
affordable housing
The proposed 840 Atlantic, opposite the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Vanderbilt Yard, would concentrate most of its bulk at the corner of Vanderbilt and Atlantic avenues. (Image: Vanderbilt Atlantic Holdings)A stepped-up 18-story building, with 316 rental apartments and two floors of commercial space, might replace a large plot mainly