Nonsponsored
The current building at 522 Grand Street may give way to a much larger apartment building (Screenshot via Google Maps)WILLIAMSBURG – It looks like a six-story mixed-use building will be finding it’s way to Grand Street in the next couple years, rising high over the current buildings on the
Food & Drink
WILLIAMSBURG – For a moment on Monday afternoon, the bake shop smelled as much like caulking as it did cookies, as contractors worked quickly to get the newest Ovenly [http://www.oven.ly/] outpost ready for its soft opening. Employees and owners alike worked to fix flowers, arrange chairs and set
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Downtown lunch crowds have two new options to choose from with KarVér Brasserie & Bakery Cafe‘s new storefront opening tomorrow (March 1) at 129 Livingston Street (between Boerum Place & Smith Street) and Korilla BBQ‘s new brick-and-mortar location which launched earlier this month at 2 MetroTech
Borough Park
Spring is coming. * A beautiful story from Borough Park – Searching for the Woman Who Saved My Immigrant Family from Homelessness [http://narrative.ly/searching-woman-saved-immigrant-family-homelessness/] – thirty years later (by Shaheen Pasha on [http://narrative.ly/author/shaheen-pasha/]Narratively). * Fifteen years ago a college student was found shot five times in Prospect
East New York
EAST NEW YORK – The DOT is planning some major safety upgrades to the far end of Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn as part of the $250 million Vision Zero “Great Streets” program, presenting the proposed changes at a Transportation Committee meeting for CB5 in East New York last night. In an
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – As the final stop on a world tour that began at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum five years ago, the David Bowie Is [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/davidbowieis] exhibition will make its home at the Brooklyn Museum from March 2 to July 15. Prospect Heights bar
Coney Island
SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – The Brooklyn Friends of the NRA is planning to hold a fundraiser at Coney Island’s noted Gargiulo’s restaurant [https://gargiulos.com/] on April 12th. According to their website, this organization will hold its second annual fundraiser to raise money on behalf of the controversial NRA. It
Bushwick
Myrtle-Wyckoff Station in Bushwick (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – Commuter bike parking will be coming to Myrtle-Wyckoff plaza this spring, giving Bushwick residents an opportunity to park their bikes securely, for a small fee. Further details about the pilot program were presented by a DOT spokesperson at the Community Board
Nonsponsored
The lot at 159 Broadway will soon host a towering hotel (Screenshot via Google Maps)WILLIAMSBURG – Building application permits have been filed for a new 26-story hotel and residential building in the heart of Williamsburg that will tower over the iconic Williamsburg Savings Bank nearby. Located at 159 Broadway, the
Announcements
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – After 14 years, beloved neighborhood watering hole Bar Sepia [https://www.barsepia.com/#home-section] is slated to close this Wednesday [/savebarsepia-14-years-beloved-prospect-heights-bar-slated-close/], but owner Delissa Reynolds is not going out without a fight. Bar Sepia, 234 Underhill Avenue (Photo courtesy of Delissa Reynolds)There will be a rally at
Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
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