Central Brooklyn
Union Street, Gowanus (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if you ever
Central Brooklyn
Local politicians responded to the President of the United States referring to Haiti, El Salvador, and African countries as “shithole countries”. Just yesterday, President Donald Trump was reported by the Washington Post [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?utm_term=.7a2cf439a92d] to have said:
Food & Drink
The Grand Republic Cocktail Club is located at 19 Greenpoint Avenue, near Transmitter Park (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Head down Greenpoint Ave, across Franklin and West, down towards the water, to where the docks and the shipbuilding used to be, and you’ll find Grand Republic Cocktail Club. It looks and
mill basin
If it weren’t so far – the farthest [http://iquantny.tumblr.com/post/100729370274/found-the-brooklyn-residence-thats-farthest-from] , in fact – from the subway, Mill Basin would likely be a much more popular destination for voyeuristic real estate tours and McMansion ogling. The lavishness of this $3.999 million property [http://hcluxuryestate.com/] at
clinton hill
Damaged pipes led to the ceiling in the lobby of 425 Grand Avenue to collapse on New Year’s Day. [/started-bang-collapsing-ceiling-rings-new-year-clinton-hill/] According to NYC Department of Buildings, the pipes had been leaking water into the area between the ceiling and the floor above. A resident living above the lobby said
Nonsponsored
Photo via The Prusik GroupCONEY ISLAND – A purportedly inaccurate rendering and information has been released regarding a neighborhood changing development on Coney Island. On January 3rd, New York Yimby [https://www.newyorkyimby.com/2018/01/massive-1000-unit-mixed-use-redevelopment-revealed-at-1709-surf-avenue-coney-island.html] broke the news that developer Prusik Group and Taconic Investment Partners – which is
Business
PokéBowl Station, 237 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Restaurants serving poké [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poke-bowl-recipes_us_5743abb0e4b0613b512b1bfd] , a Hawaiian dish consisting of cubes of raw fish served over rice, have been popping up across the city in the last year or so, with one recently
Greenpoint
The former bathhouse at 139 Huron Street in Greenpoint had construction crews out front before noon on Friday, January 12 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – Construction crews have started work on 139 Huron Avenue in Greenpoint, home to the iconic former bathhouse that is set to become residential apartments. Permits have
Boerum Hill
212 Pacific Street via Google MapsBOERUM HILL – Java lovers will be happy to hear that Stumptown Coffee Roasters [https://www.stumptowncoffee.com/] has signed a lease for a new retail location at 212 Pacific Street in Boerum Hill, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2018/01/11/brooklyn-blend-stumptown-inks-lease-for-its-only-bk-coffee-shop/] reports. Situated
News
Former teacher Mark Treyger was named chair of the NYC Council’s Education committee Thursday. Photo: NYC Council.Newly-installed speaker Corey Johnson unveiled his picks for chairs of the New York City Council [https://council.nyc.gov/]’s many committees on Thursday in a move that will impact the body’
Central Brooklyn
Gowanus Canal (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Readers Share Their New York Subway Stories [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/magazine/readers-share-their-new-york-subway-stories.html?_r=0] (NYT) * Dogs keep getting zapped on this block in Bed Stuy [https://nypost.com/2018/01/10/dogs-keep-getting-zapped-on-this-brooklyn-block/] (NYPost) * Thanks for finding my son – An open
Announcements
Via NYC DOT [http://nycdotfeedbackportals.nyc/nycdot-carshare-pilot/where-would-you-see-carshare-show-us] PARK SLOPE/CARROLL GARDENS/COBBLE HILL – Council Member Brad Lander is asking for the community’s feedback regarding the anticipated locations in his district for the NYC Department of Transportation’s (DOT) [http://nycdotcarshare.info/] two-year pilot carshare program. Last summer, DOT