Central Brooklyn
Tony Matelli’s Stray Dog standing in front of Spencer Finch’s Lost Man Creek at MetroTech Commons (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)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
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – Bring the family and show your support for a car-free Prospect Park this Monday. In an effort to make Prospect Park’s roads safe for cyclists, KiDiCAL Mass NYC is hosting a bicycle ride to show their support for a permanent ban on cars [/cars-banned-prospect-park-2-month-summer-trial-officials-say/] in the park.
Central Brooklyn
Kibbutzim are out and communal capitalism [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/realestate/the-millennial-commune.html] is in. New developments in some of Brooklyn’s hottest neighborhoods mean you can head on home to shared housing [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/style/what-is-co-living.html?mcubz=1&_r=
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News
Intersection of Vanderbilt and St. Marks Avenues in Prospect Heights via Google MapsPROSPECT HEIGHTS – A PS 9 student, her sibling, and their father were the victims of the car accident [/2-pedestrians-struck-in-prospect-heights-wednesday-morning/] that occurred at the intersection of St. Marks and Vanderbilt Avenues on Wednesday morning. The three were struck by
Bushwick
(Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)EAST WILLIAMSBURG – Last night, deep in industrial East Williamsburg, nearly one hundred people toiled away under the bright fluorescent lights of a sweltering warehouse on Randolph Street, moving mountains of goods donated for Hurricane Maria relief and preparing them for shipment. The cavernous building was filled to
Announcements
BROOKLYN – Teachers all across the borough have taken it upon themselves to provide their students with the supplies necessary for a proper education, highlighting the many needs schools in less affluent zones have. Pages upon pages on DonorsChoose.org [https://www.donorschoose.org/donors/search.html?displayProject=2638281&featured=
community
CAMBA Park Slope Women’s Shelter, 1402 8th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) PARK SLOPE – “This is not a meeting about eliminating the shelter,” Barbara Barran said at the start of a meeting Wednesday night addressing recent problems with some of the residents at the CAMBA-operated women’s shelter located
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST/GRAVESEND – The recently completed Seth Low ball fields on the corner of Stillwell and Avenue P had a grand opening yesterday. Councilmember Greenfield at the park opening.“Seth Low Playground is centrally located near a library, senior centers, and several schools. It’s on the edge of my district
Central Brooklyn
The NYC DOT painting in a new bike lane (Photo via NYC DOT/Facebook)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Police Catch Goat Set Loose in McCarren Park [Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/
Central Brooklyn
Jewish holiday of Sukkot began yesterday evening and will end next Wednesday, October 11. It is customary for those observing to construct temporary shelters for gathering over the week-long holiday, and you can see them all over the borough – some on sidewalks, others in driveways, backyards, rooftops, and balconies. I
Announcements
Ross Barkan campaign photo by Vanessa OgleBAY RIDGE: The elections for Marty Golden’s State Senate [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/martin-j-golden/about] seat won’t be for another two years, but we now know he will face at least one determined opponent in political journalist and columnist Ross Barkan
Arts & Culture
FLATBUSH – Every single seat at the massive Kings Theater in Flatbush was packed to hear a conversation between one of the leading public intellectuals of our time Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic as more than 3,000 people turned up last night for the