Bensonhurst
Greenfield announcing 2016 Participatory Budgeting results at Brooklyn School of Inquiry, 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Council Member David Greenfield says he will not be running for re-election this year, instead he’ll take a position as the new executive director of a Jewish non-profit. Greenfield, who is also
Announcements
By Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10095118]Martin Landau, an Academy-winning actor and old school Brooklynite, died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 89. He died of “unexpected complications,” his publicist said in a statement. Landau was a brilliant actor known
Announcements
Hair & Co BKLYN [http://hairandcobklyn.com] is partnering with the Brooklyn Center Against Domestic Violence [http://www.cadvny.org] in a program called Get A Cut, Give A Cut. For each client who gets a haircut at either of Hair & Co’s two Brooklyn locations from Monday, July
Food & Drink
Pizza lovers got some bad news on Friday when word got out that Franny’s [http://frannysbrooklyn.com/] will be closing its doors next month, Eater [https://ny.eater.com/2017/7/14/15973748/frannys-closing-nyc] reported. “It has been a true pleasure and honor to be able to cook for
Animals
South Slope was filled with four-legged fashionistas Saturday evening, glamming it up for the fourth annual Doggy Fashion Show [https://www.facebook.com/pg/freddysbar/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10155633505957764] at Freddy’s Bar and Backroom [https://www.facebook.com/freddysbar/] at 627 Fifth Avenue. A part of
Dyker Heights
Revised Design. Rendering via Raymond Chan Architect, New York YIMBYDesign changes have been announced for a massive development project on the boundary of Sunset Park and Dyker Heights, YIMBY [http://newyorkyimby.com/2017/07/updated-design-for-6208-8th-avenue-major-development-coming-to-sunset-park-brooklyn.html] reports. The plan was first unveiled in 2014 [http://newyorkyimby.com/2014/12/community-board-rejects-eighth-avenue-permit-renewal-but-what-community-does-it-represent.
Central Brooklyn
> A post shared by Malai (@malai_icecream) [https://www.instagram.com/p/BWc8XgBBa3I/] on Jul 12, 2017 at 8:53am PDT 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
Central Brooklyn
Have kids? Planning on having kids? Well, look no further. We’ve got plenty of family friendly dwellings with at least 2 bedrooms lined up in Southern Brooklyn. (Courtesy Zillow/Choudry Akhtar of New York Dwellings Inc. [https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/Kensington-Brooklyn-New-York-NY/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,
Business
470 4th Avenue at 11th Street (Photo by Jeff Davenjay)A reader sent in two photos on Thursday showing Starbucks signage on the ground floor of a new development nearing completion on 4th Avenue at 11th Street in Gowanus. Scaffolding surrounding 470 4th Avenue recently came down, revealing the Starbucks
News
NYC Ferry (Photo via James Littlewood/twitter)This week, Coney Island residents started a petition, aimed at Mayor Bill de Blasio and the NYC Economic Development Corporation, for a stop on the newly opened NYC Ferry [https://www.ferry.nyc] that could save locals more than an hour each commute.
Announcements
(L-R) Toyota Motor Sales Fuel Cell Vehicles National Manager, Geri Yoza: BMW of Brooklyn Genius, Justin Silverman; Whole Foods Northeast Regional PR Director Ted Kwong; Brooklyn Borough President, Eric Adams (Photo by Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office)On Tuesday, July 11, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams unveiled Fueling Brooklyn’
Arts & Culture
(Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)We spotted a ‘Norwich Follies’ sign in Kensington/Ditmas Park — again [/usas-new-psychological-thriller-mr-robot-to-film-by-church-avenue-fg-subway-station-tomorrow-april-15-kensington/] — which very well may be code for Mr. Robot, according to the Twitter-sphere [https://twitter.com/olv/status/859249974873292800]. So if you want to take a peek and see for yourself, head out