Food & Drink
Atrium Dumbo (Photo by Atrium DUMBO via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BBL5bV1Te67/?taken-by=atriumdumbo])Valentine’s Day is a week away. If you haven’t already made dinner plans, BKLYNER has compiled a list of restaurants north of Prospect Park that are perfect for a romantic dinner for
News
Photo via Chelsea Skye/twitter [https://twitter.com/hashtag/BYOBAG?src=hash]) Yesterday, New York State lawmakers approved a measure to delay the City Council’s Plastic Bag Bill, which would slap a 5 cent fee on disposable grocery bags. The Republican-led State Senate voted in favor of a moratorium
Arts & Culture
Blindspot [http://www.nbc.com/blindspot], the FBI drama currently in its second season on NBC, that was spotted filming last year in Clinton Hill [/street-closure-fyi-on-and-around-clinton-avenue-thursday-february-11-fortgreene/] , will be filming along Beverly between Coney and the Q station, on parts of Westminster Road and Matthews Court this coming Monday, so don’
Arts & Culture
(Photo by Rebecca Meek)With a neighborhood as diverse and talented as Kensington, a school music festival is rarely just an evening of amateurs. This year, the two-day P.S. 130 Music Festival will feature a rare, interactive performance by Transcendence featuring award winning artists Jaimeo Brown and Chris Sholar
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)There’s a large number of New York City drivers who register their cars out-of-state, costing the city an estimated $73 million in unpaid parking tickets, $1 million in license plate fees, and more than $93 million in tax revenue, reports Crain’s New York
Events
Dan Donovan is Brooklyn’s only Republican Congressman, representing Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Staten Island for the 11th Congressional District, and at least some of his Brooklyn constituents are really unhappy. This morning the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce held a Brooklyn Newsmakers breakfast series with the Brooklyn Congressional Delegation,
Arts & Culture
The Parking Spot movie poster (via Mario Corry)The struggle of finding a prime parking space on the streets of Brooklyn can be mundane, frustrating, contentious—and humorous? Bay Ridge actor and filmmaker Mario Corry thinks so. He recently wrote and starred in The Parking Spot, a short film satirizing
Nonsponsored
The 2017 race to succeed term-limited City Councilman Vincent Gentile — who has represented Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach and Bensonhurst for more than 13 years — is gaining momentum. Check out the opening moves from three Republicans and one Democrat who are vying for the seat in District 43. Liam
Business
mŏkbar, 212 Flatbush Avenue (Photo via mŏkbar)One of Zagat’s 2015 30 Under 30 “Rock Stars,” [https://www.zagat.com/30under30/2015/new-york-city#7] chef Esther Choi, is bringing mŏkbar [http://mokbar.com/], her popular Chelsea Market ramen spot, to Brooklyn. Opening Wednesday, February 8th at 212 Flatbush Avenue
Announcements
Photo via Department of Youth & Community Development [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dycd/html/jobs/syep.shtml]Attention neighbors between the ages of 14 and 24! If you’re looking for a summer job, you can apply now for the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program [http://www1.nyc.
Arts & Culture
Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Angela Y. Davis (Photo by Haymarket Books via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BPnCfbBjhdP/?taken-by=haymarketbooks]) With the closing of Cobble Hill’s beloved Bookcourt [/shuttering-bookcourt-space-sold-for-13-6-million-one-developer-in-deal-terminated-leases-of-gowanus-artist-studios/] at the end of last year, it seems more important than ever to support local independent bookstores. It’
Arts & Culture
(Photo via Noah Haidu)In New York City’s unofficial theme song, Frank Sinatra famously promised that if you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere. For Park Slope pianist Noah Haidu [http://www.noahhaidu.com], exactly the opposite was true. After dropping out of Rutgers, Haidu tried