Education
Site at 59th Street and Third Avenue where a new public school is to be built. (Photo: Google Maps)A new public school is coming to an empty lot in Sunset Park. The New York City School Construction Authority [http://www.nycsca.org/] has filed an application with the City’
Central Brooklyn
> Jimmy and @MarioBatali [https://twitter.com/Mariobatali] share a sandwich from Jimmy’s neck of the woods! https://t.co/8CM7H51bSI pic.twitter.com/3rrYPZQHOh [https://t.co/3rrYPZQHOh] — Fallon Tonight (@FallonTonight) October 4, 2016 [https://twitter.com/FallonTonight/status/783354867146432520] What’s a NYC-filmed show to do when
Food & Drink
Photo via sirpatstew [https://www.instagram.com/p/BAX_sovujN5/?taken-by=sirpatstew&hl=en]Park Slope Neighbor [/blog/news/o-captain-my-captain-patrick-stewart-moving-to-the-slope/] and actor Sir Patrick Stewart caused quite a stir when he practiced the authentic New York fold when enjoying his first “slice” back in May 2013 [/blog/food/patrick-stewart-enjoys-first-slice-of-pizza-at-smiling-pizza/
News
Photo via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1954223038136780&set=gm.453291988193067&type=3&theater] The Low-Down is our new round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over the city. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson to take
News
Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in thisbuilding under construction in Fort Greene [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (504 Myrtle Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership & Madison Realty Capital.)The de
News
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson reveals cancer diagnosis. [Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-da-kenneth-thompson-announces-cancer-diagnosis-article-1.2817420] ] –Not
Bensonhurst
Photo by roma77 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLCFihQgOQA/]This weekend Bay Ridge held two of its biggest annual celebrations: the historic Ragamuffin Parade, and the slightly younger Third Avenue Festival. The weekend respectively marked the 50th and 43rd birthdays of the beloved community street fairs. The Ragamuffin Parade, held
Announcements
Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership &
News
(Video via LXTV [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/open-house/Rare-FInd-in-Brooklyn.html]/ NBCNew York 4) On Saturday, NBC’s Open House NYC [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/open-house/Rare-FInd-in-Brooklyn.html] declared the historic home at 1305 Albermarle Road, which went up for sale in July, a ‘rare find’ — and now you
![NBC’s Open House NY Tours Historic Albermarle Road Home [Video]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-04-at-1.18.20-PM.png)
Central Brooklyn
(Video via LXTV [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/open-house/Rare-FInd-in-Brooklyn.html]/ NBCNew York 4) On Saturday, NBC’s Open House NYC [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/open-house/Rare-FInd-in-Brooklyn.html] declared the historic home at 1305 Albermarle Road, which went up for sale in July, a ‘rare find’ — and now you
Health
Park Slope Rowhouses. (Photo: Park Slope Stoop)Another sign of Fall — the City’s 2016-2017 “heat season” began on Saturday and continues through May 31, 2017. Mayor de Blasio and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been issued a statement yesterday reminding residential building owners of their
fort greene
Park Slope Rowhouses. (Photo: Park Slope Stoop)Another sign of Fall — the City’s 2016-2017 “heat season” began on Saturday and continues through May 31, 2017. Mayor de Blasio and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been issued a statement yesterday reminding residential building owners of their