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Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross Porter on April 13, 2021. (Image: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s been a busy week in Brooklyn—when is it not?—but the weekend is finally upon us. The weather is rainy now, but should improve in the days ahead [https://weather.com/es-US/
Business
Flatbush Junction (Image: Google Maps)Flatbush is getting a new supermarket. The discount supermarket chain Aldi has signed a lease for a 20,110-square-foot space at 2201 Nostrand Avenue in the Flatbush Junction area. The store will take over space previously occupied by The Children’s Place and David’s
Bed Stuy
Council Member Robert Cornegy Jr.Council Member Robert Cornegy, Jr. has picked up an endorsement from the city’s major transit union in his campaign to become Brooklyn Borough President. The Transport Workers Union of America’s Local 100 branch [http://www.twulocal100.org/] is so supportive of Cornegy that,
Business
“We’re going to extend the 11 p.m. curfew for food and beverage to midnight,” Governor Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. “That will go into effect Monday, April 19. For catered events, it will go from midnight to 1 a.m.” NYC’s bars and restaurants pushed back saying its
Education
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter at Phyl’s Academy in Brooklyn on March 23, 2021. (Image: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) New York City students living in shelters missed an average of nearly one of every four school days this January, a rate far worse than
Arts & Culture
Image: BAMRejuvenation, celebration and “ridiculous emceeing.” That’s what BAM has on offer for its first live, virtual concert of the spring, which will take place on the evening of April 23rd: an interactive hip-hop showcase featuring music, spoken word poetry and dance performances, along with live visual design that
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An Open Street on Berry Street in Williamsburg. (Image: DOT)The city’s Open Streets program [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/openstreets.shtml], in which streets are closed off to vehicular traffic to create space for pedestrians and local businesses, began last year as a slapdash attempt
community
The holy book of Islam, the Quran, is read frequently during Ramadan. (Image: Flickr Creative Commons)From all of us at Bklyner: Ramadan kareem to those who celebrate! Ramadan is the most sacred month of the year for Muslims. According to religious tradition, it was during this month that God
Coney Island
Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered remarks and cut the ribbon at the reopening of the Coney Island amusement area on Friday, April 9, 2021. (Image: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)New York’s families, elected officials and candidates descended on Coney Island on Friday morning to celebrate the reopening of
affordable housing
Auguring a striking remake of dowdy, underutilized Atlantic Avenue east of Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights and Crown Heights, developers have proposed two 17-story residential towers, one nearly adjacent to the previously proposed 18-story tower [/proposed-tower-at-mcdonalds-site-faces-pushback-questions-over-ownership/] planned for a site occupied mainly by a drive-through McDonald’s. A view of
Business
The restaurant opened in part thanks to support from its Clinton Hill neighborhood. Photo courtesy of Chef Katsu.When Chef Katsutoshi “Katsu” Machida and his wife, Chiemi Machida, moved into their Clinton Hill apartment sixteen years ago, they had no idea that they’d one day open up a restaurant
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One of the 20 buildings in NYCHA’s Williamsburg Houses complex. (Image: Google Maps)Plans to transfer the NYCHA’s Williamsburg Houses—one of the oldest public housing complexes in the country—to private management under the city’s controversial RAD program are beginning to come into focus. Here’s