Arts & Culture
BUSHWICK – The Sultan Room [http://thesultanroom.com/], in Bushwick, will have its first show and public opening tomorrow, Saturday the 22nd. The headlining show will feature artists Naeem, Amanda Blank, DJ Delish, and Eli Escobar. Co-owners and founders Tyler Erickson and Varun Kataria have been working on the venture for
Business
Zen Yai is opening soon on Grand. Ellie Plass/BklynerWILLIAMSBURG – Bryan Chunton has kept almost the entirety of his old staff, over ten people, since the original location of his restaurant Zen Yai Noodle & Coffee [https://www.zenyainoodle.com/] – a Vietnamese Cafe – burned down last year in Sunnyside, Queens.
Arts & Culture
Summer is officially here which means loads and loads of outdoor events throughout Brooklyn! Celebrate Make Music Day with a variety of events throughout town such as Water Night at the Gowans Canal or a Summer Solstice Dance Party in Bushwick. If you’re looking to stay out of the
Business
The outside of the new brick-and-mortar shop, courtesy of Kitsby.WILLIAMSBURG – “We decided to open up a brick-and-mortar for people to experience. If you don’t like baking it’s like ‘let’s go and sit down and have dessert’, but there aren’t many dessert places in New York
Bushwick
Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza talks about Meatless Monday change in menu. Todd Maisel/BklynerAfter a letter signed by three Brooklyn politicians put the schools chancellor on blast, progressive lawmakers came to his defense on Monday, again bringing the fissures among Brooklyn officials on education to the fore. “We need a
Events
Rep. Carolyn Maloney led a rally at Foley Square Saturday afternoon calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. Todd Maisel/Bklyner WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT – Rep. Carolyn Maloney is no stranger to President Donald Trump, having been his representative in Congress when he lived at Trump Tower and occasionally bumping into
Greenpoint
Carolyn Maloney. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who represents parts of Brooklyn, will join a rally to call for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, Kadia Goba of BuzzFeed News reports. > Sources: Rep. @CarolynBMaloney [https://twitter.com/CarolynBMaloney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] to attend #impeachtrump [https://twitter.
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH – My husband was snoring through my contractions, but that was OK with me. We’d gotten to Kings County Hospital in Flatbush at 10 am the previous morning to let doctors try to coax out our overdue baby. This had been a slow, boring process, during which we’d
Development
Bklyner/Olivia OldhamWILLIAMSBURG – On Tuesday evening Community Board 1 convened for the final session before the summer break and community members scrambled for seats in the fluorescent-lit meeting room of Swingin’ Sixties Senior Center in Williamsburg; some were left to sit on the floor. On each table, among vases of
affordable housing
On Tuesday, the State Assembly and Senate announced they had come to an agreement on an ambitious rent-regulation package, and on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sign [https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2019/06/12/cuomo-will-sign-rent-reforms-once-they-reach-his-desk-1058649] the wide-reaching rent regulation bundle, effectively ensuring the measures
Arts & Culture
Soak up those summer nights with a variety of outdoor events happening throughout Brooklyn this weekend! Go back in time with a performance of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in Carroll Park or check out performances throughout Prospect-Lefferts Gardens as part of the PLG Arts Music Festival. Plus, this is
community
Two dozen disturbing art installations popped up across NYC early Wednesday morning depicting migrant children detained in cages. > Outside the Y in Park Slope, gym to a presidential candidate. NYPD started removing it right after this pic. It’ll be gone before he arrives #NoKidsInCages [https://twitter.com/hashtag/