Arts & Culture
The first weekend of 2019 offers photography, painting, living sculptures, comedy, and lots of music including performances at National Sawdust, Roulette, Brooklyn Museum and more. Check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list one of your own. Trish Townes, Let This Be America at
Greenpoint
A pedestrian inspects the stop work order posted to the Greenpoint Library construction site (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – After delays pushing back the completion date of the Greenpoint Library by half a year, progress was being made on the site—until it was hit with a stop work order on
Greenpoint
A woman stands at the entrance to McGolrick Park, where new signs have omitted Polish (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – All down Nassau Avenue on the approach to McGolrick Park, Polish signs can be seen on the storefronts, like Kubuś Photo Service, Cracovia Liquors, Jaslowiczanka Bakery or Krajan Polish Deli. But
Bushwick
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a suspect wanted for the attempted rape of a 26-year old woman in a Williamsburg apartment building yesterday. Around 5:30 am on Tuesday, January 1, the suspect approached the woman on the first-floor landing of an apartment building near Havermeyer and
Development
The site, currently a parking lot for trucks, where a new 31-story tower will rise (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – On Christmas Eve, the developer of Greenpoint Landing, a series of high-rise residential towers along the North Brooklyn waterfront, filed for yet another building [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?
brighton beach
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] CYPRESS HILLS – Last month, a verbal confrontation ended in a shooting during the early hours at a Dominican restaurant in Cypress Hills. Around 4:15 am on Monday, November 26, police said
Central Brooklyn
(Via Bklyner’s Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bklynerbk/])It’s that quiet time between the two final holidays of the year, but there’s still news to be had while avoiding family and wondering whether or not those last cookies are a good idea… If you’re still in
food and drink
The bar and old-school pub styling of the Palace in Greenpoint is still intact on the corner of McGolrick Park (Via The Palace [https://www.greenpointpalace.com/])Restaurants are always opening and closing in Brooklyn. Many New Yorker’s see it as a badge of honor, knowing what came before—
Announcements
Curbside collection of Christmas trees will begin on Wednesday, January 2, 2019, and continue through January 12, weather permitting, The New York City Department of Sanitation announced today. Remove all ornaments and decorations, and leave your tree on the curb – last year Sanitation collected over 200,000 trees. They will
Central Brooklyn
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News
A protected bike lane in Prospect Park West. (Photo via Park Slope Stoop)Next year, local cyclists will be happy to see almost five more miles of protected bike lanes on the streets of Brooklyn. Earlier this week, the Mayor’s office announced the 2019 project as part of the
Central Brooklyn
As part of some residents’ opposition [/anti-gentrification-cb4-bushwick/] to the Bushwick Community Plan [/residents-propose-bushwick-community-plan-for-rezoning-to-tame-development/], a large anti-gentrification message was on the side of a Downtown Brooklyn building [https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/12/18/huge-bushwick-anti-gentrification-message-projected-on-montague-street/] this week. Perhaps a sign of that same gentrification: a brand new rock climbing gym on