Bushwick
WILLIAMSBURG – More Citi Bikes are coming to Williamsburg and Greenpoint ahead of the L Train Shutdown this winter as the NYC Department of Transportation looks to add capacity to existing bike stations across North Brooklyn. A draft of the new plan was presented to Community Board 1 in Williamsburg last
Greenpoint
The grassy field at 50 Kent, between North 11th and 12th Streets, where the new park will be developed (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)WILLIAMSBURG – As the last new parks to be built in North Brooklyn progress through their design phase, Community Board 1 has approved the design for a new portion
Central Brooklyn
Fall colors in McCarren Park (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)Following a string of anti-Semitic crimes [/anti-semitic-crimes/] last week and a racist attack this week [/another-racist-attack-in-flatbush/], allegedly white supremacist graffiti was spray-painted in North Brooklyn [https://greenpointers.com/2018/11/12/white-supremacist-tag-appears-at-transmitter-park/] , as well. A mother is in handcuffs after an abandoned
Bushwick
Local leaders speaking at the L Train panel at Brooklyn Bazaar in September 2017 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – Tomorrow, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce will co-host an event geared towards informing the local business community in North Brooklyn about the upcoming L train shutdown. While few could have avoided the
Greenpoint
The corner building at 996 Manhattan Avenue, soon to be replaced with a six-story mixed-use project (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – The former location of a popular Manhattan Avenue eatery will become a six-story residential building in the heart of Greenpoint. The new building at 996 Manhattan Avenue, where the popular
Events
WILLIAMSBURG – The 6th annual Greenway + Industry [http://www.brooklyngreenway.org/event/greenway-industry/] benefit will take place on Thursday, November 15 to welcome the organization’s new Executive Director, raise funds for the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI), and push for the completion of the 26-mile pedestrian and cyclist waterfront pathway. Via
Arts & Culture
WILLIAMSBURG – To commemorate the 75th anniversary of Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows In Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Public Library’s Leonard branch will be designated a literary landmark in honor of the classic coming-of-age novel. Leonard Library, 81 Devoe Street (Via Google Maps)Published in 1943, A Tree Grows in
Bushwick
Outside the building on Menahan Street, where the shootings took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – On Friday, two people were found shot dead inside a Bushwick apartment in what could be a tragic murder/suicide. A call of an assault in progress was made to 911 around 8:15
Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
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Announcements
Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/ Michael DorauschThe annual Veterans Day Parade [https://parade.uwvc.org/] will be held on Sunday, November 11, at 11 am – in Madison Square Park. The parade goes north on Fifth Avenue, from 26th to 46th Street. This year is particularly special as it marks a centennial
Arts & Culture
Photo courtesy of Fodera GuitarsThe current incarnation of Industry City [https://industrycity.com/], Sunset Park’s manufacturing and technology hub, may have taken root in 2013 [https://www.6sqft.com/the-success-and-future-of-industry-city-as-told-by-its-innovative-manufacturing-tenants/] , but some tenants of the complex have been there longer than that. In the case of Fodera Guitars, a