Bushwick
A crowd gathers outside 431 Bleecker Street during a rally by tenants fighting against harassment from their landlord (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)BUSHWICK – It isn’t an uncommon sight in Bushwick: tenants, community organizers and politicians outside a building, calling out a bad landlord. But today, those gathered outside 431 Bleecker
Central Brooklyn
Inside the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Building 77 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Brooklyn food incubator PilotWorks closed abruptly over the weekend [http://www.grubstreet.com/2018/10/brooklyn-pilotworks-closing.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=grub-street] , leaving local businesses [/island-pops/] that use their industrial kitchens wondering
Arts & Culture
A shot of the Greenpoint waterfront from Pink Slater’s “Dreamcatcher” music video (Screenshot via Pink Slater)GREENPOINT – Can you see your house from here? A new music video from artist Tim Poovey, recording as Pink Slater [https://pinkslater.bandcamp.com/releases], uses drone footage from over Greenpoint as the
News
Where the Hope Street Underpass once stood, now filled in on the west side of the BQE, on Marcy Avenue (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)WILLIAMSBURG – Local residents looking for a better way to cross the BQE on foot into the other side of Williamsburg have come up with a new suggestion:
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE – Police have arrested and charged the MTA bus driver wanted for exposing himself to young girls in Bay Ridge last week. Matthew Wohlfahrt, 28, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child, public lewdness and grand larceny, police said. Last Monday, while driving a gray minivan, Wohlfahrt
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn Historical Society gifted this cast-copper eagle to Brooklyn Public Library—but it needs a name! (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/
Central Brooklyn
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Business
We know: it’s supposed to be soup season. Yet it’s almost 80 degrees in October. And in light of the new report that says climate change will scorch the Earth way sooner than we thought—like, within many of our lifetimes—maybe instead of rounding up some fun
Bushwick
Last week, the “Night Mayor,” Ariel Palitz, kicked off her office’s listening tour of the five boroughs in Brooklyn, [/night-mayors-listening-tour-kicks-off-next-week-in-brooklyn/] and some North Brooklyn residents don’t feel like they got a chance to give their input. On Tuesday, Neighborhoods United, a new city-wide residents advocacy group, was in
Arts & Culture
There are tons of events lined up this weekend, including the Bushwick Film Festival, the DUMBO Dance Festival, and the BRIC JazzFest. Don’t forget to check out Open House New York [/open-house-new-york-65-sites-to-see-in-brooklyn/] taking place Friday through Sunday. The annual event opens the doors to hundreds of interesting sites across
Borough Park
MARINE PARK – Two suspects are in custody after a brutal home invasion robbery of an elderly couple in Marine Park, in which the burglars sexually assaulted one of the victims and slashed the other’s face before stealing their car. One of the suspects, however, remains at large. The robbery
Arts & Culture
The Bushwick Film Festival kicks off tomorrow night in Brooklyn, bringing a full lineup of films and shorts to the borough in its 11th year. Running from opening night this Wednesday, October 10, to its final festivities on Sunday, October 14, the festival is chock full of programming: features and