environment
McCarren Park BBQ areas map, via NYC ParksWILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT – NYC Parks has created three new barbecue areas in McCarren Park, just in time for the warmer weather we are supposed to finally have this week. Nine double-headed grills, 18 new picnic tables, and three large, red charcoal bins are now
Bed Stuy
BUSHWICK – At 2:21 am on Sunday, April 29, off-duty NYPD officer Miguel Martinez, 38, was arrested and charged with DWI, driving the wrong way and refusing to take a breathalyzer test. CROWN HEIGHTS – At 3:45 am on Saturday, April 28, NYC Corrections officer James Laraque, 35, was charged
Announcements
Awaiting the F Train. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)TGIF and you know what that means? Subway changes! Here’s what’s happening this weekend, so plan your commute! Due to construction, M train shuttle buses will now be running from Willoughby Ave (Eastbound) and Hart St. (Eastbound) from 6 AM
Central Brooklyn
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Greenpoint
An aerial view of the development site in Greenpoint (Via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Major developer and property management company All Year Management has purchased a few polluted parcels of Greenpoint land in a huge real-estate deal in North Brooklyn. The company is reportedly paying $55 million for 10 parcels along
Arts & Culture
The weather is finally starting to feel spring-like. Get out and enjoy it with some of the events lined up for this weekend including the Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl [/brooklyn-bookstore-crawl-returns-for-third-year-on-indie-bookstore-day/] , a LEGO Architecture build event [/lego-lovers-can-help-build-a-replica-of-shanghai-this-saturday-in-park-slope/] , and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Sakura Matsuri 2018 [/brooklyn-botanic-garden-hosts-annual-cherry-blossom-festival-april-28-29/]. Don’t forget
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn Borough Hall was filled with chatter, Arab music, Arab food, artwork from Arab painters, and lots of excited children yesterday, Tues. April, 5, celebrating Arab-American heritage. This event was a part of Borough President Eric Adams’ “Embrace Your Hyphen” series, through which he encourages
Central Brooklyn
The Pulaski Bridge going up in the late Brooklyn evening (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * East Flatbush Residents Push Back Against “Overdevelopment” [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/23/jumaane-williams-east-flatbush-residents-call-for-contextual-rezoning/?platform=hootsuite] [City Limits] * A Toll Booth In Prospect Park Is A Relic Of Past Transit [https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/prospect-park-flatbush-avenue-tollbooth-brooklyn-history/] [Brownstoner]
Business
Malia Mills Photo Credit: Avi GlicksteinFour years ago, fashion designer Malia Mills moved her studio from the garment center in Manhattan to Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. She’d been in Manhattan since beginning the business in her apartment in 1993 in between nights waitressing at the Odeon. The
Arts & Culture
Courtesy of the Mayor’s Office of Media & EntertainmentNew Yorkers are notoriously hard to pin down — in every sense. We’re always moving. We’re always busy. Plus, our tastes vary widely and are not always obvious. That elderly woman on the train putting away her knitting and pulling
Announcements
Following on the heels of Record Store Day [/celebrate-record-store-day-2018-in-brooklyn/] this past weekend, this Saturday (April 28) ushers in Independent Bookstore Day [http://www.indiebookstoreday.com], an annual, one-day national celebration of indie booksellers across the country. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/2139920256226788/]Locals can show their love and
Bay Ridge
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BUSHWICK – Police have released surveillance video that shows a man wanted for question in connection with the stabbing death of 46-year old James Otis in Bushwick last week. [/bushwick-murder-busdriver/] The former MTA