Announcements
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]See below for a list of what is closed [https://www1.nyc.gov/]on Monday, January 21, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. If you’d like to honor the memory of Dr. King, check out
environment
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) is going ahead with plans to present its proposed tunnel project [/dep-proposes-tunnel-as-alternative-to-cso-tanks-for-gowanus-superfund/] to the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group [https://gowanuscag.org/?fbclid=IwAR3ygs0FtKd8YPc3XUYdfjIfVXTeGww8ebP-1jKnERJ6N54uBRFa-8TJRg0] (CAG) on Tuesday, January 22nd. Dredging equipment at
Announcements
WILLIAMSBURG – Police need help searching for three men they believe attempted to rob a young man earlier this month. On Friday, January 4 at about 7:30 p.m., the three suspects approached a 17-year-old who was standing in front of 10 Manhattan Avenue. They told him to remove his
Columbia Street Waterfront
COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT- Once considered a burgeoning foodie destination, Columbia Street has undergone some changes with the departure of Carla Hall’s Southern Kitchen [https://ny.eater.com/2017/8/11/16131452/carla-hall-southern-kitchen-closed-nyc] , Toby’s Public House [/four-beloved-venues-close-brooklyn/], and Pok Pok [/restaurant-news-bakeries-bowls-bye-bye-pok-pok/]. However three restaurants may help bring the
Announcements
BED STUY – The NYPD needs help searching for two men involved in a homicide that occurred at Kingsborough Houses last weekend. To recap, on Sunday, January 13 at approximately 1:30 p.m., police discovered a 43-year-old man inside 219 Kingsborough 2nd Walk with two gunshot wounds. [/man-shot-kingsborough-houses/] According to
community
PARK SLOPE – Elementary school students and their parents are invited to a free, interactive Civic Engagement Workshop [https://www.facebook.com/events/2254316404893167/] at M.S. 51 next Wednesday, January 23, from 4pm to 5:30pm. Hosted by community group Citizen Squirrel [https://www.facebook.com/CitizenSquirrel/?eid=ARANvm0cNijzCDofeHYiO4kMkyqEAzBTrPek3vu7oW9b5C__h_
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMANHATTAN – It was a packed room yesterday on the 16th floor of 250 Broadway when the Committee on Civil and Human Rights unanimously voted for a bill to officially recognize Holocaust Remembrance Day in NYC on January 27 and declare the week after as Holocaust Education Week.
Announcements
[UPDATED: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 3:10pm] According to DCP, the agency is working to release the draft zoning proposal by the February 6 meeting. The event will be held in an open house format. GOWANUS – Save the date! The NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/
Arts & Culture
This weekend features street fashion, street art, comedy, and the return of BAMcafé Live. There’s also Scoring the Stacks, Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s art exhibition and artist-led workshop series that takes participants throughout BPL’s Central Library. Check the Bklyner Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or
community
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Helen Keller Services [https://www.helenkeller.org/hks/about-hks] for the Blind held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning to celebrate the opening of a new 44,000 square-foot headquarters at 180 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn. After 65 years at 57 Willoughby and a $500,000 grant from
City Kid Corner
Where there’s a Y, there’s a way! Join the Prospect Park Y and Park Slope Armory with a Premium Membership and take advantage of our limited time $0 Joiner’s Fee! From our littlest members to our Active Older Adults, our Premium Membership has everything you need for
Central Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 11:30am] According to the MTA, when a delay occurs, trains are often switched to express to shorten gaps in service and appropriately space trains. Train crews must inform riders in a timely manner when they receive notice from dispatchers that a train will