environment
PARK SLOPE – Dozens of P.S. 282 students and Principal Rashan Hoke joined Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) Commissioner Vincent Sapienza, and NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org] Borough Commissioner Martin Maher Monday morning to
Health
PARK SLOPE – Early in the summer, tenants at the corner of 5th Street and Prospect Park West saw the garden in front of their home being removed because of a recurring rat problem, but some on the block believe poor trash management is at the center of the issue. The
celebrity
[UPDATED: Monday, October 22 at 6:15pm] As Brooklyn Community Board 2 District Manager Robert Perris noted in the comments, the CB2 board “did not take a position on the proposed co-naming in 2013” nor did it take action after Council Member Cumbo penned a letter of support in September.
Borough Park
CLINTON HILL – A group of young men held up a Clinton Hill wine shop Friday night, but the armed oenophiles seemed to prefer cash to cabernet. The robbery took place on Friday, October 19, around 7:00 pm said police, when four suspects in their late teens or early twenties
Central Brooklyn
The Dime Savings Bank (9 Dekalb Avenue) was open to the public during Open House New York on Saturday, Oct. 13 (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]
Events
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Council Members Brad Lander [https://council.nyc.gov/district-39/] (District 39), Stephen Levin [https://council.nyc.gov/district-33/] (District 33), and Carlos Menchaca [https://council.nyc.gov/district-38/] (District 38) will be joined by Theatre of the Oppressed [https://www.tonyc.nyc] next Tuesday, October 23 in hosting
Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
A couple of weeks before the starting pistol launches the New York City Marathon, Brooklyn will host its own race on Saturday, October 20. NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half Marathon via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thebrooklynmarathon/]New York City Runs (NYCRUNS) announced earlier this year [https://www.endurancesportswire.com/
environment
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) presented updated designs for the CSO tank and head house planned for the north end of the Gowanus Canal at the Community Board 6 Parks/Recreation/Environmental Protection Committee [https://www1.nyc.
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Police are looking for a suspect who shot another man outside a Sheepshead Bay mini mart earlier this week. The shooting took place around 11:00 pm on Tuesday, October
Central Brooklyn
Construction netting over the facade of St. Barbara’s Catholic Church in Bushwick (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)In case you missed it, the MTA is having a little “L Train Shutdown” Preview—every night ’til the end of November. [http://gothamist.com/2018/10/17/lol_train_weeknights_yay.php] That’
community
RED HOOK – On the corner of Columbia and Sigourney streets, directly across from Ikea, lies land filled with crisp produce sprouting from the soil. Hip-hop music plays faintly in the background as community volunteers push wheelbarrows and snip freshly grown okra at the stems. A small attentive crowd is gathered