Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Not to ruffle your feathers, but a young chicken was founding clucking around Park Slope. Now, it’s in Nikki Burst’s home waiting for its owner. It started off like any ordinary day. Burst was walking down 6th Avenue toward the Park Slope Library branch to pick
camps
via White Bird Summer Theater CampWhite Bird Productions [http://whitebirdproductions.org/creative-theatrics/summer-theater-workshop/], a non-profit theater company, has been making theater with the children of Brooklyn for over twenty years. Long before the borough was notorious for its stroller count, White Bird was creating dynamic, original performances with hundreds of
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – Last week the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/name-weed-harvester/] unveiled the newest addition to its fleet—a new aquatic weed harvester—and they need the public’s help in naming it. Prospect Park’s new aquatic weed harvester via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Botanic Garden [https://www.bbg.org/] hosted a ground-breaking on Wednesday morning for the new Robert W. Wilson Overlook that will offer visitors expansive views above the Garden’s Cherry Esplanade when it debuts in Summer 2019. Ground-breaking event for Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s
Arts & Culture
Now that summer is in full swing, there are a ton of fun events lined up for the weekend including open studios, a Prince party, a canoe race, lots of salsa, and more! Don’t forget to check out the Brooklyn LGBTQ Pride 2018 [/celebrate-lgbtq-pride-2018-in-brooklyn/] festivities happening all day Saturday!
Announcements
Councilmember Brad Lander announced new legislation for safe streets along with local (Via CM Lander’s Office)PARK SLOPE – Yesterday, Councilmember Brad Lander announced new legislation aimed at keeping dangerous drivers off the road—especially those who have racked up multiple violations within a year. The legislation comes after the
Business
PARK SLOPE – There have been a slew of business closings on or near 5th Avenue in Park Slope. Here’s a run-down of some of the storefronts with papered-up windows that we’ve come across in the past few weeks. Let us know what we’ve missed. The former Sun
community
FORT GREENE – After more than a year under construction, Fowler Square, the pedestrian plaza located at the intersection of Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue, reopened to the public in May with an enhanced infrastructure, traffic calming features, and lots of new amenities for visitors. Fowler Square, Fort Greene (Photo: Nathan
Boerum Hill
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BOREUM HILL – Sometimes, fake fights turn out bad. Yesterday, Xavier Guerrero, a physical education teacher at Khalil Gibran International Academy, was arrested after a playfight with two male students turned into a
Central Brooklyn
The sky alight over a North Brooklyn Street (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Construction is back underway [/lawsuit-temporarily-halts-broadway-triangle-construction/] at Broadway Triangle, and the city has put out a request for proposals from developers to build affordable housing [https://therealdeal.com/2018/06/04/city-seeks-developers-for-affordable-housing-projects-at-broadway-triangle/] at one of the development sites. Affordable housing
Gowanus
GOWANUS – After a year and a half of community members and stakeholders participating in more than 100 hours of meetings and workshops, including four public events and 26 working group meetings [/gowanus-neighborhood-planning-study-collaboration-community/], Council Members Brad Lander (District 39), Stephen Levin (District 33), and the NYC Department of City Planning [http:
Business
via Mishiyeva Law, PLLC.Mishiyeva [https://www.nycprobatelawyer.com/] Law, PLLC [https://www.nycprobatelawyer.com/], is a law firm concentrating on probate and estate law, located in the heart of the Financial District of New York City . To help people better understand this area of law, the law firm has