Central Brooklyn
Practicing for the Brooklyn Folk Festival’s Banjo Toss with a paddle (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Day After Day, The New Signals Are Failing at Bergen Street [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/nyregion/even-newer-subway-signals-cause-headaches-on-f-train.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur] [NY Times] * Council Aims to Curb Short-Notice Pilot Programs
celebrity
FORT GREENE – It was revealed last year [/celeb-blogger-compensated-living-300-ashland/] that Rookie [http://www.rookiemag.com/] magazine founder and social media star, Tavi Gevinson, moved into an apartment at 300 Ashland [http://www.300ashland.com/building] and was being compensated by Two Trees, the building’s developers, in a partnership deal consisting
Announcements
2935 W 5 St Scaffolding collapsed (Photo: Credit NYC 911 News LLC)BROOKLYN – There were four flash flood warnings this morning, and we hope you were not personally affected by the havoc the heavy rains unleashed on the city. Scaffolding collapsed on two parked cars in Brighton Beach (2935 W
Arts & Culture
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS – It can takes years for professional artists to get their work exhibited at a major institution like the Guggenheim, but some lucky Brooklyn elementary school students will have their artwork included in a group show at the museum later this month. The Guggenheim Museum ‘s Learning
environment
PROSPECT PARK – Following up on a call about a fire in Prospect Park at approximately 6:15am Saturday morning [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-in-prospect-park-brooklyn-479774923.html] , police discovered a horrific scene—the remains of 60-year-old David Buckel, a prominent gay rights lawyer and environmental activist who set himself on
East New York
Outside the Fire Lounge hookah bar, where a suspect fired a gun into the air over the weekend (Screenshot via Google Maps)GOWANUS – Police are looking for the hothead who fired shots in the air outside a Gowanus hookah lounge over the weekend. The incident occurred at 2:15 am
Downtown Brooklyn
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Scaffolding surrounding a building on the corner of Court and Joralemon Streets collapsed on Saturday morning, injuring three people. The corner of Court and Joralemon Streets via Google MapsThe scaffolding erected outside the Starbucks located at 50 Court Street, as well an entrance to the Brooklyn Borough Hall
Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – Council Member Mathieu Eugene [https://council.nyc.gov/district-40/] and Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org] President Sue Donoghue hosted a groundbreaking Friday morning for a new fitness area planned for the Park’s Parade Ground. Prospect Park Alliance breaks ground on new Adult Fitness Area and
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN- Earlier this week, development firm Tishman Speyer revealed images and information on 11 Hoyt [http://www.11hoytbrooklyn.com/], the new condo tower currently being built where the five-story garage [/condo-tower-replace-macys-love-letter-brooklyn-garage/] that showcased Stephen Powers [http://firstandfifteenth.net]‘ “Love Letter to Brooklyn” mural [https://www.instagram.com/p/BAcYkyorCtT/
Announcements
BARCLAYS CENTER – Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/189-18/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-expansion-neighborhood-policing-nyc-subways] that the Neighborhood Coordination Officer (NCO) Program [/nypds-78th-precinct-rolls-neighborhood-coordination-officer-program-brooklyn-museum/] will expand down into the subway system, starting with Transit District 12 in the Bronx and Transit District 30 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/bureaus/