Gowanus
Gowanus Canal seen from the 9th Street Bridge (Photo: Nathan Haselby)GOWANUS – A phone call early Tuesday morning alerted police to a dead body floating in the Gowanus Canal, an NYPD spokesperson confirmed. Responding to the 911 call at 7:00 am on Tuesday, April 3, police discovered an unconscious
Central Brooklyn
From Williamsburg across the East River on a cold, grey day (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * E-Waste Warehouse in Gowanus Provides Vintage Props for TV’s Biggest Shows [https://www.amny.com/entertainment/gowanus-e-warehouse-1.17808947] [AMNY] * Principal Global Revealed as Buyer of Forest City’s $156 Million 461 Dean [https://therealdeal.com/
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since Brooklyn Flea [http://brooklynflea.com/] debuted in the schoolyard of Bishop Laughlin Memorial High in Fort Greene. Approximately 20,000 people visited the Flea on April 6, 2008—its opening day—to shop the curated selection of
Central Brooklyn
Sam, Patricia, and Cocoa Photo credit: Avi GlicksteinSam Gerstenzang started Umbrella [https://www.askumbrella.com/], the service that provides everyday tasks for seniors, after an experience his grandmother had. To find out more, I sat down with Sam and his grandmother Patricia Ackerman at her apartment, a welcome respite from
Announcements
Eric Adams. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)DITMAS PARK – Elected officials, organizers, and members of the community stood in solidarity this afternoon against tomorrow’s “Punish a Muslim Day.” A few weeks ago, fliers from an anonymous source were mailed across the United Kingdom headlined “Punish a Muslim Day,” with the
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A website and new renderings were recently released of The Wheeler [http://thewheelerbk.com/], the creative office complex currently under construction in, around, and above three buildings formerly owned by Macy’s. Rendering via thewheelerbk.com [http://thewheelerbk.com/]The development firm Tishman Speyer announced last April its
celebrity
PARK SLOPE – Scott Rogowsky, the host of the popular HQ Trivia, has gained quite a bit of fame. This comedian literally shows up on phone screens in the hands of a million (more or less) people almost every day. Before HQ, a live show trivia game where players answer questions
Arts & Culture
GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – After the closing of Gowanus’ beloved Morbid Anatomy Museum [/where-the-brooklyn-spirits-play-the-morbid-anatomy-museum-celebrates-its-one-year-anniversary-parkslopestoop/] in December 2016 [/morbid-anatomy-museum-in-gowanus-has-closed-rebirth-promised/], fans of its collection of art, artifacts, books, and ephemera about death, religion, medical history, oddities, and the arcane were at a loss. “I think the museum really hit a chord with a lot
Bay Ridge
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)BAY RIDGE – Police are looking for two suspects that broke into Pyramid Jewelry International in Bay Ridge over the weekend, hoping to rob the place. Around 2:30 in the morning on Friday, March 30, a white sedan pulled up to the jewelry store, located at 7112
Announcements
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – “Everybody always wants to look forward to the next thing,” said Eli Smith. “For me, I prefer to turn the other way and look as far backwards as I can, try to get at something elemental.” For the next couple of weeks, at least, Smith, a banjo player
Boerum Hill
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml] held the first ULURP [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/applicants/applicant-portal/step5-ulurp-process.page] (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) public hearing for Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush project [/will-mega-project-80-flatbush-cast-shadow-downtown-brooklyn/] Wednesday evening at St. Francis College.
Central Brooklyn
A rendering of the possible Daniel Libeskind Senior Housing Building (via NYCHA) * Simcha Felder’s Sweetheart Deal on Office Space [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180328/POLITICS/180329886] [Crain’s New York] * Time Out to Open Massive Food Hall on DUMBO Waterfront [https://ny.eater.com/2018/3/28/17172130/