Bed Stuy
2017 School Performance DashboardBEDFORD STUYVESANT – It was recognized as a Rewards school [/21-brooklyn-public-schools-named-best-new-york-state/] this winter – named one of the best in New York State. While it may not be the best school in the city, it is the best elementary school in District 16 and it does a great job
Central Brooklyn
Easter is Sunday, April 1. Put on an Easter bonnet, grab a basket, and bring the family to an Easter Egg Hunt! Note that some of the events listed might sell out, so check first and make a reservation if required. Know of any other great Easter egg hunts around
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Brooklyn Point [/brooklyn-point-new-downtown-condo-tower-will-boroughs-tallest-now/], the only tower in the City Point complex featuring apartments for sale as well as the “ highest residential infinity pool in the Western Hemisphere [/brooklyn-point-will-boast-highest-rooftop-pool-city/],” launched sales last week [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brooklyn-point-first-and-only-for-sale-residence-at-city-point-in-downtown-brooklyn-launches-sales-300618268.html] . Pho
Bed Stuy
The grocery store on Broadway where Young was stabbed to death yesterday (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – An argument between two women on Broadway yesterday left a 20-year old dead in the early afternoon, police confirmed. Just before 4:00 pm, police responded to a 911 call of a woman
Announcements
CLINTON HILL – The lottery for 38 newly constructed affordable units at 555 Waverly Avenue launches tomorrow, March 27. Rendering of 555 Waverly Avenue via HTO Architect [http://www.hto-architect.com/555-waverly.php]The units are part of an eight-story, 190-apartment building that replaces a former commercial bakery, according to Curbed
Announcements
Photo: Liena ZagareCONEY ISLAND – “Hey, hey. Ho, Ho. Gun violence gotta go.” The Coney Island boardwalk reverberated with the sound of loud, powerful chants against gun violence during the March For Our Lives, last Saturday, March 24. The neighborhood march was just one of 800 marches across the nation, [http:
Announcements
Courtesy of Park Slope Fifth Avenue BIDPark Slope 5th Avenue’s A TASTE OF FIFTH [https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3341680] Festival Celebrates 5th Avenue’s Fabulous Restaurant Scene Eat, Drink, Dance – and Help 15 Brooklyn Charities It always sells out and no one ever leaves hungry. A Taste of
News
PARK SLOPE – Last week it was reported that improperly filed paperwork reporting a September hit-and-run incident involving Dorothy Bruns, the driver who killed two children in Park Slope earlier this month [/details-released-mondays-deadly-collision-park-slope/], allowed the motorist to stay on the road and continue driving. Scene following the crash at 9th Street
Announcements
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The planned closure [/dean-street-between-flatbush-6th-will-be-closed-for-four-nights-next-week/] of Dean Street between Flatbush & 6th Avenues for four nights of roadwork has been rescheduled for this week starting Wednesday at 10pm. Via Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report [https://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2018/03/overnight-work-planned-for-dean-street_23.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=
Boerum Hill
FORT GREENE – Community groups rallied outside the Brownstoner RADD Awards last Thursday (March 22) to protest Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush project [/will-mega-project-80-flatbush-cast-shadow-downtown-brooklyn/]. Protesters outside RADD Awards, March 22, 2018 (Photo courtesy of Save Our Sunlight)Alloy was slated to receive two RADD Awards [https://www.brownstoner.com/announcement/brownstoner-radd-awards-2018-full-list-winners-tickets-pat-kiernan/
Central Brooklyn
Red-tailed hawk spotted in Park Slope (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], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story
Central Brooklyn
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