Eastern Brooklyn
Looking north at Utica and Avenue L, where the accident took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)FLATLANDS – Last week, a 75-year old woman was struck and killed by a car in Flatlands, police confirmed today. Officers responded to a call of a motor vehicle collision involving a pedestrian around 9:
canarsie
The grocery store on Avenue H where the 16-year old was shot (Screenshot via Google Maps)CANARSIE – Police are looking for the man who shot a 16-year old boy in the leg after they two bumped into each other in a grocery store last week. Robert Gilmore, 26, was in
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – A rendering has been released for the new twelve-story mixed-use development that will rise on the former Church of the Redeemer site at 24 4th Avenue [/new-plans-4th-avenues-former-church-redeemer-site/]. Rendering of 24 4th Avenue by ODA Architecture via New York YIMBY [https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/03/renderings-revealed-for-oda-designed-boerum-hill-condominiums-at-24-4th-avenue.html] ODA Architecture’
Borough Park
Photo via Shaheen PashaBOROUGH PARK – At five years old, many kids grab a hairbrush, use it as a microphone, and sing in front of the mirror. When Shaheen Pasha was five, she grabbed a hairbrush, used it as a microphone, stood in front of the mirror, and reported from Moscow.
Announcements
BED-STUY/DOWNTOWN/SUNSET PARK – Taxes are due Tuesday, April 17! The non-profit organization, Food Bank For New York City [https://www.foodbanknyc.org/], has opened sites across the five boroughs to provide low-income New Yorkers with free, full-service tax preparation assistance. Food Bank For New York City via Facebook [https:
Announcements
UPDATE (3/26): The Make It In Brooklyn Smart Cities event has been rescheduled—it will now take place on Thursday, March 19th, from 6-8 pm. DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Interested in how tech could help build the city of the future? Tomorrow’s Make It In Brooklyn Smart Cities event at
environment
A conceptual design of the Prospect Park garage and maintenance compound (Via Prospect Park Alliance)PROSPECT PARK – Although Prospect Park went car free at the beginning of this year [/prospect-park-now-officially-car-free/], a new “garage” compound for park maintenance and operations will come to the park in the not too distant future.
Announcements
Today may mark the first day of Spring but the National Weather Service [https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=okx&wwa=winter%20storm%20warning] and NYC Office of Emergency Management [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/severeweather/index.page] have issued a winter storm warning in effect from
News
PARK SLOPE – Community backlash has convinced the owner of Grand Prospect Hall [/grand-prospect-hall-photos-dreams-come-true/] to cancel an NRA fundraiser scheduled to take place at the venue after Gargiulo’s Restaurant backed out of hosting the event [/nra-hold-fundraiser-gargiulos-coney-island/]. Grand Prospect Hall (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The second annual Brooklyn Friends of the
Central Brooklyn
“Kiss Me, I’m Irish” 43rd Annual Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Third-Graders At Poly Prep Lower School Developed A 55-Gallon Water-Retention Barrel [https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/12/dtg-bb-kids-install-rain-barrel-in-slope-2018-03-23-bk.html] [Brooklyn Paper] * Accomplished Bed-Stuy Resident And “Mighty Woman” Turns 90 [http://www.ourtimepress.com/
Central Brooklyn
by Jess Michaels Photo provided by American Camp Association, NY & NJFor over 100 years, children have enjoyed summers at camp learning new activities, making new friends and gaining important life skills. In recent years, it has become very clear that today’s young people need the camp experience now
Central Brooklyn
A plan for a major housing development in Southern Brooklyn. Many new units are actually beyond the reach of local residents despite being listed as “affordable” (Rendering via the Prusik Group)According to data released by the New York Department of Housing Preservation, while the number of “affordable” units being