![43rd Annual Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Parade [Photos]](/content/images/size/w600/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IMG_1970.jpg)
Holidays
PARK SLOPE – The streets of Park Slope were lined with spectators donning green apparel and cheering on the marchers of the 43rd annual Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday afternoon. Parade Grand Marshal Richard J. Moylan at the 43rd Annual Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Park Slope, March
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 this week has been postponed. The block was scheduled to be closed from Monday, March 19 through Thursday, March 22, from 10pm to 5am for street paving and striping, the Atlantic Yards/Pacific
Central Brooklyn
Saint Agnes Church as seen from Hoyt & Union Streets, (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)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
Central Brooklyn
Park Slope St. Patrick’s Day Parade (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Think you know all about Brooklyn news? Try this week’s news quiz and see how well you’ve kept up with all the coverage on BKLYNER! If you’re reading BKLYNER regularly, consider becoming a subscriber [/subscribe/]—you
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – In an effort to preserve a piece of the neighborhood’s history, Carroll Gardens residents are fighting to save two buildings located at 236 and 238 President Street (between Court & Clinton). 236 (right) and 238 (left) President Street (Photo: Nicholas Strini, Feb. 1, 2012, via Property Shark)
Business
PARK SLOPE – Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] (CB6) once again voted against approving the renewal of a liquor license application for Woodland [https://www.woodland.nyc], a contentious restaurant/bar located at 242 Flatbush Avenue at the corner of 6th Avenue. 242 and
Announcements
PARK SLOPE/PROSPECT HEIGHTS/DOWNTOWN – One part of Mayor de Blasio’s five-point “Congestion Action Plan [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/congestion-plan.shtml]” to ease traffic in the five boroughs launches on Monday, March 19, on Flatbush Avenue. Clear Curbs, a six-month pilot program, will restrict curbside
brighton beach
BUSHWICK – Police are looking for the man who robbed a cab driver at gunpoint in Bushwick earlier this week. On Sunday, March 11, the suspect entered a taxi in front of the Big M Deli at Broadway and Granite, near Thomas Boyland park, said police. The 47-year old driver transported
Central Brooklyn
Looking fresh for the protest at the National School Walk Out Rally (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Brooklyn Road Crew Claims They Were Penalized For Raising Concerns About Hazardous Work Conditions [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-crew-claims-faced-retaliation-raising-red-flags-article-1.3869398] [NY Daily News] * More Than 111,500 New York Students Were Homeless Last Year
environment
GOWANUS/GREENPOINT – For Earth Day, April 22, Congress Member Nydia Velázquez plans to introduce the Superfund Enhancement Act of 2018 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb3/downloads/calendar/2018/Superfund%20Enhancement%20Act%20of%202017.pdf] , a new bill that would bring back the “Superfund Tax,” replenish cleanup funds, and assist
Big Story
Students spoke out against gun violence at an afternoon rally in Prospect Park following the National School Walkout (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Additional reporting by Zainab Iqbal PROSPECT PARK – Yesterday afternoon, a couple hundred students gathered in the Prospect Park bandshell to continue protesting gun violence after the morning’s National
Announcements
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The block of Dean Street situated between Flatbush and 6th Avenues will be closed from 10pm to 5am for four nights next week. Dean Street between Flatbush & 6th Avenues via Google MapsFrom Monday, March 19 through Thursday, March 22, crews will fully close off the road for