Arts & Culture
If you’re looking for something to do over the three-day weekend, check out our list below featuring an array of performances and art exhibitions. Also be sure to check out our list of events around Brooklyn commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Day here [/commemorating-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-brooklyn/]. There are lots of
clinton hill
Rendering via Morris Adjmi Architects proposal [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/20180109/520-Clinton-Avenue.pdf] to the Landmarks Preservation CommissionCLINTON HILL – New York-based Morris Adjmi Architects [http://www.ma.com/studio/our-studio/] presented plans to the Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page]
Downtown Brooklyn
The cantilevered section of the BQE in Brooklyn Heights, under the promenade. (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)As the prospect of $1.7 billion dollars worth of rehabilitation work on the BQE [/brooklyn-heights-section-of-infamous-bqe-slated-for-major-re-build/] looms, State Senators and Assemblymembers from Brooklyn and Staten Island have come together to write an open letter to
Business
When Yair Reiner got up in front of the “sharks,” all the nervousness left him. “Up until I got in there, I was nervous,” he said. “It was a little like an out-of-body experience for me.” Yair Reiner was pitching a panel of investors on ABC’s “Shark Tank” [http:
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – A woman who was raped in Prospect Park in 1994 and then called a liar by a newspaper columnist finally has closure now that police have cracked the case. On April 26, 1994, the 27-year-old victim was walking home through Prospect Park when she was dragged into the
Bed Stuy
The Dime Community Bank on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint was robbed yesterday (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Police are looking for the man who robbed a Dime Bank in North Brooklyn just after midday yesterday. At 1:10 pm on Tuesday, January 9, a man entered the Dime Bank at
Announcements
Next weekend NYC Life [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/media/index.page] will debut pilot episodes of two new television comedies featuring stories by women, about women. After watching the two pilots, viewers will be able to vote for the show they’d like to green light for an additional
Central Brooklyn
Photo courtesy of Sam PolcerThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories and other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Dramatic Video Shows Fight and Shooting During a Rollercoaster Deli Robbery [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Dramatic-Video-NYC-Deli-Owners-Fight-Robber-With-Gun-Undercover-Cops-Pass-By-468371143.html?amp=y&__twitter_impression=true] [NBC NYC] Check Out a Map of NYC
community
GOWANUS – The Urban Land Institute New York (ULI NY) [https://newyork.uli.org/] released a report [https://goo.gl/WM1rhL] on Monday outlining recommendations on how new developments, that will be built as part of the rezoning of Gowanus, will be able to help mitigate the urban heat island (UHI)
Central Brooklyn
EVENING COMMUTE UPDATE: – B trains are still suspended in both directions, with no service from Brighton Beach to 145 St in Harlem – Some southbound F trains will make D stops from W4/Washington Square all the way to Coney Island – Expect extensive delays in D and F service – Northbound C
Announcements
The Pink Houses in East New York will be included in the upgrades to heating systems (Source: NY District Attorney’s Office)Public housing residents in New York will be receiving efficiency upgrades to their buildings, just not the most needed ones. The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) announced
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/ Jimmy JoeTemperatures hit the single digits [https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/brooklyn/historic] over the weekend causing pipes to burst and homes to flood across Brooklyn. Residents in 12 homes in Gerritsen Beach woke up on Sunday morning to find their homes flooded, the result