Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – As reported in March [/three-new-gowanus-developments-retail-arts-pets/], the non-profit organization, Powerhouse Environmental Arts Foundation [http://www.powerhousearts.org/], enlisted world renowned architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron [https://www.herzogdemeuron.com/index.html] to convert the Bat Cave, the abandoned warehouse across from Whole Foods, into an arts center. Bat Cave,
Central Brooklyn
Officials are promising tight security at the New York City Marathon [https://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/] this Sunday, following Tuesday night’s fatal attack in lower Manhattan. “It will be a very safe event,” NYPD Chief of Department Carlos Gomez said of the marathon, which is expected to have over 50,
Central Brooklyn
Kids singing in front of 360 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, 10.21.17 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Tenants In Crown Heights Unite To Fight Shady New Landlord [https:
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – When Art Chang put the pro-Constitutional Convention (ConCon) yard sign by his residence, he was hoping to send a message to his neighbors. He was not quite expecting to engage in lamp post exchange on pros and cons in his Prospect Heights neighborhood. Next day he woke up
North Western Brooklyn
WINDSOR TERRACE – A woman accidentally struck her husband with a car last night on East 5th Street between Greenwood Avenue and Vanderbilt Street. East 5th Street, Windsor Terrace via Google MapsAt approximately 9:40pm, October 31, a 41-year-old woman hit her 55-year-old husband with their 2006 Ford Escape when he
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Events
A ghoulish drum corps led the Park Slope Civic Council’s Halloween Parade down 7th Ave in Park Slope last night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – After a long Halloween weekend, the Park Slope Civic Council [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/]capped of the spooky holiday celebrations with a parade down 7th
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – Last night, the creepy and kooky team behind Halloween 313 [https://www.facebook.com/Halloween313Theatrical/], who have been putting on elaborate, family-friendly stage shows for neighbors every October 31 for the past 20 years, performed its swan song. Rehearsals for Halloween 313’s production of The Curse of
Announcements
RED HOOK – This Friday, November 3rd, head over to the Harold Ickes Playground in Red Hook, where the NYC Parks Department will be holding a Skate Fair (3-5pm) and community input session for a new skate park at the playground (5-6pm). NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher, City Council
Arts & Culture
Crowds lined up for the Nitehawk Haunted House under the old Pavilion marquee—which featured spooky poems about movie plots (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) PARK SLOPE – The line wrapped around the corner from the old Pavilion Theater in Park Slope, with many of the attendees in costume, but it wasn’t
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – Former Trump campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was indicted on Monday [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/five-takeaways-manafort-gates-indictment.html?_r=0] on 12-counts including money laundering and tax evasion in his political and business dealings with the Ukraine. 377 Union Street (on left) in Carroll Gardens
Business
RED HOOK – A massive United Parcel Service facility is headed to Red Hook. Red Hook via Google MapsUPS recently signed a long-term lease for a 12-acre site in the waterfront neighborhood, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2017/10/30/ups-signs-megadeals-in-bk-and-queens/] reports, likely with plans to open a new distribution
Central Brooklyn
Tonight is Halloween and my neighborhood takes the holiday VERY seriously. One could argue that Flatbush is to Halloween what Dyker Heights is to Christmas. (Maybe not that extreme, but pretty close!) Multiple neighborhood parades, actual porches for candy distribution, homeowners bitten by the holiday bug — there’s no shortage