News
Intersection of Vanderbilt and St. Marks Avenues in Prospect Heights via Google MapsPROSPECT HEIGHTS – Two pedestrians were struck by a vehicle in Prospect Heights at the intersection of St. Marks Avenue and Vanderbilt Avenue on Wednesday morning. The FDNY responded to a call at approximately 8:20am. One victim was
Events
On October 29, 2012, Superstorm Sandy [/86074-superstorm-sandy-anniversary-southern-brooklyn-sheepshead-bay/] caused the deaths of 43 New York City residents and caused $19 billion in economic damage. The storm had a devastating impact on the Brooklyn-Queens waterfront and Southern Brooklyn, along with the East and South Shores of Staten Island, Southern Queens and lower
Business
Jalapa Jar, 384 Schermerhorn Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Taco and salsa purveyors, Jalapa Jar [https://www.facebook.com/jalapajar/], quietly opened their new pop-up shop [/jalapa-jar-open-temporary-shop-alloys-80-flatbush-site/] at 384 Schermerhorn Street on the corner of Flatbush Avenue Tuesday morning. The 600-square-foot storefront takes over a former check-cashing spot
Announcements
Via downtownbrooklyn.com [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/events/encore-salsa-for-a-good-cause]DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com] will host a free outdoor Salsa party to support relief efforts in Puerto Rico tomorrow, October 4, from 5pm to 7pm at Willoughby Plaza. The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership requests that attendees bring supplies
Business
Kleen Machine, 309 5th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – A reader wrote in to BKLYNER to inform us that the laundromat Kleen Machine located at 309 5th Avenue is slated to close. The long-time customer is sorry to lose her neighborhood laundry facility or “valued resource” as she
community
GOWANUS – City Council Members Brad Lander and Stephen Levin are rallying with community stakeholders today to demand Mayor De Blasio reopen the Gowanus Houses Community Center. “We’re fighting for a concrete commitment from the mayor’s office,” said a representative from Council Member Levin’s office. The Gowanus Houses
Announcements
PBNYC District 39 Project Expo at Camp Friendship in Park Slope, March 2017 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The new cycle of the New York City Council’s Participatory Budgeting [https://council.nyc.gov/pb/] has officially begun! Participatory budgeting (PBNYC) is a city program that allows residents to vote on
Central Brooklyn
It’s October, and while Brooklyn may be thousands of miles away from Germany, we can still make like they do in Munich and celebrate Oktoberfest by enjoying some of the borough’s finest, locally crafted beers. The DUMBO bid is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration from Friday, October 6 to
Nonsponsored
Via Corcoran [https://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/5231302]BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Move over Matt Damon [/celebrity-real-estate-matt-damon-rumored-contract-brooklyns-expensive-home/], there’s a new contender for the most expensive home in Brooklyn. A 8,500-square-foot duplex condo on the top two floors of One Brooklyn Bridge Park [http://www.onebrooklyn.com/], located at
community
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A Go Fund Me page [https://www.gofundme.com/dalypie] was launched last week to assist Meghan Daly, owner of Prospect Heights’ Daly Pie, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. Meghan Daly via Go Fund Me“A few months ago, at only 35, Meghan was diagonosed with
brighton beach
MILL BASIN – The NYPD is searching for a pair of pyromaniacs who set four fires in a Mill Basin parking lot over the summer. At approximately 3am on Thursday, July 13 at 6065 Strickland Avenue, 4 fires were intentionally set by two suspects, police say. The fires were sparked in
Downtown Brooklyn
BOERUM HILL – The NYPD has released a second surveillance video of the man they are searching for in connection to the stabbing and shooting death [/nypd-releases-video-suspect-4th-avenue-killing/] of a Staten Island resident on the corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues last month. Police released the latest surveillance video footage (above) last