Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – On Friday, September 22, Prospect Park Alliance President Sue Donoghue and Council Member Brad Lander hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially reopen two newly restored ballfields [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/ballfields-6-7-reopen-after-restoration/] on Prospect Park’s Long Meadow. Left to right: Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Maher, Council
Gowanus
GOWANUS – Two men were reportedly shot while sitting in a parked car on Baltic Street near the Gowanus Houses Friday night. Baltic Street via Google MapsPolice responded to a call at 426 Baltic Street (between Hoyt and Bond Streets) at approximately 11:20pm on Friday, September 22, a NYPD representative
News
Council Member Lander lauds the new countdown clocks at 4th Ave and 9th St (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – As Bus Time clocks arrive slowly but surely in Brooklyn [/bus-time-clocks-arrive-at-brooklyn-bus-stops/], Council Member Brad Lander (District 39) called for a new initiative in expanding coverage: teaming up with LinkNYC [https://www.
gravesend
GRAVESEND – Last Friday, September 22, BKLYNER reported [/person-reportedly-struck-f-train-avenue-x-station/] that a person was struck by an “F” train at the Avenue X subway station, suspending “F” train service between Kings Highway and Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue in both directions for approximately two hours. A FDNY representative said firefighters responded to a call
community
By Bryan Vazquez RED HOOK- It was a hot Sunday morning in Red Hook for the 6th annual Tunnel to Towers 5K Run and Walk race yesterday. [https://tunnel2towers.org] The event pays homage to the FDNY firefighter Stephen Siller, who is known for his bravery as a firefighter during
Central Brooklyn
Artist Uta Brauser’s @fishwithbraids van parked on 9th Street, Park Slope (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], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and
Nonsponsored
Neighborhoods are one of the most important parts of picking an apartment. One factor to consider in a neighborhood is climate change and the impact [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/flood-hazard-mapper.page] it will have on the city. Given the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy [https://project.wnyc.
North Western Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – A reader wrote in to say that he witnessed a scary incident on Flatbush Avenue between Bergen Street and 6th Avenue on his way home Thursday night. As he exited the Bergen Street subway station at approximately 11:45pm on September 21, he says that he saw “a
Central Brooklyn
Taking the subway on the weekend is just as frustrating as it is taking it during the week. If you’re planning to travel via the subway this weekend, take a look at the list of planned service changes below first. Remember to give yourself extra time and maybe pack
Events
Park Slope Library, 431 6th AvenuePARK SLOPE – Shake the sand out of your summer reading books and donate them, along with any other gently used books and media, to the Park Slope Library this weekend. Friends of the Park Slope Library [https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofParkSlopeLibrary/] will begin accepting donations
Arts & Culture
80 Flatbush mural, work in progress (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)FORT GREENE/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Back in May, Alloy Development issued a call for submissions [/alloy-development-seeks-mural-artists-80-flatbush/] seeking an artist to create temporary large-scale murals on the exterior of its 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com/] project. Earlier this month, the firm
Downtown Brooklyn
BOERUM HILL – The NYPD has released surveillance video of the man they believe stabbed and shot [/man-fatally-stabbed-and-shot-on-corner-of-4th-atlantic/] a Staten Island man to death on the corner of 4th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue Wednesday evening. At approximately 8:20pm on September 20, police found 47-year-old Steven Vargas unconscious in front of