Central Brooklyn
Underhill Walls BK at Underhill Avenue and St. Johns Place, Prospect Heights, Sept. 9, 2017 (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. -Flatbush and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens To Be Designated “Little Caribbean” [ Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn
FORT GREENE – Forest City has sold its retail portfolio of a dozen properties in New York and New Jersey including Atlantic Terminal Mall and Atlantic Center across from the Barclays Center. Atlantic Terminal (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Madison International Realty agreed to buy out Forest City’s interest in all
Arts & Culture
The 43rd annual Atlantic Antic, the oldest and biggest street festival in Brooklyn, takes over the western end of Atlantic Avenue on Sunday. There are also lots of musical events happening this weekend including the Brooklyn Americana Music Festival, MoCADA’s Soul of BK Festival 2017, and day two of
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Police are searching for the woman seen in the below photo in connection to a robbery that occurred over the weekend. Via NYPDAt approximately 6:30pm on Sunday, September 17, the woman helped herself to a bottle of body soap at a store located at 635 Fulton Street
Gowanus
PARK SLOPE – A 40-year-old man was fatally hit by a southbound R subway Wednesday afternoon at the Union Street/4th Avenue station. Police responded to the scene at approximately 3:20pm on September 20. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, a NYPD representative said. It is unclear how
North Western Brooklyn
Corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues, Thursday, September 21, 9:00am (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)BOERUM HILL – A Staten Island man was killed in front of the Dunkin’ Donuts on the southwest corner of 4th and Atlantic Avenues Wednesday evening. Police responded to the scene at approximately 8:20pm
Central Brooklyn
SUNSET PARK – Irene Castillo, 52, immediately called her family in Mexico City and Puebla when she heard the news of a second earthquake on Tuesday. Her relatives in Mexico City said they were fine, but were terrified of the destruction and fallen buildings. In Puebla, each of Ms. Castillo’s
Arts & Culture
Hoyt and Livingston Streets (photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The five-story garage that once served as a canvas for artist Stephen Powers [http://firstandfifteenth.net]‘ Love Letter to Brooklyn mural has been demolished—in its place, a giant hole in the ground. The site of the former garage
Announcements
Looking for a community to celebrate High Holidays? These four congregations are opening their doors to share the service with all – from Park Slope to Midwood. Check them out! High Holidays this year: Rosh Hashana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah] this year falls on September 21 and 22,
Arts & Culture
From Among Trees and Stones by Matthew JensenGREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com] is an iconic site both because of its scenic beauty and the histories of many famous New Yorkers buried there, including Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Boss” Tweed and more than 5,000 veterans
Central Brooklyn
While it looks like gas prices in Brooklyn have not been impacted as much as the rest of the city, they are up since Hurricane Harvey affected production in Texas, home to about 1/3 of our country’s refining capacity, at the end of August. Much of the are
Events
RED HOOK – The non-profit cultural center Pioneer Works [https://pioneerworks.org/] will host the third annual Red Hook Regatta on Saturday, September 30, bringing the innovative, homemade boat race back to Valentino Pier. Photo courtesy of Pioneer WorksThe Regatta attracts hundreds of spectators to the Red Hook waterfront each year,