Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday, February 13, 2017. Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photography OfficeLast night, Mayor de Blasio delivered his State of the City address, promising: “We’re going to do things a different way here
Feature
Olga Lipschitz. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)At first glance, it’s hard to tell that Mrs. Olga Lipschitz, legendary nursing home administrator and holocaust survivor, is a rebel. Since arriving in the United States in 1946 after liberation from a concentration camp, she’s she’s effortlessly set the
Food & Drink
Dot & Line owners Bart Rozyk and Amber Eltaieb are expecting their first baby in May (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Are you tired of being served a splash of ‘tude with your morning latte? Then pay a visit to Dot & Line [http://www.dotandlinebk.com/], a new coffee
Ditmas Park
Emergency Town Hall Announcement via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/AAFSCNY/photos/gm.395023280864707/10155122676677642/?type=3&theater] Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested more than 600 people across 11 states [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/nyregion/immigration-arrests-sanctuary-city.html?_r=0] last week, with 40 of those
Nonsponsored
575 4th Avenue via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/575+4th+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11215/@40.6655825,-73.9944549,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25ae51b2e5931:0xac9c7ecb7bad1b61!8m2!3d40.6655785!4d-73.9922609] The Daten Group, a New York-based developer, has secured the financing needed to proceed with
Arts & Culture
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Photo by bam_brooklyn via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQTKHo8lFrz/?taken-by=bam_brooklyn])Harvey Lichtenstein, the former President and Executive Producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music [http://www.bam.org/], passed away on Saturday at the age of 87. The New York Times
Arts & Culture
Jenna Morello does not like labels. The 31-year-old New Jersey native has been painting vibrant murals all around Sunset Park, adorning drab walls of industrial buildings with bright roses, fierce animals, and bold patterns, but she’s reluctant to call herself an “artist.” “You will never hear me say ‘artist.
community
Fort Greene Park (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Fort Greene Park is one of eight city parks selected for redesign and improvements as part of the $50 million Parks Without Borders Program [https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/planning/parks-without-borders] . A part of OneNYC [http://www1.nyc.gov/html/onenyc/index.
Business
via Jacques TorresAll these folks based in Brooklyn make and sell their own chocolate. Some are small, some are large, some are new, and some battle for the title of the oldest in the borough. Of the many chocolatiers in Brooklyn, here are our favorites – for last minute orders tonight
North Western Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for a woman accused of stealing 2 purses from the employee break room at Marshalls located at 625 Atlantic Avenue. The suspect entered the store on Friday, February 10 at 1:17pm, went into the employee break room, and walked away with 2 purses belonging
News
Teddy and puppy love in Carroll Gardens (Photo by 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 sign up for our
Food & Drink
Tesla Showroom in Red Hook (Photo by cjh51109 via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BD-fJ4TKu4O/?tagged=teslaredhook])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Thief Nabs Tip-Jar From Fort Greene Cafe. [DNA Info [https://www.dnainfo.