Events
Photo by litchiloves via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/litchiloves/]Happy year of the rooster! January 28 marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year [http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/special-report/chinese-new-year/], a time for many joyous celebrations including large family dinners, vibrant dragon and lion dances, lantern festivals,
Business
1446 Fulton Street on January 20. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The stage is set for the Fulton Ale House [https://www.facebook.com/fultonalehousebklyn/], a sports pub slated to open next week in Bed-Stuy, run by a well-loved Ditmas Park bar crew. Co-owner Diana King and her husband Mike
green
Rendering via Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates [http://www.mvvainc.com/project.php?id=3&c=parks]Brooklyn Bridge Park’s landscape architect, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates [http://www.mvvainc.com/project.php?id=3&c=parks], has released final design renderings [https://www.6sqft.com/new-rendering-and-construction-shots-reveal-pier-5-uplands-opening-this-year-at-brooklyn-bridge-park/] for the
Police & Fire
Last Tuesday, January 17, around 1:40pm, two men forced themselves into a home near Irving Place close to Classon Avenue. Once inside, one of the individuals shot the 33-year-old man who resides there in the left thigh. The two men then fled south towards Fulton Street. The victim was
Arts & Culture
(Photo via The Alamo Drafthouse/Facebook [https://drafthouse.com/theater/downtown-brooklyn])It’s cold. It’s wet. Perfect weather to stay in and watch old movies, or hunker down in an arty theater and watch critically-acclaimed ones. To fuel your week, we’ve put together a list of top film
Kids & Family
Prospect Park on Saturday, Jan 21. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)This weekend, Inauguration Day events [http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-inauguration-highlights/], galas [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/inaugural-balls-the-good-the-bad-and-the-american-carnage-of-last-nights-parties/2017/01/21/6c9d974e-df98-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html?utm_term=.e442412cd6dd] , and protests [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/
News
Photo Jeff DavenjayThough some neighbors were hoping a Trader Joe’s, or something equally exciting, would fill the vacant commercial space located on the northeast corner of 5th Avenue and 15th Street in South Slope, it appears the plans for a new Crunch gym will be moving ahead as approved
Opinion
(Photo via plasticbagpics [https://www.instagram.com/p/5--WBGJglN/?taken-by=plasticbagpics]/instagram)We just can’t seem to agree on how to go about using plastic bags in Brooklyn. Many commenters north of Prospect Park seem to be all for the 5 cent bag fee. But south of the park
Events
via 38sixth.com [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery.html#current-projects] More affordable units are coming on the market as new construction gets completed. Applications are currently being accepted for studio apartments to 1,2,3-bedrooms at 38 Sixth at Pacific Park located in Prospect Heights. Applicants’ annual household incomes
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BKLYNERStrong winds and two to three inches of rain is not a fun way to start the week, but it is what’s forecast for Monday. If you live in a low-lying and/or poor drainage area, you should be ready for some flooding and protect your property accordingly. The
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News
Metropolitan Detention Center on 2nd Avenue via Google Street ViewJoaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious Mexican drug lord whose net worth is estimated at well over $1 billion [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3168750/The-Rich-Kids-Cartel-Mexico-drugs-lord-El-Chapo-s-blinged-children-fabulous-wealth-flash-cars-guns-Paris-Hilton-selfies-pet-lions.html] , may now be residing in Brooklyn. Unlike many expats in Brooklyn, El Chapo