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North Western Brooklyn

Mar
30
New Layout, Better Signage and More Programming Planned for Prospect Heights Open Streets

New Layout, Better Signage and More Programming Planned for Prospect Heights Open Streets

The Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street last year. (Image: Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council)New York City’s Open Streets program
4 min read
Mar
30
Design Nonprofit Launches Fellowship to Envision the Future of Gowanus

Design Nonprofit Launches Fellowship to Envision the Future of Gowanus

A rendering of the storefront of Van Alen Institute’s new location at 303 Bond Street in Gowanus, remade as
4 min read
Mar
29
Wonderforest Nature Preschool and Cain Sloan Store To Open At Pacific Park

Wonderforest Nature Preschool and Cain Sloan Store To Open At Pacific Park

38 Sixth Avenue in Pacific Park. (Image: Developer)A new pre-school and home decor shop are coming to Brooklyn. Greenland
2 min read
Mar
29
Breaking News: Anyone Over 30 Can Get Vaccinated Starting Tomorrow, Over 16 April 6

Breaking News: Anyone Over 30 Can Get Vaccinated Starting Tomorrow, Over 16 April 6

Governor Cuomo. Darren McGee- Office of Governor Andrew CuomoGovernor Cuomo announced today that New Yorkers over the age of 30
1 min read
Mar
29
When NYPD Takes Kids’ Phones, They’re Disconnecting a Pandemic Lifeline

When NYPD Takes Kids’ Phones, They’re Disconnecting a Pandemic Lifeline

Photo by James Sutton [https://unsplash.com/@jamessutton_photography?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
8 min read
Mar
26
NYPD Promises More Plain Clothes Cops To Combat Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

NYPD Promises More Plain Clothes Cops To Combat Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

Photo via NYPDYesterday, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea met with Brooklyn’s Asian community in Sunset Park to talk about the
4 min read
Mar
26
39 Community Leaders Endorse Doug Schneider In D39 Race

39 Community Leaders Endorse Doug Schneider In D39 Race

This morning Park Slope civil rights lawyer and Democratic District Leader Doug Schneider [https://dougschneiderbk.com/meet-doug/] announced his campaign
3 min read
Mar
25
Electrifying Brooklyn

Electrifying Brooklyn

By Martha Sickles, HCSB Brooklyn brownstones, rowhouses, small multifamily, and commercial buildings are trading in their polluting fossil fuel-generated heating
5 min read
Mar
24
3-K Expanded To All School Districts! 

3-K Expanded To All School Districts! 

Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Porter announced this morning that, starting this fall, the City will expand the free
4 min read
Mar
23
OPINION – Poison Land and Poison Rhetoric: Gowanus Rezone Proponent Uses Personal Attacks to Sidestep Public Health Concerns

OPINION – Poison Land and Poison Rhetoric: Gowanus Rezone Proponent Uses Personal Attacks to Sidestep Public Health Concerns

Rendering of the post-rezoning Gowanus canal bridge crossing with waterfront development and pedestrian activity. (Rendering from the Department of City
3 min read