Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – The bubbly flowed Thursday evening as BRIC celebrated the opening of its new 3,500-square-foot Community Media Incubator. BRIC Community Media Incubator, 75 Rockwell Place (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Located steps away from BRIC House (647 Fulton Street) on the second floor of 75 Rockwell Place, the Community Media
Central Brooklyn
A woman looks at the ocean in Brighton Beach. Liena Zagare/BklynerWill Brooklyn’s growing senior population age with the dignity they deserve? Skyrocketing rents and other costs of living create challenges for elderly residents on fixed incomes. In June, Pastor David K. Brawley of St. Paul Community Baptist Church
Arts & Culture
CARROLL GARDENS – The 2019 MacArthur Fellows [https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/] were announced on Wednesday. The twenty-six honorees work in various disciplines—the arts, literature, law, science—and hail from all across the country, including Annie Dorsen [http://www.anniedorsen.com/index.php], a Brooklyn resident. 2019 MacArthur Fellow
community
Steven Vago for BklynerPARK SLOPE – A Park Slope meeting on bike safety erupted into chaos, with attendees screaming and one man being shoved on Wednesday night. “If I can just ask everyone to take a deep breath,” said Myra Manning, the moderator and founder of Citizens United for Safety, a
affordable housing
Homeless in Downtown Brooklyn. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Joel Acevedo, President of the Brooklyn Young Republican Club The city that never sleeps is about to become the city that sleeps on the streets. Homelessness, residential displacement, and housing insecurity are unfortunately on the rise in New York City, according to the
Arts & Culture
Enjoy the first weekend of fall with exhibits, movies, opera, and more. Morbid Anatomy returns for another pop-up exhibit at Green-Wood Cemetery and the Brooklyn Public Library is hosting an open house. If you’re looking to get outdoors and enjoy the autumn weather, click here [/outdoor-events-mexican-independence-day-parade-3rd-avenue-festival-atlantic-antic-more/] for our list
Bay Ridge
Monday marked the autumn equinox. Celebrate the start of the fall season with fresh air, sunshine, and community at these outdoor festivities happening around Brooklyn this weekend. Visit NYC DOT [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/wkndtraf.shtml#brooklyn] for more information on weekend street closures. Via Facebook
Carroll Gardens
By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/09/25/city-unveils-map-of-proposed-school-zones-in-brooklyns-district-15-hints-that-a-decision-could-be-delayed/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] PARK SLOPE/CARROLL GARDEN/RED HOOK – The education department on Tuesday unveiled a proposal for redrawing elementary school zone lines to relieve overcrowding and encourage integration
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGOWANUS – The number of cyclists killed in NYC streets this year has risen to 23 after a man riding his bike was struck by a driver. On Sunday, September 8 at around 9:32 p.m., 62-year-old MD Abul Bashar from the Bronx was riding his e-bike
Announcements
BOROUGH HALL – The National Rally to End Gun Violence is tomorrow in Washington D.C and Borough President Eric Adams is hosting a bus to take people there. The bus will depart at Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon Street) at 4:15 a.m. on Wednesday, September 25 and will
community
By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/09/23/brooklyns-district-16-urges-mayor-chancellor-to-phase-out-the-gifted-program-they-once-fought-to-create/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] Even as some parents and politicians mobilize to preserve gifted programs, the Community Education Council in Brooklyn’s District 16 passed a resolution Monday night
Downtown Brooklyn
By Kevin Truong DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Alicia Boyd can still recall the moment a book first captured her imagination as a child—back when she was an eight-year-old growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant. Brooklyn Book Festival 2019, Festival Day, Sunday, Sept. 22 (Kevin Truong)“The first book that I ever read was