clinton hill
CLINTON HILL/FORT GREENE/DOWNTOWN – Commuters who rely on the B54 bus are fighting against the MTA [https://new.mta.info]‘s plans to cut service on the line this fall. Via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn PartnershipThe B54 [https://bustime.mta.info/m/?q=B54] runs from Jay Street in Downtown
affordable housing
Mayor Bill de Blasio holds a press conference at City Hall after an NYPD judge recommend firing Officer Daniel Pantaleo on Friday, August 2, 2019 . Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeMayor Bill de Blasio is yet again facing scrutiny for his real estate dealings, but this time it’s about his
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – Before classes are back in session and students return to campus, head over to Pratt Institute [https://www.pratt.edu] and enjoy its beloved sculpture park—a true gem hidden-in-plain-sight in the middle of Clinton Hill. Mark di Suvero, Paintbrush, 2016-17, painted steelArtist and professor David Weinrib established
Announcements
Eid Al Fitr 2019. (Photo: Todd Maisel/ Bklyner)For Muslims, these next ten days are the most blessed ten days. Many Muslims all over the world including right here in Brooklyn, will be fasting for nine days. If not all of the days, then definitely on the ninth day of
Central Brooklyn
Jasmine Robinson speaks into a microphone with a protester holding a sign that reads “Justice for Eric Garner Now! Your Silence is Violence” (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)After a police judge recommended the firing of Daniel Pantaelo, the NYPD officer who during an arrest killed Eric Garner five years
Development
GOWANUS – Two Trees [https://www.twotreesny.com] is asking the city to create an incentive granting more density for projects in Gowanus if developers include “public improvements” in planned buildings. Rendering of Two Trees’ Hoyt Street site, via Practice for Architecture and Urbanism [https://pau.studio/what/gowanus-office-steam-high-school/]If the
Business
PARK SLOPE/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Philly Pretzel Factory [https://phillypretzelfactory.com] is coming to Brooklyn, as we reported a couple of weeks ago, and now we have more details. There will be two locations, one in Park Slope and one on Fulton Mall. The first of the two franchises hopes
celebrity
FORT GREENE – With two growing sons, celebrity chef and television star Tom Colicchio [https://www.craftedhospitality.com/tom-colicchio/] and his wife, filmmaker Lori Silverbush [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1091262/], moved from their West Village rental in 2016 to a 19th-century brownstone in Fort Greene. Tom Colicchio and Lori Silverbush,
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Ground Floor Gallery presents the third edition of its biennial exhibition, Priority Mail [http://groundfloorbk.com/priority-mail-our-2019-mail-art-biennial/], a survey of small original artworks mailed in from around the world. Priority Mail: 2019 Mail Art Biennial at Ground Floor Gallery“ALL submissions mailed to the gallery will be accepted
Big Story
PS 130 is listed among schools with lead paint in classrooms. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Reema Amin, Alex Zimmerman, Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY More than 900 New York City elementary school classrooms have tested positive for lead after inspections revealed the presence of peeling, chipped, or otherwise deteriorating lead paint, according
Arts & Culture
This is a great weekend for music! Check out a variety of performances happening throughout Brooklyn. From DJ Nosaj Thing performing at Prospect Park’s Bandshell to the 70s Soul Jam featuring classic groups from the decade—there’s something for everyone. This is also the last weekend to check
North Western Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the man seen in the video below in connection to two attempted sexual assaults Monday night. The first incident happened on July 29 at approximately 11:50pm near 8th Avenue and 12th Street. Police say the suspect approached