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Birdseye view of Brooklyn Navy Yard Master Plan (Architectural and Urban Design Concepts by WXY, Illustrative Visualization by bloomimages)Brooklyn’s economy is booming, driven by growth in tech start-ups, creative companies, and next-generation makers and manufacturers, a new report by the Center for an Urban Future published [https://nycfuture.
Announcements
GOWANUS – Thanks to Gowanus Canal CAG [https://gowanuscag.org/] member Brad Vogel for providing a heads-up on a meeting tonight (June 13) regarding cleanup plans for the former Citizens Works Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) site at Smith & 5th Streets. Oil slick seen in the Gowanus Canal (Photo: Nathan Haselby)
Arts & Culture
Soak up those summer nights with a variety of outdoor events happening throughout Brooklyn this weekend! Go back in time with a performance of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in Carroll Park or check out performances throughout Prospect-Lefferts Gardens as part of the PLG Arts Music Festival. Plus, this is
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Two dozen disturbing art installations popped up across NYC early Wednesday morning depicting migrant children detained in cages. > Outside the Y in Park Slope, gym to a presidential candidate. NYPD started removing it right after this pic. It’ll be gone before he arrives #NoKidsInCages [https://twitter.com/hashtag/
North Western Brooklyn
PARK SLOPE/SUNSET PARK – The NYPD is requesting the public’s help in identifying the man seen in the photo and videos below in connection to four incidents of debris being thrown onto subway tracks in Brooklyn. Via NYPDThe first incident occurred at approximately 12:30am on Thursday, May 9
Business
PARK SLOPE – Following an emergency New York State Liquor Authority [https://sla.ny.gov] (SLA) meeting last Thursday, June 6, an Emergency Order of Suspension was placed on Woodland [/woodlands-liquor-license-suspended/], preventing the business from serving alcohol. By Friday evening, the order had been lifted, allowing the venue to continue hosting
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – Despite the pouring rain, fans of rapper/lyricist Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” jammed St. James Place at busy Fulton Street where his mother, Voletta Wallace, her family, musicians, and elected officials announced that the intersection— where the rapper once lived—was officially renamed Christopher “Notorious B.I.
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GOWANUS – Carroll Gardens Coalition For Respectful Development [http://carrollgardenspetition.blogspot.com] (CG CORD) has requested that Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] (CB6) coordinate at least two town hall meetings with NYC agencies about the Gowanus rezoning. The group has also started an online
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L&B Spumoni Gardens via Google MapsDUMBO – L&B Spumoni Gardens, the beloved Italian eatery in Bensonhurst, has announced the opening of a second location after eighty years of business. The draw? The new spot is just down the street from Grimaldi’s [https://www.grimaldis-pizza.com/] and
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On a recent Saturday afternoon in mid-May, the corridor in Industry City’s Building 6 connecting 34th and 35th Streets was abuzz with activity. Fueled by a table full of homemade tamales, a group of Sunset Park middle school students were in the midst of their final push to finish
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PARK SLOPE – What a drag it is walking 15 blocks on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope unless you are “in drag” marching in the 23rd annual Brooklyn Pride Parade celebrating sexual identity, diversity, and tolerance. Joe Russo with his daughter Annika, 3, of Park Slope watch the parade. Photo by
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[UPDATED: Friday, June 7, 2019 at 7:15pm] Woodland’s General Manager, Pedro Yamasaki, contacted Bklyner Friday evening to tell us that a judge lifted the Emergency Order of Suspension and that the venue is back to normal operations. A representative for SLA confirmed that the business was granted a