Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The glassy four-story building that formerly housed an HSBC branch on Montague Street may soon be demolished to make way for a new 20-story residential building with ground-floor retail. 200 Montague Street, near Cadman Plaza West (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.
Development
GOWANUS – The auditorium of P.S. 133 was packed Thursday evening with locals eager to see NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page]‘s (DCP) presentation of the Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal. Via NYC Department of City Planning presentation of the Gowanus
Business
By Kelli Anderson/Jen Snow, Courtesy of Russ & DaughtersNAVY YARD – Russ & Daughters, the defining Lower East Side appetizing joint — and an old New York Jewish standby that has managed to keep up with the times — opened its doors officially in a sprawling space in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Animals
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The borough’s first feline cafe, Brooklyn Cat Cafe [https://www.catcafebk.com/], held an official grand opening on Wednesday at its new home at 76 Montague Street. Having moved in December into the landmarked building that previously housed Friend of a Farmer restaurant, the new Brooklyn Cat
Arts & Culture
Looking to try something new this weekend? Check out a variety of local art events happening around Brooklyn that explore different types of mediums. Try out a sound bath at the Brooklyn Music School or completely immerse yourself in audio with the weekend-long On Air Fest. If you’re looking
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – This spring the Brooklyn Museum [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org] will debut a group exhibition featuring work by contemporary LGBTQ+ artists that “honors the fight for queer liberation in the years since the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.” S.T.A.R., 2012, by Tuesday Smillie. Courtesy of the artist and
community
GOWANUS – The EPA team members working on the Gowanus Canal Superfund Cleanup [https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222] returned to the Gowanus CAG Tuesday evening for the first time since being furloughed during the federal government shutdown. Gowanus Canal seen from the 9th Street Bridge (Photo:
Announcements
The MTA crew getting part of a tree off the track on Feb 25. (Photo: MTA)High winds, downed trees, signal problems, automatic brakes, and a sick passenger – and how was your commute? This morning one Ditmas Park resident told us they were going to vote (Public Advocate special elections
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] Executive Committee voted against a liquor license for a boozy Taco Bell planned for 58 Court Street in Brooklyn Heights. Taco Bell Cantina at 1034 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush via Google MapsThe national chain is pushing
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A popular produce market housed in a one-story building at 181 Atlantic Avenue may soon be demolished to make way for a new four-story mixed-use development. Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable, 181 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)On Monday evening, the Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/
Development
PARK SLOPE – A 125-foot-tall, twelve-story mixed-used development has been proposed to replace the long vacant lot on the corner of 4th Avenue and Degraw Street. Construction site at 639 Degraw Street (at corner of 4th Avenue), Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)ODA Architecture [http://www.oda-architecture.com]
hate crimes
PARK SLOPE – The NYPD is searching for a man who stole a statue from Saint Thomas Aquinas Church and then dumped it into a nearby trash can. Surveillance video taken at approximately 11:10am last Wednesday, February 20, shows a man walking out of the church at 249 9th Street