Development
[UPDATED: Wednesday, February 6 at 3pm] The office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams provided the following statement regarding today’s announcement: “A 21st century city demands 21st century transportation solutions. Brooklyn’s future depends on serious mass transit investment, shared streets, and waterfront reactivation. That’s why I look
Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – Though its official grand opening isn’t for another couple of weeks, The Center for Fiction [http://www.centerforfiction.org/new-space-in-brooklyn] offered a preview of its new home at 15 Lafayette Avenue (between Rockwell & Ashland Place) Tuesday morning while crews were busy adding finishing touches. The Center
camps
An action-packed, classic day-camp experience in four locations throughout the city (UWS, Inwood, Riverdale, and Park Slope), Kids in the Game Camps emphasize enrichment through movement and play. Courtesy of Kids In the GameWith programming from 9 AM-4 PM (with optional 8 AM early care at no extra cost and
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – Jazmine Headley, the 23-year-old mother from Bed-Stuy whose young son was forcibly torn from her arms [/video-nypd-violently-yanks-1-year-old-from-mother-at-snap-office/] during an altercation at a Boerum Hill Human Resources Administration (HRA)/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) office received a public apology from NYC Council Speaker Corey Johnson on Monday. Human Resources
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – The Park Slope United Methodist Church [https://www.parkslopeumc.net/events] will host its 26th annual book sale from Thursday, February 21 through Sunday, February 24. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/353662298559916/]Each year, more than 10,000 new or gently-used books are sold during the
camps
SPONSORED: While camp is about playing sports, making new friends and learning to swim, it’s so much more than that. Camp allows children to gain important life skills that truly can’t be learned in any other environment. School is an important learning environment for reading, writing, and arithmetic,
Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts [http://mocada.org] (MoCADA) is planning to convert a vacant lot at 48 Lafayette Avenue into a sculpture garden. Via Architecture + Construction PLLC presentation [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/20190205/48%20Lafayette%20Ave%20-LPC%20FInal%20%201-31-2019.
fort greene
FORT GREENE – Last Thursday, January 31, The Brooklyn Hospital Center [https://www.tbh.org] (TBHC) kicked off the first event of a three-year celebration to honor the medical facility’s 175th anniversary. Gary G. Terrinoni, TBHC President & CEO; Julian Macrone, Fort Greene Park Conservancy; Sandra Chapman, Chief of Staff,
Development
DOWNTOWN – The long overdue plans to create a community green space above an automated underground parking garage at Willoughby Square have officially been scrapped by the city. (Courtesy: NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/project/willoughby-square])The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/project/willoughby-square] (EDC)
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn is getting a second medical marijuana dispensary later this year, this time at 44 Court Street in the storefront that formerly housed Court Street Office Supplies for 36 years [/36-years-court-street-office-supplies-will-close-brick-mortar-location/]. 44 Court Street (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Columbia Care [https://www.col-care.com/] will take over the 7,
Arts & Culture
This weekend is packed with fun things to check out, including Target First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum celebrating Black History Month and the closing days of the exhibit Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting the third annual “A
Big Story
Anita Bulan. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Anita Bulan immigrated to America 15 years ago with her now ex-husband. She was born and raised in Australia, but the island never felt like home. Fortunately for her, she found a home in Sunset Park. Now, she spends her days running