Business
The new Sephora will front on the square where Children’s Place used to be. Panorama courtesy of Madison International.ATLANTIC/BARCLAYS – Children’s Place spot at the Atlantic Shopping mall will become Sephora in October. The company has leased 5,500 square feet, Madison International Realty [http://www.madisonint.
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month [http://ovarian.org/page-not-found/508-ovarian-cancer-awareness-month] and T.E.A.L. [https://tealwalk.org/] will once again host a 5K race and 2.5-mile walk this weekend to help raise awareness of the disease that will “take the lives of more than
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Last Sunday, a new public artwork was installed at the recently revamped 7th Avenue Triangle on the west side of Flatbush. Under the Sun by William Soltis (2019), photo by Pamela Wong/Bklyner Aug. 30, 2019, as the greenery at 7th Avenue Triangle was wateredWilliam Soltis’ sculpture Under
Brooklyn Heights
This week’s openings and closings bring lots of new finds to Williamsburg and food halls, and pizza (we aren’t complaining). Say goodbye to a favorite Bushwick vegan bar, and welcome new Latin spots. Park Slope Brooklyn Wine Co.205 Fifth Avenue, between Union Street and Berkeley Place. The
News
Hundreds of bicyclists rode down Coney Island Avenue to the site where Jose Alzorriz was killed. (Photo by Todd Maisel)PARK SLOPE – Hundreds of bicyclists from throughout the city jammed Bartel-Pritchard Square on Sunday to follow one rider who was pulling a white bicycle, a “ghost bike,” representing Jose Alzorriz,
Food & Drink
Miss American Pie on 5th Avenue in Park Slope. Ellie Plass/BklynerMiss American Pie [http://missamericanpienyc.com]opened in Park Slope on Sunday, August 18th, and the second the door swings open you are enveloped in a huge wave of the buttery, sugary, doughy smell of freshly baked pies. “It’
Announcements
MIDWOOD – The driver who killed a cyclist about two weeks ago was arrested and charged with second-degree manslaughter and a host of other charges today. On Sunday, August 11, 18-year-old Umar Mirza Baig from Queens was driving southbound on Coney Island Avenue at Avenue L, ran a red light, slammed
community
PARK SLOPE – Contestants at Artichoke Basille’s Pizza [https://www.artichokepizza.com] eating contest dripped with sweat as they shoved yet another slice into their mouths. And then, another. When you thought they were going to burst, they ate another. The fourth annual contest took place last Saturday, the 17th,
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL/PARK SLOPE – The NYPD is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the individuals seen in the photos and video below in connection with a recent assault at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center subway station. Via NYPDVia NYPDAt approximately 10:10pm on Saturday, July 27, police say that a
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – On Thursday, the Old Stone House [https://theoldstonehouse.org/event/exhibition-opening-no-more-water/] debuted its latest contemporary art exhibition, No More Water, featuring work by Tahir Carl Karmali [http://tahirk.com] and Justin Sterling [https://www.justintoart.com] that tackles inequality, displacement, and global warming. L-R: Justin Sterling and Tahir
clinton hill
FORT GREENE – The Diocese of Brooklyn announced on Monday that the K-8 parochial school, St. Francis Xavier—Queen of All Saints Catholic Academy [https://sfx-qas.org/], will shutter before the upcoming school year. St. Francis Xavier—Queen of All Saints Catholic Academy, 300 Vanderbilt Avenue, via Google MapsBoard Members and
Business
PARK SLOPE – The good folks at the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID [http://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/event/dine-in-park-slope-2019/], North Flatbush BID [https://nfbid.com], Park Slope Chamber of Commerce [http://www.shopseventh.com], and Park Slope Civic Council [https://parkslopeciviccouncil.org] have teamed up for the 2nd Annual Dine in Park