News
PARK SLOPE – Opponents of two planned Park Slope homeless shelters alleged at a public contract hearing on Thursday that the city, the homeless services provider Women in Need (WIN), and the developers Slate and Adam America have inflated the contracts’ value by approximately $73.7 million, money they said was
Events
PARK SLOPE – After years of planning, a statue of the beloved children’s book character, Knuffle Bunny, was finally unveiled Thursday morning at the Park Slope Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/park-slope]‘s Reading Circle And Storytelling Garden. Knuffle Bunny statue at Park Slope Library’s Storytelling Garden (Photo:
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL/PARK SLOPE – The long vacant Times Plaza Station Post Office on Atlantic Avenue will soon become an eleven-story residential building according to reports. Times Plaza Post Office, 542 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The post office closed in January 2017 [/going-postal-times-plaza-p-o-near-barclays-closing-2-new-locations-will-divide-mail-services/] , two years after the USPS lost
Central Brooklyn
Caroline CohenBROOKLYN—In Tuesday’s judicial elections, Caroline Cohen, Margarita Lopez Torres and Bernadette Neckles came out on top. With 99 percent of the ballot scanners reported [https://web.enrboenyc.us/CD226450.html] as of early Wednesday morning, Cohen [/meet-the-6th-municipal-district-candidates-caroline-cohen/] won the 6th Municipal District Civil Court judge race, decisively
affordable housing
535 4th Avenue & 555 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)By Amy White Graves, founder of Brooklyn Children’s Theatre [http://www.brooklynchildrenstheatre.net]. The nonprofit serves 1,300 children a year in Brooklyn. New York City is facing a homelessness crisis and women and children are bearing the
Carroll Gardens
COBBLE HILL – The Brooklyn Community Board 6 Permits & Licenses Committee moved to recommend a positive outcome for two business seeking a liquor license at their Monday meeting. While the committee only had five members in attendance, and therefore were unable to meet quorum, decisions were in favor and unanimous
Arts & Culture
“Summer” exhibit on view at Nitehawk Cinema – Prospect Park (Photo: Olivia Oldham/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – Nitehawk Cinema’s mezzanine is currently showcasing a small exhibition of work by local artists from the collective Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists (PSWTA). [https://www.artspswt.com/new-blog/2019/5/26/artspswt-nitehawk-2] The theme
News
PARK SLOPE – The city will spend $261 million over nine years [/city-will-pay-over-261m-for-two-4th-avenue-family-shelters/] to operate two new homeless shelters in Park Slope—scheduled to open on 4th Avenue in September and December of this year. However, not much more information can be found on the facilities from the draft contracts available
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – A ten-foot-tall steel sculpture will soon be installed at the triangular Greenstreet space at Flatbush, 7th Avenue, and Park Place. The Greenstreet triangle at Flatbush Ave, 7th Ave, and Park Place (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Elizabeth Masella, Public Art Coordinator for NYC Department of Parks & Recreation [https:
Carroll Gardens
PARK SLOPE – On the evening of June 20th, the Transportation and Public Safety Committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org] convened at P.S. 133 to hear two presentations. First, representatives from the NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]
Business
PARK SLOPE – After a decade of selling teethers, infant toys, and Brooklyn-emblazoned onesies, Lulu’s For Baby [http://lulusforbaby.nyc/] will be shuttering its 5th Avenue storefront at the end of July. Lulu’s for Baby, 44 5th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)A decline in sales due to online
Central Brooklyn
Tehilah Berman at a coffee shop in Kensington (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)The Civil Court Judge races are less than a week away, and Bklyner now has the last in a series of four interviews with candidates running in the 6th Municipal District [https://data.cityofnewyork.us/City-Government/Municipal-Court-Districts/