Business
PARK SLOPE – The layout of 279 5th Avenue (at 1st Street) hasn’t changed much since Henri on 5th vacated last summer [/restaurant-closings-in-park-slope/] and Velvette Brew opened there last week, but instead of bar food and board games, the focus of the new business is coffee. Velvette Brew, 279 5th
Central Brooklyn
via Wanderlust FestivalThe world’s only mindful triathlon returns to Brooklyn on Sunday, September 9th. Combining three mindful activities—a 5K run (or walk), DJ-powered yoga class, and guided meditation—in Prospect Park, Wanderlust 108 [https://wanderlust.com/108-events/brooklyn/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – The Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID [https://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/event/dine-in-park-slope/], Park Slope Chamber of Commerce [http://www.shopseventh.com], and North Flatbush BID [https://nfbid.com] have teamed up on a promotion to boost business at local restaurants during the waning days of summer. Via parkslopefifthavenuebid.com
Gowanus
PARK SLOPE – The NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml]‘s (DOT) comprehensive redesign of 9th Street will begin later this week following paving work on the busy and dangerous corridor. Crews working on 9th Street at 7th Avenue (Photo: Nathan Haselby)DOT
Downtown Brooklyn
Here’s some news on eateries opening soon and closing in northwestern Brooklyn’s ever-evolving restaurant scene. It’s difficult to keep up with all the changes, so tips are always welcome at editor@bklyner.com. Stumptown Coffee, 212 Pacific Street (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Stumptown Coffee, 212 Pacific Street (Photo:
Announcements
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – Congratulations to the team of green thumbs who work to keep the Lefferts Avenue block between Bedford and Rogers blooming and lush. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams awarded the Lefferts Alliance Community Togetherness Block Association First Place for this year’s Greenest Block
Bay Ridge
> [https://bklyner.s3.amazonaws.com/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Screen-Shot-2018-07-30-at-6.47.02-PM.png] There was one tiny tweet yesterday morning. Apparently the MTA is moving ahead with a year-long project in Sunset Park– replacing structural steel columns and tunnel lighting, repairing steel beams and deteriorated concrete, water infiltration
Sponsored
From past posts, you hopefully have a good sense of Umbrella [https://www.askumbrella.com/], the task service that helps aging seniors stay independent. We’ve already introduced you [/enjoy-helping-others-consider-joining-handy-neighbors/] to a group of Handy Neighbors lending their domestic talents to the residents of Brooklyn. Just as in our fair
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerPARK SLOPE – Last night, elected officials, concerned residents and mothers of children killed by reckless drivers met at Park Slope’s M.S. 51 to talk strategy after the program authorizing speed cameras outside 140 New York City schools expired yesterday. Lawmakers in Albany could have renewed
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Today at 5:30pm, all the speed cameras in the city will be turned off thanks to the NYS Senate’s refusal to renew and expand the bill before the end of the legislative session on June 21. Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerTransportation Alternatives [https://www.transalt.org] and
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT PARK – Join the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/] and Brooklyn Arts Council [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/] (BAC) in celebrating the borough’s cultural diversity at the inaugural Brooklyn Roots Festival [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/events/2018/7/29#brooklyn-roots-festival] this Sunday at Prospect Park’s Children’
Business
PARK SLOPE – Pizza Secret has finally opened in the former Locanda Peperoncino space at 72 5th Avenue following a false start. Margherita pie at Pizza Secret, 72 5th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)“On April 6 I came here, sat down, and had a feeling that [the restaurant] was already