Arts & Culture Community Board 6 Supports Redevelopment Of Old American Can Factory GOWANUS – Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] voted in favor of plans to redevelop The Old American Can Factory [https://thecanfactory.org] which would allow the historic complex to offer more affordable workspace to local artists and creatives. The Old American Can Company at 3rd
community R.I.P. Alan Fleishman: Brooklyn Activist & LGBTQ Trailblazer Local officials are paying tribute to Alan Fleishman, a longtime political organizer and LGBTQ activist who passed away earlier this week. Alan Fleishman via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/alan.fleishman]Fleishman, 62, passed away on Tuesday, August 27 after battling cancer for five-years, Gay City News [https://www.gaycitynews.
Announcements Methodist Hospital Crane Removal To Close 6th Street, Feb. 21-24 PARK SLOPE – A portion of 6th Street will be closed for four days to accommodate NY-P Brooklyn Methodist Hospital’s removal of a crane used for the facility’s new Center for Community Health. NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) “They have reached the tallest part of their
Boerum Hill Meet Peter Fleming – The New Chair of Community Board 6 CARROLL GARDENS/PARK SLOPE – Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] elected Park Slope resident Peter Fleming as its new Chair at the start of its December board meeting. “One of the things that I think is really important about the community board is that
