Arts & Culture
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A 1982 painting by Brooklyn-born artist, Jean-Michel Basquiat, is making its museum debut right here in the artist’s hometown. Untitled, 1982 by Jean-Michel Basquiat, American, 1960-1988, acrylic, spray paint and oilstick on canvas, 72 1/8 x 68 1/8 in., on view at the Brooklyn Museum
Neighbors
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A group of local preservationists are campaigning to landmark the “Prospect Heights Apartment House District,” an area that is home to 82 historic apartment buildings, reports say. Turner Towers, 135 Eastern Parkway (Photo: Scott H. Gallant via Property Shark) The properties, built between 1909 and 1929, are laid
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Boerum Hill
The 1804 Movement for All Immigrants organized today’s march against the President’s racist comments (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GRAND ARMY PLAZA – Members of New York’s Haitian community and their supporters gathered in the hundreds this morning to march across the Brooklyn Bridge, protesting against President Trump. Organized by
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PACIFIC PARK – Real estate investment firm Forest City [https://www.forestcity.net/] announced [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/forest-city-and-greenland-reach-agreement-to-restructure-pacific-park-brooklyn-partnership-300582578.html] on Monday that it has restructured Greenland Forest City Partners—the joint venture that is developing Pacific Park [https://pacificparkbrooklyn.com/], the 22-acre mixed-use development adjacent to the Barclays Center
News
A new design for a residential development project in Prospect Heights has been revealed for 731 and 733 Bergen Street. The new building has an updated rendering from Bizdesigns LLC, posted to their Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bizdesigns_llc/] account: > [https://www.instagram.com/p/BdflmDFh__w/] [https:
Business
PokéBowl Station, 237 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Restaurants serving poké [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/poke-bowl-recipes_us_5743abb0e4b0613b512b1bfd] , a Hawaiian dish consisting of cubes of raw fish served over rice, have been popping up across the city in the last year or so, with one recently
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – A woman who was raped in Prospect Park in 1994 and then called a liar by a newspaper columnist finally has closure now that police have cracked the case. On April 26, 1994, the 27-year-old victim was walking home through Prospect Park when she was dragged into the
Announcements
Photo: NYC DOT via Twitter [https://twitter.com/NYC_DOT]PROSPECT PARK – Mayor Bill de Blasio announced [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/001-18/mayor-de-blasio-prospect-park-now-completely-car-free-starting-today] on Tuesday that Prospect Park is “now completely car-free.” As of January 2, Prospect Park’s entire loop drive is permanently off-limits to private cars.
Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A new supermarket could potentially replace 15 parking spaces in an existing condo building located at 35 Underhill Avenue between Pacific and Dean Streets, according to New York YIMBY [https://newyorkyimby.com/2017/12/supermarket-proposed-for-35-underhill-avenue-prospect-heights-brooklyn.html] . The Washington, 35 Underhill Avenue (Photo: Joe Strini via Property Shark)The
Arts & Culture
Tomorrow may be the shortest day of the year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t pack in some great music and dancing! On the winter solstice, Thursday, 21, the non-profit Make Music [http://www.makemusicny.org/winter/] is featuring two musical events in Brooklyn for your holiday enjoyment.
Food & Drink
PARK SLOPE – Having passed by the original Milk Bar [https://www.milkbarbrooklyn.com] on the corner of Vanderbilt Avenue and Prospect Place many times but never stopping in because of lines and packed tables, I was excited to learn that a second outpost was opening in Park Slope. Milk Bar,
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Police are looking for a man in relation to an incident of forcible touching of a 16-year old on the D train earlier this month. On Monday, November 6, just after 7:00 am, the unidentified man grabbed a 16-year old girl on the buttocks while traveling between 36th Street