Boerum Hill
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A penthouse in the Quay Tower at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 [/teaser-site-pricing-revealed-brooklyn-bridge-park-pier-6-condo-tower/] is on the way to becoming the most expensive residence in Brooklyn. Rendering via quaytowerbk.com [https://quaytowerbk.com]The posh pad recently went into contract for more than $20 million, which would break
Food & Drink
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Last year, Meghan Daly, owner of Daly Pie [https://www.dalypie.com], began intensive treatment for breast cancer. Though she recently completed her treatment, she now faces another battle, keeping her popular pie shop from closing. Daly Pie, 665 Vanderbilt Avenue via Go Fund Me“Running a small
history
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The eagle has landed—permanently, one hopes—at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/central] . The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) has made a gift of a cast-copper eagle sculpture [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2018/02/23/eagle-above-our-doorway] that debuted at the
Nonsponsored
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Greenland Forest City Partners filed plans on Saturday to eliminate the condos from its building planned for 18 6th Avenue, increasing the tower’s number of rental units. Rendering of 18 6th Avenue (B4), Pacific Park’s tallest building planned for Atlantic & 6thGreenland Forest City Partners recently
Central Brooklyn
PROSPECT PARK – The NYC Parks Department has issued a warning about cases of raccoons with the canine distemper found in Prospect Park. The canine distemper virus doesn’t pose a health risk to humans, but dogs are susceptible to the disease. Owners are encouraged to keep their dogs leashed while
News
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Last night, police watched a man walk down the subway tracks into the tunnel from Bergen Street Station in Prospect Heights. He didn’t make it out the other side. It was just before midnight on Wednesday, October 3, when two uniformed NYPD officers watched the 18-year-old jump
Arts & Culture
Deborah Kass’ sculpture “YO/OY” and Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine’s “DO NOT DISAPPEAR INTO SILENCE” in front of The Brooklyn Museum as part of the museum’s “Something to Say” art series. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)CROWN HEIGHTS — The Deborah Kass [https://deborahkass.com/index2.html] installation “OY/YO” just
Announcements
Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum (IRT Eastern Parkway Line [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastern_Parkway_%E2%80%93_Brooklyn_Museum_(IRT_Eastern_Parkway_Line)] )PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum station, on the 2 and 3 lines, is getting a long-awaited station upgrade, making the station ADA compliant,
News
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Two men are wanted in connection with an armed robbery that took place in the lobby of Prospect Heights building earlier this month. The incident occurred just before 6:00 am on Saturday, September 15, when two suspects followed two men into the lobby of
Nonsponsored
This is not your parent’s apartment building. The 38-unit mixed-spaced apartment building at 1930 Bedford Ave. — dubbed The Prospect Quarters — had its second open house Wednesday and according to the building’s realtor Simply Brooklyn, the co-living apartment units are going quickly. Co-living spaces in a 4-bedroom unit at
Nonsponsored
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Greenland Forest City Partners announced today the next phase of its 22 acre, 15 building, mixed-use Pacific Park [https://pacificparkbrooklyn.com/] development project. Rendering of B4, Pacific Park’s tallest building at Atlantic & 6th AvenueForest City [https://www.forestcity.net/], the real estate investment firm that initiated
Announcements
Councilmember Rafael Espinal and “Night Mayor” Ariel Palitz at an event in March of this year (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Nine months after the city created the Office of Nightlife and named the first ever “Night Mayor,” a listening tour of the five boroughs is set to begin—and