Business
In a busy street like Fulton, there’s not a public bathroom for people who don’t have a place to live. (Esther Shittu/BKLYNER)FORT GREENE – Walking down Fulton Street between Washington Avenue and Grand Avenue, Yvonne Smith can find a bar, a deli, a supermarket, a laundromat, a
Announcements
BPL Midwood branch during Ride the Branches event 2017 / BKLYNERMIDWOOD – Located on East 16th Street, just off Avenue J, Midwood Library serves thousands of children each week, and now, thanks to $3.5 million approved by Council Member Greenfield, it’s second-floor children’s area will undergo a full renovation.
Bensonhurst
BENSONHURST – The highly-anticipated Target Express on 18th Avenue debuted to excited community leaders, shoppers and employees on Tuesday night. Councilman Mark Treyger, Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna and store lead Mickela Ivey were among those who helped cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony. The store’s lit-up marquee
Business
CONEY ISLAND/GOWANUS – A new 194-room, seven-story hotel (aka homeless shelter? [/coney-island-a-dumping-ground-for-homeless-shelters-locals-complain-in-protest-to-proposed-shelter-bensonhurst/] ) is planned for 2201 Neptune Avenue in Coney Island. 2201 Neptune Avenue via Google MapsPermits were recently filed with the Department of Buildings for the project, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2017/10/16/new-194-key-hotel-heading-to-coney-island/amp/] reports.
Announcements
BENSONHURST – Target’s new Bensonhurst store (6401 18th Ave) [https://maps.google.com/?q=6401+18th+Ave&entry=gmail&source=g] will open to the public on Wednesday, October 18th at 7am. It will be the 8th small-format store in New York for the retailer. The Bensonhurst store
Business
Loaves rest on a cooling rack at Caputo’s Bake Shop (Tamsen Malloy/BKLYNER) CARROLL GARDENS – “We mix old dough with the new dough,” James Caputo said about making Sicilian bread—a staple heritage loaf available at his store, Caputo’s Bake Shop [https://www.yelp.com/biz/caputos-bake-shop-brooklyn] on
Downtown Brooklyn
Salvatore “Sallie” DeMeo after his 2016 arrest (Photo via NYPD)Old dogs aren’t ones to learn new tricks, and it looks like old mobsters are much the same—a “life of crime” apparently extends well into retirement age. Alleged Geneovese enforcer Salvatore “Sallie” DeMeo, 77, was charged with tax
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Two new public schools are coming to downtown Brooklyn at no cost to the city. The schools come as part of Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com] project which will include affordable and market-rate residential units, office and commercial space, and a cultural facility in
Nonsponsored
Last year’s rollout of Culture Forward [/new-plan-aims-move-brooklyns-culture-forward-retaining-artistic-character-fortgreene/] has blossomed into this year’s Culture Forward Festival [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-forward-festival-kick-off-party-tickets-37390237206] . With Jimmy Kimmel coming to town next week just as events [/weekend-art-events-october-12-15-bric-jazzfest-brooklyn-horror-festival-park-slope-comedy-festival/] like Jazzfest, the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, and the Pa
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – Residential backyards in Greenpoint are dangerously full of lead, according to a study at Columbia University. Franziska Landes, a graduate student in the university’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has analyzed 254 samples from 52 backyards in the neighborhood, reports the Earth Institute newsletter, State of the
News
Brownstones in South SlopeQuelle suprise—real estate prices are up in Brooklyn. A new report from the Ideal Properties Group [https://ipg.nyc/] shows the average price for a residential property in Brownstone Brooklyn and North Brooklyn was $1.6 million in the third quarter of 2017. That’s a
Central Brooklyn
Kibbutzim are out and communal capitalism [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/realestate/the-millennial-commune.html] is in. New developments in some of Brooklyn’s hottest neighborhoods mean you can head on home to shared housing [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/23/style/what-is-co-living.html?mcubz=1&_r=