Central Brooklyn
We are giving away 50 tickets to a meet and greet with New York Cosmos team [/new-york-cosmos-moving-coney-island/] and owners this coming Monday at Gargiulo’s Restaurant [http://www.gargiulos.com/], 6-8pm. If you’d like to meet Cosmos Owner Rocco Commisso, Head Coach Giovanni Savarese and key players on the
Feature
Sheepshead Theater building / BKLYNERTwo movie theaters opened on Sheepshead Bay Road in 1920s. First to open was the Sommer Theatre at 1648 Sheepshead Bay Road. It had about 600 seats, one screen, opened on a rainy evening on November 24, 1921 [https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/57097720/?terms=sommer%2Btheater]
Police & Fire
Maurice Walker (Image via NYPD)Cops are searching for a 12-year-old boy who went missing from his Gravesend home on Sunday. Maurice Walker was last seen on February 26 at his home on Avenue X, at 10pm, and was reported missing yesterday, February 28. Walker is described by police as
Announcements
Photo by bklynlibrary via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJarU-KjwfD/?taken-by=bklynlibrary]Time is running out to nominate your favorite library for a chance to win $20,000 in the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/]. The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards have been celebrating the essential role
News
69th Street Pier (Photo by znamenski via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMKOWLGjRQn/?tagged=69thstreetpier])The long wait is almost over for Southern Brooklyn residents looking for an alternate way to commute into Manhattan. According to a message posted on Change.org [https://www.change.org/p/nyc-dept-of-transportation-nyc-economic-development-corp-bring-ferry-service-to-bay-ridge-bcdcf0ed-5ae6-4576-9548-14ba76d0701b/u/
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104 West End Avenue. (Rendering via Rybak Development)Take a peek inside The Wave [http://www.104wavecondo.com/building/rybak/], a luxury condo development in Manhattan Beach that has sold out every unit in the seven-story building for up to $1.6 million. The building’s 48 units were sold-out
Central Brooklyn
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This series is brought to you by Movers not Shakers [http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43Mq982VfD3B88rByZMW1qMCsg56dF8-f6JZ3Md02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moversnotshakers.com%2F&si=4690707457769472&pi=15ff7d6a-7568-4198-f06a-0f93469f56f0] . Brooklyn is home the Boys of Summer [http://brooklyncyclones.com/splash/], the obvious heirs to that other Brooklyn
Announcements
City Council Member Mark Treyger (L), Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, and DMV Exec. Dep Terri Egan(Photo via Kathy Hochul / twitter [https://twitter.com/nysdmv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw])The Coney Island DMV, which has been shuttered for major renovations [/major-renovations-and-temporary-closure-announced-for-the-coney-island-dmv-bensonhurst/] since October, is now open with modern features and
celebrity
John Travolta filming “The Life and Death of John Gotti” in Bath Beach (Photo via Gina Miraculous)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Portions of the Kosciuszko Bridge to be dynamited [Curbed [http://ny.curbed.
Central Brooklyn
“We need to act up! We have overcome tyranny before,” U.S Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke shouted to the hundreds packed into her town hall event last night, addressing Donald Trump’s first 32 days in office. An estimated 1,000 people packed into the Union Temple of Brooklyn
Bensonhurst
Photo courtesy of the Liam McCabe Campaign OfficeCity Council candidate (43rd District) Liam McCabe recently spoke to Dyker Heights residents and business owners over concerns about garbage piling up along 13th Avenue. McCabe says the garbage problems stem from illegal home conversions that are “pushing the limits of the infrastructure