Central Brooklyn
Spring is in the air, replete with the blossoming of flora and fauna. I won’t be going outside, though. I’ll be inside, avoiding allergens and enjoying cat videos in my comfy abode. I suggest you find a pad of your own. (Courtesy Zillow/David Krause of Bouwerie Lane
Announcements
(Photo via Dan Donovan’s office)Next week, the 11th Congressional District will get two separate town hall meetings to discuss legislative issues and ask questions about how federal policy will play out in their neighborhoods. But one will be held without the district’s congressman. On Wednesday, April 19
Central Brooklyn
Few things are more satisfying than unfriending someone who deserves it. We might not be able to slam phones when hang up on someone, but at least we can do something approaching the digital equivalent. But now, you can find a place that deserves you. (Courtesy Zillow/Nord East Realty
Central Brooklyn
Just a quick reminder to everyone cleaning and getting their homes ready for Passover: NYC Sanitation department has added the following special pickups in Brooklyn: CB12: Kensington, Midwood, and Boro Park The Sanitation Department is asking everyone who has bulk items to start placing them out for collection as early
Big Story
Aerial footage of the Gravesend Bay spill site, Saturday, April 1.(Photo by Hugo Smith.)A Brooklyn company quietly spilled thousands of gallons of heating oil into Gravesend Bay, BKLYNER has learned. The 27,000 gallon spill at Bayside Fuel Depot [http://www.baysidedepot.com] began before sunrise on Thursday,
Nonsponsored
(Rendering via New Empire Real Estate Development [http://www.usnere.com/development/new-empire-9th-2128-ocean/])The southern Brooklyn development boom [/bays-tallest-sky-scratching-condo-tower-open-soon/] continues, stretching to the northern corner of Madison with a new mix-unit condo tower. Developers revealed renderings of a nine-story, 56-unit building under construction at 2128 Ocean Avenue between Kings Highway
Central Brooklyn
Ever need some Comic Relief [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief_USA]? Well, you have a better chance of seeing Andy Kaufman live than finding it here. … The joke’s on you! I’m funnier than Tony Clifton *and* I’ve got links to the best real estate deals
Police & Fire
(Photo of the suspect via NYPD)Help cops find a man suspected of breaking into a woman’s home near Quentin Road in broad daylight last week. The suspect is accused of forcing open a window in the back of an apartment building near East 19 Street and Quentin Road
Police & Fire
Photo via NYPDHelp cops catch a man suspected of lobbing a chunk of ice through the Roll N’ Roaster window in Sheepshead Bay. The suspect allegedly hit Roll N’ Roasters, at 2901 Emmons Avenue, on Saturday, March 18 at 2:30am, say cops. He hurled some ice through the storefront,
Central Brooklyn
So, the weather might not have seemed much like it lately, but Spring is here! We’re through the vernal equinox, people! It’s time to clean up your apartments or, even better, get brand new digs. (Courtesy Street Easy/Fumiko Akiyama of Corcoran [http://streeteasy.com/building/1813-78-street-brooklyn/2]
Food & Drink
(Photo by Liliya Bomme/BKLYNER)A popular Brighton Beach gourmet market is expanding to Sheepshead Bay, with a European artisan bakery opening soon on Gravesend Neck Road at East 17th Street. Gourmanoff Bakery [http://gourmanoffbakery.com], opening at 1601 Gravesend Neck Road, already has a tantalizing Facebook page featuring classy
Bensonhurst
Via FasTracKidsSummer is the time for exploration and the best way to experiment, risk free, is in summer camp. Specialties at one location It’s hard enough to get kids to summer camp and get to work on time without changing camps each week. Here are two camps where your