Business
Nasri Mujalli (center left) and Danny Hamdan (center right) cut the ribbon on their new South Slope grocery. Ellie Plass/ Bklyner.Park Slope’s 5th Avenue welcomed a brand-new grocery store this morning. By the time the ribbon at Key Food Urban Market [https://urbanmarketparkslope.com/] (509 5th Avenue between
Bushwick
For some Brooklyn residents, being laid-off, furloughed, or underemployed was a blessing in disguise. It gave a unique opportunity to try out a business model or plan that they had always dreamed of doing, at relatively low risk when compared to a more traditional brick and mortar experience. Several local
affordable housing
After the storm on the waterfront in Red Hook. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Right now, the communities of Sunset Park and Red Hook are being presented with two different, yet similar, proposals for new residential and mixed-use developments. These glass and steel projects are being sold to our
Business
Citi Bike expansion into Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace, and Greenwood Heights is underway, NYC DOT announced today. The project is part of a 93 docking station expansion and will extend the bike’s services from 15th Street to 67th Street and from the southwest corner of Prospect Park to Church
Central Brooklyn
Police Shot A Machete-Wielding Man Dead Last Night The machete that was recovered.Shortly after 6:10 pm, officers from the 73 Precinct responded to multiple 911 calls regarding a man with a large machete acting erratically chasing people and damaging property. He head just attacked and slashed a woman
Announcements
Photos of the suspects via NYPD.SOUTH SLOPE – Cops are looking for two men who allegedly spray-painted a swastika on the side of a yeshiva last week. On Sunday, December 13, at around 2:18 p.m., two men spray-painted the words ‘Ace’ and ‘Rico’ along with a swastika emblem
affordable housing
Last night CB7 held its first public zoom hearing [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynCB7/videos/818099408764571] of the proposed redevelopment of 747 4th Avenue. The property, located on 4th Avenue between 24th and 25th Streets and adjacent to the 25th Street R entrance, is currently a Dunkin Donuts and a
Borough Park
The Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda in Green-Wood’s historic chapel. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerBrooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is celebrating the centuries-old Mexican tradition of Dia de los Muertos this year with a large-scale community ofrenda, or altar, dedicated to New York’s victims of COVID-19. Visitors to the altar, which
Central Brooklyn
Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Teachers from MS88, one of two Brooklyn Schools schools (PS 1 is the other) where positive cases of COVID – 19 were reported [/in-an-early-test-for-nyc-two-schools-report-positive-cases-of-covid-19/] among staff on the second day of school have posted an open letter [https://morecaucusnyc.org/2020/09/10/an-open-letter-from-ms88-teachers/] highlighting
Election 2020
Marcela Mitaynes canvassing in Sunset Park, March 4 2020, Photo credit: Caroline OursoSUNSET PARK – The last three months have brought a lot of changes for Marcela Mitaynes, the housing activist from Sunset Park who is running to represent her neighborhood, District 51, in State Assembly. Mitaynes, 45, was ramping up
Business
Manwaring shows off some of the pantry’s goods. Courtesy of Patricia Manwaring. In the 11 years Roots Cafe [http://rootsbrooklyn.com/] has been in the neighborhood, it has gone through two rounds of owners, landing now on the third. Patricia Manwaring owns and operates the cafe with her husband
COVID-19
By now, many New Yorkers are doing their best to social distance to keep from getting coronavirus. But how do you do that if you’re behind bars? Cramped quarters means sickness spreads quickly in prisons, jails and detention centers. Yesterday an officer at Rikers Island tested positive for coronavirus,
community
Photo: NYPDSOUTH SLOPE — Cops are still looking for a man who exposed his genitals to several young girls as they were walking home from school. On October 21 at around 2:50 p.m., a man was walking along Sixth Avenue and 15th Street. A group of young girls was
Carroll Gardens
By Christina Veiga, Amy Zimmer,Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/11/14/a-push-to-integrate-brooklyn-middle-schools-is-starting-to-show-results-according-to-new-data/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] A pioneering diversity plan [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/20/brooklyn-middle-schools-eliminate-screening-as-new-york-city-expands-integration-efforts/] is starting to shift racial demographics of schools in one
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – A Gowanus-based artist has created an installation in support of world refugees and migrants using an unusual material—balloons. Yan Kong has spent three years working on The Balloon Project [https://www.yankong9.com/the-balloon-project], an homage to the “human spirit, courage, and survival.” Kong replaces a burst balloon
Arts & Culture
GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – Strolling along its miles of pathways, relaxing by one of its ponds, or just admiring the scenery, Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.green-wood.com] is a peaceful respite from the chaos of the city. Designated a National Historic Landmark in September 2006, Green-Wood Cemetery boasts 478-acres of lush landscapes