Bensonhurst
Cold drinks on a hot day — can it get better than that? Bubble tea is definitely in, and there are plenty of great options in Brooklyn. Check out our shortlist of Bubble Tea hot spots to cool for your steamy summer day. 1. Bensonhurst: ViVi Bubble Tea [http://www.vivibubbletea.
Dyker Heights
Revised Design. Rendering via Raymond Chan Architect, New York YIMBYDesign changes have been announced for a massive development project on the boundary of Sunset Park and Dyker Heights, YIMBY [http://newyorkyimby.com/2017/07/updated-design-for-6208-8th-avenue-major-development-coming-to-sunset-park-brooklyn.html] reports. The plan was first unveiled in 2014 [http://newyorkyimby.com/2014/12/community-board-rejects-eighth-avenue-permit-renewal-but-what-community-does-it-represent.
Central Brooklyn
It’s summer time and we could all use a little time in the sun. Here are some apartments that will make it easy to lounge outdoors. (Courtesy Zillow/Moishe Kraus of Smart NY Realty LLC [https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,townhouse_type/
Education
36th Street and 5th Avenue, Sunset Park via Google MapsTo help ease the overcrowding in classrooms in School District 15 [/new-sunset-park-developments-offer-luxury-rentals-medical-facilities-much-needed-classrooms/] (which spans from Cobble Hill to Sunset Park), NYC Council Member Carlos Menchaca has announced the opening of a new school on the corner of 36th Street and 5th
Central Brooklyn
Fireworks will be lighting the night sky soon, but you needn’t wait for the Fourth of July to have that feeling. Any of these great deals will imbue you with that boom clap [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPMlIIg_38] feeling. (Courtesy Zillow/Julie Sikar, LREB [https://www.
Central Brooklyn
Photo via NYPDHelp cops find a credit card thief who reportedly went on a handbag spender-bender with a stolen account. A 30-year-old woman got a warning notice from Chase bank that someone was making unauthorized purchases on Sunday, April 2 — even though she still had the credit card in her
Police & Fire
Photo via NYPDCops are searching for two suspects connected with five early morning burglaries in Sunset Park this month, who nabbed almost $13,000 from local businesses. The first strike happened at Hot Space, 774 51st Street near 8th Avenue, on Tuesday, May 30 at 4:30am, said cops. The
Arts & Culture
Come with us on this summer day to the Sunset House of Art, in the heart of, appropriately, Sunset Park. Join Patricia Coleman, a director and writer on theater, who had taken a short stroll through her part of lower Brooklyn to meet up with her playwright friend Mark Blickley,
Central Brooklyn
Sunset Park, Brooklyn (via Fashion Institute of Technology)Hey Brooklyn! Are you trying to figure out how to get your clothing line off the ground, how to price your work or how to merge sustainability and ethics into your design process?The Fashion Institute of Technology [http://www.fitnyc.edu/
Police & Fire
Images via NYPDPolice are searching for the man in the above photos in connection to an assault that occurred on 4th Avenue in Sunset Park early Saturday morning. At approximately 4am on May 27, a 22-year-old woman got into an argument with an unidentified male in front of 1004 4th
Nonsponsored
Manhattan-bound N trains re-open at 20th Avenue station and 8 other southern Brooklyn stations. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)It’s official, we visited all nine stations on the N line that were slated to open on Monday [/n-train-shuffle-man-bound-stations-re-open-monday-closures-ahead/] — and all MTA employees on-site confirmed that the Manhattan-bound N train
Bensonhurst
What is home, anyway? It’s a place that magically draws you in. But you don’t have to Fire Walk With Me to find the perfect Southern Brooklyn spots. (Courtesy Zillow/Shalom Matuuf of Oxford Property Group [https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,