Food & Drink
Four new foodie venues are coming to Northern Brooklyn including a new Mexican restaurant in Prospect Heights, a Katz’s Delicatessen outpost at City Point, a smaller offshoot of Peck’s Specialty Foods in Fort Greene, and a brewery in Sunset Park. Check out the list below for more details
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
Nonsponsored
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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
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The intersection at Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene tops the list [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170216/REAL_ESTATE/170219909/cultural-hub-near-brooklyn-academy-of-music-becomes-nexus-of-retail-and-residential-development-and-a-place-to-buy-condos-in-brooklyn-near-parks] of six retail areas poised for growth in CPEX Real Estate’s eighth annual Brooklyn Retail Report.
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“Made in NY” Campus rendering via the Office of Mayor Bill de BlasioFour elected officials penned a joint letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio last week expressing concerns about potential displacement of residents and small businesses due to the implementation of the “Made in New York” campus in Sunset Park.
Central Brooklyn
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Business
Ferrara Bros. Concrete Mixer via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6766266,-73.9946256,3a,37.5y,186.86h,83.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1svuK0TQVea1U-N7hntIElSw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] Ferrara Bros., the largest concrete supplier in the city, will be moving its manufacturing plant to 740
jobs
“Made in NY” Campus rendering via the Office of Mayor Bill de BlasioMayor Bill de Blasio announced yesterday [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/084-17/state-the-city-mayor-de-blasio-creates-made-ny-manufacturing-campus-bush-terminal-in#/0] the city’s $136 million plan for a 300,000-square-foot “Made in New York” Campus at Sunset Park’s Bush Terminal. Joined by
Central Brooklyn
Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers his State of the City address at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Monday, February 13, 2017. Edwin J. Torres/Mayoral Photography OfficeLast night, Mayor de Blasio delivered his State of the City address, promising: “We’re going to do things a different way here
Ditmas Park
Emergency Town Hall Announcement via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/AAFSCNY/photos/gm.395023280864707/10155122676677642/?type=3&theater] Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested more than 600 people across 11 states [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/12/nyregion/immigration-arrests-sanctuary-city.html?_r=0] last week, with 40 of those
Arts & Culture
Jenna Morello does not like labels. The 31-year-old New Jersey native has been painting vibrant murals all around Sunset Park, adorning drab walls of industrial buildings with bright roses, fierce animals, and bold patterns, but she’s reluctant to call herself an “artist.” “You will never hear me say ‘artist.