Arts & Culture
SUNSET PARK – Two artist brothers opened a new arts facility in Sunset Park last month providing space and affordable studios for production and creatives. Art Cake [https://artcake.org/space] debuted on September 7 at 214 40th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues) in Sunset Park. The 13,000-square-foot former
Arts & Culture
SUNSET PARK – Art lovers have been busy lately checking out open studio events in Bushwick [/bushwick-open-studios-cats-wax-bubbles-more/] and Red Hook [/red-hook-open-studios-painting-woodwork-surfboards-more/]. Along with the 23rd annual Gowanus Open Studios [/get-ready-for-gowanus-open-studios-oct-19-20/] taking place this weekend, several arts venues in Sunset Park will also offer a variety of opportunities to meet artists and
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
Arts & Culture
SUNSET PARK – Carroll Gardens’ Court Tree Gallery [https://www.artsy.net/court-tree-collective/overview] is expanding. On Friday evening, the gallery debuted its second space at Industry City’s Innovation Alley. Court Tree Gallery at Industry City, Building 5, Innovation Alley, 67 35th Street (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)“We just found out
Bay Ridge
Welcome back to openings and closings. This week, we have lots of corporations joining our borough, as well as new tea and sweet shops. We’re saying goodbye to a Park Slope institution and see-you-later to the Mediterranean in Williamsburg. Openings: Wegmans21 Flushing Avenue, off of Navy Street. Navy Yard
Announcements
BOERUM HILL – A 33-year-old Sunset Park resident was killed while crossing the street against the light, cops say. This morning at around 12:05 a.m., a 55-year-old man was driving his 2002 Dodge Stratus southbound on Flatbush Avenue. As he was approaching Fourth Avenue, cops say he had the
Development
Industry City rendering via S9 ArchitectsSUNSET PARK – Sunset Park Councilmember Carlos Menchaca sent a letter to Industry City [/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Letter-on-Industry-Citys-Rezoning-Proposal.pdf] (IC) yesterday outlining the conditions which need to be accommodated for him to support the company’s quest for rezoning. If you are new to this,
Education
By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY [https://chalkbeat.org/ny/] The new school year will begin with high stakes for Charles O. Dewey, a Sunset Park middle school trying to attract more white and middle-class families in a district-wide effort [https://chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/20/brooklyn-middle-schools-eliminate-screening-as-new-york-city-expands-integration-efforts/] to better
Neighbors
Bicyclist struck by hit-and-run driver at Fourth Avenue and 49h Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Todd Maisel/BklynerSUNSET PARK – A Sunset Park bicycle rider was injured Saturday on Fourth Avenue at the intersection of 49th Street by what police from the 72nd Precinct at the scene described as a hit-and-run
environment
SUNSET PARK – The rooftop farmers of Brooklyn Grange [https://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/] will open their third and largest outpost this Sunday atop the Liberty View building along the Sunset Park waterfront. Via Brooklyn Grange | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/2409923005736344/]The new 140,000-square-foot facility features a 55,000-square-foot
Announcements
Maruf Alam outside a Kensington embezzlement rally in 2017. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)SUNSET PARK – Maruf “Mitu” Alam, 29, had been working for Assembly Member Felix Ortiz’s office for eleven years. Yesterday morning, the FBI arrested Alam for allegedly embezzling $80k from the Assembly Member’s campaign account. On
Boerum Hill
SUNSET PARK – Following a spate of bicycle-related fatalities this year, including the July 29th death of 30-year-old Em Samolewicz [/cyclist-killed-sunset-park-18/] on 3rd Avenue, the city announced on Wednesday that the NYC Department of Transportation [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT) will accelerate work on the