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Bob Capano, John Quaglione, Liam McCabe, Batya Goldberg, with debate moderators and organizers. (Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)The 2017 race to succeed term-limited City Councilman Vincent Gentile — who has represented Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach and Bensonhurst for more than 13 years — is already gaining momentum. Neighbors packed
community
Sunset Park Recreation Center (Photo via NYC Parks)On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved much-needed renovations for the Sunset Park Recreation Center [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/B087] located at 4200 7th Avenue, New York Yimby [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/05/landmarks-approves-renovation-restoration-of-brooklyns-sunset-park-recreation-center.html] reports. The facility was
Central Brooklyn
City Council Member Vincent Gentile and community advocates celebrating the support of the “aggravated illegal conversion violation” bill. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Today, City Council unanimously passed a bill to enforce fines on landlords that illegally subdivide homes to create “modern tenement housing”, an issue that has led to
Announcements
Downtown Brooklyn proposed developments, rendering via Alloy DevelopmentFor the 7th year next week TerraCRG’s Only Brooklyn Real Estate Conference [http://onlybklyn.com/] will gather Brooklyn leaders, developers, investors, and financiers in Fort Greene for a day of reflecting and discussing the future of real estate development in our borough.
Police & Fire
(Screenshot via Google Maps)A 20-year-old man was shot in the cheek inside a Dyker Heights apartment on Tuesday, across the street from a school, cops said. Shots were fired inside a third-floor apartment on Bay Ridge Avenue near 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights, around 2pm on May 9, said
bath beach
(Photo via Peter M/yelp)This week, a postal worker stationed in East Flatbush and Bath Beach was busted for trashing about 2,800 pieces of mail that he never delivered to Brooklyn residents, according to federal authorities. On April 19, agents from the U.S. Post Service Office of
Central Brooklyn
Photo courtesy of the Office of Carlos MenchacaThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Sunset Park Block Renamed Cinco de Mayo Place [New 12 [http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/sunset-park-road-renamed-cinco-de-mayo-place-1.13578847] ] -FDNY Rescues Two Felines From
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> UPDATED: See service changes and travel alternatives for B, D, N, Q and R train service. pic.twitter.com/K1dNAIwaDt [https://t.co/K1dNAIwaDt] — NYCT Subway (@NYCTSubway) May 9, 2017 [https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway/status/861927825665929218] [UPDATED: May 9, 10:10am—The MTA has posted a follow-up tweet stating
Police & Fire
(Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Corner Media)A former Coast Guard member jumped to his death from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/25-facts-verrazano-narrows-bridge-bensonhurst/] on Sunday morning, said cops. 37-year-old Jason Dickinson leaped from the Brooklyn-bound side of the bridge on May 7 around 8:30 am, cops said, with sections of the bridge
Central Brooklyn
Groundbreaking at Kolbert Park, May 4. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)On a sunny spring day in May, officials and kids gathered to announce a massive and long-overdue renovation to Midwood’s Kolbert Park, a green space shared by three schools and hundreds of neighbors. The improved Kolbert Playground will
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Boombox Car (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if you ever
Arts & Culture
Imagination Playground and the exhibition hallJMP WoodCASA KIDSAphro ChicMakers MarketMarco Guglielmino Light DesignsAmerican Design Club’s Pop-up shopEmogayu Enitan VintageEnitan VintageGreenery NYCGreenery NYCBole Road TextilesStill Alive LIghtsStill Alive Lights Bear Light in 3D printerStill Alive LIghtsMK WorkshopMK WorkshopArt Center Pop-up StudioTextile Art Center Pop-up StudioArt Center Pop-up StudioKeep FurnitureLounge areaNaula