Announcements
SUNSET PARK – Save your appetite—the second annual Best of Brooklyn Food & Beer Festival is taking place at Industry City [https://industrycity.com/event/best-of-brooklyn/] on Saturday from noon to 8:30pm. Industry City via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BTrP9g6hv6f/?hl=en&taken-by=industrycity]The Dime
Central Brooklyn
A delivery man takes a break to watch a protest march in Downtown Brooklyn (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Fellowships Available for East Brooklyn Artists [https://www.caribbeanlifenews.com/stories/2018/1/cl-arts-east-new-york-fellowships-2018-01-19-bk.html] [Caribbean Life] * Brooklyn Tech Cooks Up Next Generation of Hospitality Managers [https://thebridgebk.com/college-where-students-get-to-taste-work/] [The Bridge] * Pioneer
Arts & Culture
The weekend is almost here! There’s lots to check out starting on Thursday, from art exhibitions, performances, and film screenings. Feeling philosophical? The all-night Philosophy & Ideas event returns to the Central Library branch for twelve hours—from Saturday night into Sunday morning. Don’t forget to check out
Central Brooklyn
Dean Street, Crown Heights (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * What Will Become Of The Red Hook Container Terminal? [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180122/REAL_ESTATE/180119857/brooklyns-last-port-is-clinging-to-a-site-coveted-by-developers#utm_medium=email&utm_source=cnyb-dailyalert&utm_campaign=cnyb-dailyalert-20180122] [Crain’s] * A Visit to Sunset Park [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/
Bay Ridge
Dr. Kathleen Cashin (2nd from right) is reportedly being considered for the position of Chancellor of New York City Schools (Image via NY Assembly)Afer a career in Brooklyn schools, former P.S. 193 principal Dr. Kathleen Cashin is reportedly being considered to replace the outgoing Carmen Fariña as New
Central Brooklyn
A traditional dancer out of costume after the Three Kings Parade in Williamsburg this weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Transit Plans Could Bring Big Changes to the Red Hook Community [https://www.6sqft.com/red-hook/] [6sqft] * Four of Six Food Vendors Close in Year-Old Gotham Food Market at the Ashland [https:
Central Brooklyn
With Congress failing to pass a spending bill on Friday, the federal government shut down at midnight on Saturday, January 20. How does the shutdown affect Brooklyn? According to www.ny.gov [https://www.ny.gov/emergency/federal-government-shutdown], the following WILL be impacted: * Many federal regulatory agencies will be furloughing
Central Brooklyn
Corner of Prospect Place & Nostrand Avenue, Crown Heights (Photo: 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
Bay Ridge
A36-year old man was found shot to death outside the Roosevelt Houses in Bed-Stuy last night (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – Police responded to a call of a man shot in front of the Roosevelt Houses in Bed-Stuy last night, arriving just before midnight to find the victim of a
Nonsponsored
SUNSET PARK – Brooklyn Community Board 7 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/index.page] approved the NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] proposal to install four miles of protected bike lanes [/4th-avenue-protected-bike-lane-project-will-start-spring-2018/] along 4th Avenue on Wednesday—a week after Community
Arts & Culture
Local artist, Ellen Coleman Izzo, has opened PrintSpace [http://ellencolemanizzo.com/printspace-workshop-and-bright-spot], a studio designed for small group workshops dedicated to the exploration of printmaking techniques. Ellen offers workshops teaching various types of printmaking, such as collagraph, gelli plate and linocut to name a few. With a Charles Brand Etching
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERCROWN HEIGHTS/FLATBUSH – Adem Bunkeddeko is living the American Dream. Son of Ugandan war refugees, who arrived in the country with $50 and hope, he is running to unseat Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, [/?s=yvette+clarke] who has been representing the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn for the