This Week In BKLYNER: Participatory Budgeting, ‘Bike Train,’ Save Gowanus Station & More

This Week In BKLYNER: Participatory Budgeting, ‘Bike Train,’ Save Gowanus Station & More
Geese flying over Gowanus (Photo: Nathan Haselby)

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Barclays Center: MMA Fighter Conor McGregor Arrested After Barclays Scuffle, Bail Set at $50,000

East New York: More Than 1,000 Affordable Units Planned for East New York

Gowanus: Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club Gets Ready For A New Season

Prospect Heights: Participatory Budgeting – Cast Your Vote This Week At LinkNYC Kiosks

Park Slope: Help Park Slope Couple Find Husband’s Missing Wedding Ring

Brooklyn-wide: NYCHA Chair Shola Olatoye To Step Down

Fort Greene: Remembering Cecil Taylor, Jazz Great and Fort Greene Resident

Park Slope: PB District 39 Project Expo: Self-Defense Workshops For Muslim Women, Fitness Area For Seniors, Saving Endangered Bats & More

Bay Ridge: Why The Roadblock On Life-Saving Speed Cameras? OPINION

Carroll Gardens: [UPDATE] LPC Schedules Hearing For Two Historic Carroll Gardens Buildings

Bay Ridge: Barkan Promises To Fight For Free Tuition & Fair Pay At SUNY & CUNY

Williamsburg: DOT Recommendations for North Brooklyn Streets Face Community Opposition

Flatbush: Brooklyn Poet & Performer Ashley August Featured In BAM’s ‘Word. Sound. Power.’

Bensonhurst/Bed-Stuy: Chancellor Carranza Was in Brooklyn This Week

Coney Island: Mathylde Frontus to Officially Announce Candidacy for 46th District Assembly Seat Tomorrow

Flatbush: Erasmus Hall Teacher Charged in Student Sex Abuse Case

Gowanus: A&E Supply Co. Reborn As Bar Salumi

Williamsburg: Inaugural “Bike Train” Commute Takes Off From Williamsburg

Park Slope: Brooklyn Arts Exchange | BAX Seeks New Executive Director

Canarsie: Man Sentenced To 22 Years To Life For Killing His Adoptive Mother

Gowanus: City Council Votes To Seize Gowanus Station Building Via Eminent Domain

Marine Park: Lott House History Series Starts This Sunday

Barclays Center: Neighborhood Policing Program Extends To Subway System

Downtown Brooklyn: Website Launched For Condo Tower Replacing ‘Love Letter To Brooklyn’ Garage

Brooklyn-wide: As City Looks To Legalize Certain E-Bikes, Uber Buys Brooklyn Bike-Share Company

Prospect Park: New Fitness Area Coming To Prospect Park Parade Ground