Today’s Links: A Summer Carnival for Special Needs Students, Condos Above the Carnival in Coney Island & More
Flatbush Councilmember and Lieutenant Governor hopeful Jumaane Williams was found not guilty of disorderly conduct by a jury this week, though he was found guilty of obstructing an emergency vehicle. The charges stemmed from his arrest protesting the deportation of immigrant activist Ravi Ragbir in January.
Actress Dorothy Ann Miles returned to the stage in a London production of “The King and I,” months after the Park Slope car crash that killed her 4-year old daughter and unborn baby, as well as another child.
In some uplifting news, during a summer of street fairs and celebration, a Sheepshead Bay school threw a wildly successful summer carnival for special needs students—for the eighth year running!
There’s something rotten in North Brooklyn… or contaminated, at least. The formerly industrial neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg contain a quarter of New York City’s contaminated sites, a new study shows.
Development continues apace just about everywhere in Brooklyn, but a series of high-rises headed for Coney Island has some worrying the carnival might be over the last true bastion of debauchery in Brooklyn.
Southwest Brooklyn politicians are celebrating a $12 million haul in the City Council’s new budget, which will go towards parks, playing fields and more in Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights.
A hearing today will determine whether the iconic “WATCHTOWER” sign on the Brooklyn waterfront will be replaced…
Mothers on the Move are going door-to-door in the Brownsville Houses for recycling in an effort to eliminate waste by 2030—it’s only been a few weeks, but their efforts are gaining traction with residents!
Speaking of waste: the city is looking for new designs for street trash cans.
Outside the William Vale hotel in Williamsburg you can waste spend your money at a new vending machine that sells jewelry—just what we need!
Finally, catch the premiere of the latest documentary on Brooklyn’s very own Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Rags to Riches,” at the Brooklyn Museum.