Week In Review: Fort Greene Park Visitors Center Reopens, A Possible New Real Estate Trend, And Colonia Verde Announces Reopening Date

Heather Chin

May 31, 2015 — 1 min read

urban park ranger chris wood in action

Missed some of this week’s news? Here’s a recap:

Add your events to our new Brooklyn-wide calendar!

FOOD:

GRAND OPENING: Leon and Son Wine and Spirits is all about community spirit.
Colonia Verde will reopen on June 23!

NEWS

CB 2 voted to support the MetroTech BID’s planned expansion to cover BAM, BRIC and other cultural institutions.
The Fort Greene Park Visitors Center and Museum is open to the public!
Is door-to-door house hunting a new real estate trend?
Meet Christopher Wood, our new Urban Park Ranger!
Get ready for the return of Sing For Hope Pianos!
Pratt Institute is getting a new provost.
Check out the new Heart Beat public art installation at Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park.
Fill out this survey about the pros and cons of your favorite local parks.
Meet Clinton Hill artist Paul St. Savage and his art.
Reserve your spot for the June Wallabout Historic Walking Tour!
Fort Greene’s JHS 265 will perform in Downtown Brooklyn on June 10th for a lunchtime concert!
In case of emergency: help NYCOEM choose community safe spaces.

CRIME

The number of robberies and shootings dropped, but transit and housing crimes rose last week in the 88th Precinct.

Read more

Bklyner Endorses Brannan for Council District 47

Bklyner Endorses Brannan for Council District 47

If you want your district to have the best possible representation in the city council right away, you should look beyond politics and pick Justin Brannan, a moderate Democrat.

Should Kagan or Brannan Represent Bay Ridge and Coney Island in City Council?

Ahead of the November 7 local elections, when we get to pick our city council members again, NY1 held a debate Tuesday night (you can watch it here) between the two incumbents in what will be the new District 47 – Ari Kagan, a recent Republican representing current Council District 47,

We’re Not Under a Rock, Mayor Adams, We’re on a Shrinking One

We’re Not Under a Rock, Mayor Adams, We’re on a Shrinking One

After seven inches of rain punished New York City on Friday, Mayor Eric Adams took almost a whole day to make his first comments about a storm that effectively ground his city, the country’s largest, to a halt. After having seven separate public events without acknowledging the storm, Adams

Streets, Migrants, And More

Streets, Migrants, And More

The weather has turned pleasant and just about every neighborhood in Brooklyn wants you to come out and enjoy all it has to offer — from Atlantic Antic Downtown, 3rd Avenue Fair in Bay Ridge, art crawls in Ditmas Park and Prospect Lefferts Gardens, to lots of literary events to go