In perfect time for prime planting season, the annual Brooklyn Botanic Garden plant sale is returning in May. Get ready to get your hands dirty.
Make Your Garden Bloom With Some Specimens From the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Plant Sale
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Daily Links: Artists Chosen to Design Shirley Chisholm Monument in Prospect Park
In the News
- Shirley Chisholm Monument in Brooklyn Finds Its Designers [NYT]
- City Seeks Proposals to Demolish and Rebuild Coney Island Ice Rink [BP]
- What You Need to Know About the L Train Slowdown [BP]
- Meeting Will Discuss Two Homeless Shelters Planned for Park Slope [Patch]
- ’Burg Tenants Put Landlord ‘On Notice’ for Years of Harassment [Patch]
- Inside Curban Artist José Parlá’s Gowanus Studio [AD]
- Permits Filed for 835 Maple Street in East Flatbush [NYY]
Brooklyn Will Be Alive With Art at the Brooklyn Arts Council Annual Event
Celebrate the artists and organizations that make for a vibrant borough with a festive evening.
Daily Links: City’s Plans for Redevelopment of Broadway Junction Area Hits a Snag
In the News
- Juice WRLD, the Young Rapper Confronts Death at Green-Wood Cemetery [NYT]
- Brodsky Organization Doubles Down on Pacific Park Complex [NYP]
- Residents Support Homeless Shelters in Their Neighborhoods, Poll Finds [Eagle]
- Plans Approved to Redesign Dangerous Canarsie Intersection [BP]
- Brooklyn’s Flood-Prone Communities Get Investment From Albany [BP]
- Carroll Gardens Brewery to Make Beer Using Bagels [Patch]
- Suit Claims Success Academy ‘Dumped’ Bed Stuy Student at Precinct [The City]
- Memo Reveals Tensions Over City’s Plans for Broadway Junction [CityLimits]
- Amid Money Woes, Brookland Capital Selling Another Property [TRD]
Picnic in Old House Style at the Lott House Open Garden Day
Enjoy a day lounging on the grass and admiring an 18th century view with a picnic at Marine Park's oldest house.
Daily Links: Brooklyn Councilman Declares Long-Delayed East Williamsburg Rezoning ‘Dead’
In the News
- Displaced Artists Open a New Front at the Brooklyn Army Terminal [NYT]
- An Inside Look at How Brooklyn Recycles [Eagle]
- Inside Prospect Heights’s Maison Yaki [NYM]
- Gowanus Yacht Club Is NOT Closing, Will Be Open Soon [Gothamist]
- In Bushwick, a Designer’s Own Home Embodies a Quirky Ethos [Curbed]
- Espinal to Host Neighborhood Pop-up Court in East New York [BK Reader]
- 44 Percent Rent Increase Forces Williamsburg’s Whisk to Close [Greenpointers]
- Downtown Brooklyn Street to Go Car Free for Earth Day Celebration [Patch]
- Long-Delayed North Brooklyn Rezoning Plan Hits Another Roadblock [TRD]
- Permits Filed for 42 Devoe Street in East Williamsburg [NYY]
Demonstrators March in Bushwick for Universal Rent Control
They called on state pols to extend rent regulation to all buildings in New York City, including smaller ones, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
Daily Links: Bushwick’s Long-Awaited Rezoning Proposal Is Coming This Week
In the News
- Brooklyn’s 4th Avenue Gets in Gear [NYT]
- Airbnb Removes Listings in PLG Buildings After Tenants Sue Landlords [Eagle]
- Broken Traffic Signal in Fort Greene Ignored for Months [The City]
- CB2 Land Use Committee Votes to Approve Jail Plan With Conditions [Bklyner]
- Two More Axe Throwing Venues Coming to Brooklyn [CO]
- Bushwick Awaits City’s Rezoning Proposal [CityLimits]
- Beam Architects Reveals Renderings for 85 Rutledge Street in ‘Burg [NYY]
- Excavation Begins for One Boerum Place, in Downtown Brooklyn [NYY]
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: New Life For a Crown Heights Fixer-Upper
Popular stories on Brownstoner this week include homes on the market, tips on planning for a fence installation and a look inside a reno by Barker Freeman Design Office.
Daily Links: Mayor Breaks Ethics Rules in Chasing Donations From Brooklyn Developers, Says Probe
In the News
- Hundreds Celebrate Planned Sunset Park Cancer Center [BP]
- Mayor Violated Ethics Rules in Seeking Donations Despite Warnings [The City]
- Netflix Is Opening a Production Studio in Bushwick [Crain’s]
- Inside the Brooklyn Artists Ball [Vanity Fair]
- A Fabric Artist’s Shaggy Work Space in Red Hook [NYM]
- Wegmans Readies for Opening With Liquor License Application [Patch]
- GoFundMe Started for Worker Who Fell From Heights High-Rise [Patch]
- Fort Greene Hotel Developers Offer Visas for Investments [Patch]
- Brooklyn Retail Rents Are “Starting to Flatten” [TRD]
