While the holiday season is a bit more subdued this year, that doesn't mean there aren't opportunities to snap up some local wares for your annual gift-giving.
Catch Some Holiday Spirit at These in-Person and Virtual Brooklyn Holiday Markets
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Daily Links: Gravesend Hits Second-Highest Coronavirus Infection Rate in New York City
In the News
- Bay Ridge: Convenient to Manhattan, But More Affordable [NYT]
- Outdoor Dining Is a Hit. What About Outdoor Shopping? [NYT]
- Council Members Demand Probe Into East New York’s Animal Care Center [NYP]
- Swaths of Brooklyn Coastline to Be Flooded Annually by 2050: Study [BP]
- Comings and Goings on Montague Street [BHB]
- EPA Engineer Says Remediation of Toxic Public Place Is Insufficient [PMFA]
- Schools Are Reopening Again. What’s Different This Time Around? [Gothamist]
- New Sprinkler Law Catastrophic for Brownstones, Brooklynites Say [Patch]
- Gravesend ZIP Code Rises to 2nd Highest Coronavirus Rate in NYC [Patch]
- Doug Emhoff, Second-Gentleman-Elect, Grew Up on Ocean Avenue [Curbed]
- A New Kind of Design Retail Space Thrives in Williamsburg [AD]
- Four-Story Residential Building Coming to Lewis Avenue in Bed Stuy [NYY]
Daily Links: Pandemic Outdoor Hangout Vanderbilt Avenue Will Shut Down ‘Open Street’ for Winter
In the News
- Renovating in Carroll Gardens After a Breakup [NYT]
- Palestinian Street Food and Then Some at Ayat in Bay Ridge [NYT]
- Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Has Expanded Hours for December [BHB]
- A Moment in Time: Christmas Trees on Smith Street [PMFA]
- Crown Heights Renters Protest New York’s ‘Worst Landlord’ [Curbed]
- Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival to Blend in-Person, Virtual Events [Patch]
- Popular ‘Open Street’ in Prospect Heights Closes for the Season [Patch]
- Greenpoint Boutique May Close After FedEx Loses $80K Worth of Goods [NBC]
- Pan-African Hit Teranga Opens Dekalb Market Outpost [Eater]
- ACQ Bread in Carroll Gardens Is a New Kind of Brooklyn Bakery [Grub Street]
- Critics Slam Bill Requiring Sprinklers in Every Apartment [TRD]
- Why Compass Is Going Public Now — And the Obstacles It Faces [TRD]
Doors to Remain Closed at Public Middle and High Schools Until 2021
New York City public middle and high school students will not return to classrooms for in-person learning until January of next year at the earliest, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday.
Daily Links: Virus Concerns Force Cancellation of Coney Island’s Famous Polar Bear Plunge
In the News
- First-Time Buyer Looking for Small Differences in Brooklyn Apartments [NYT]
- Gravesend Library Receives $250K for Upgrades [BP]
- Coney Island’s Polar Bear Plunge Canceled Amid COVID-19 [BP]
- The Coney Island School Suing the CDC [New Yorker]
- Ice Skating Rinks Open in Prospect Park, Industry City [Patch]
- New Greenpoint Motorcycle Garage Is Like SoHo House for Bikers [Thrillest]
- 75 Trees Planted in Prospect Park This Fall to Honor Loved Ones [Bklyner]
- Four-Story Residential Building Set for Hancock Street in Bushwick [NYY]
Dyker Heights Still Plans to Dazzle This Holiday Season, Despite Virus Fears
The annual Dyker Lights display will continue to convey holiday cheer this December, although the beloved spectacle will most likely take a more subdued form because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Daily Links: In Abrupt Shift, the City’s Public Elementary Schools Will Reopen Next Week
In the News
- City Will Reopen Elementary Schools and Reduce Hybrid Learning [NYT]
- How Will Co-Living Survive the Pandemic? [NYT]
- How Brooklyn Sisterhood of Black Women Became National Power Brokers [NYT]
- Volunteers Bring 1,800 Young Trees and Shrubs to Marine Park [Eagle]
- Beloved Park Slope Venue Pivots to Retail to Survive Pandemic [BP]
- Roberta’s Pizza Closes After COVID Outbreak, Employees Say [Gothamist]
- Brooklyn Storeowners Urge Against Shutdowns During Holidays [Gothamist]
- Nearly 100 Basement Apartments Hit With Vacate Orders [The City]
- Brooklyn Duo Plans Expansion of Pay-What-You-Wish Meal Program [Eater]
- Seven-Story Building Planned for Linden Boulevard in East Flatbush [NYY]
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Bushwick Avenue Queen Anne Faces Demolition
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Daily Links: Organizers of Secret Hasidic Wedding in Williamsburg Fined $15,000 by City
In the News
- How de Blasio Backed Himself Into a Corner on Closing Schools [NYT]
- $15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests [NYT]
- A ‘Party Palace’ in Fort Greene Fit for a ‘Radiolab’ Host and a Filmmaker [NYT]
- Brooklyn’s Holiday Markets Pivot to Virtual, Reimagined Showcases [BP]
- Actor Tracy Morgan Joins Turkey Giveaway in Bed Stuy [BP]
- Activists Demand Landlords End ‘Warehousing’ Empty Apartments [BP]
- Eight Months Into Pandemic, Mutual Aid Groups Widen Focus [Bklyner]
- First Tenant Evicted in NYC Since Pandemic Started [The City]
Industry City Gains New Bookstore With Opening of Powerhouse Branch
Brooklyn’s bookworms can now find all the hottest literary titles at Industry City, where the family-owned chain bookstore Powerhouse opened its third outpost on November 20.
