Daily Links: Alamo Drafthouse Files for Bankruptcy, Fate of Downtown Brooklyn Theater Unclear
In the News
- Alamo Drafthouse Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection [NYT]
- Year in Numbers: Reflecting on the Coronavirus Pandemic in Brooklyn [BP]
- Mutual Aid Group Volunteers Need Vaccine Help [The City]
- The Waiting Game for Pandemic Rent Relief [City Limits]
- Plans Kick Off for 18-Story Tower at Prospect Heights McDonald’s [Patch]
- Familiar Face to Run New Eatery in Park Slope Dizzy’s Diner Space [Patch]
- DOT Looks to Revamp Traffic Flow at Park Circle in Kensington [Bklyner]
- Installation at Prospect Park Examines Themes of American Life [BK Reader]
- McCarren Park Dance Party Provides a Space to Move [Greenpointers]
Daily Links: The Pileup of Deferred Rent Payments Could Be Death Knell for Many Restaurants
In the News
- Biggie Smalls, the Human Behind the Legend [NYT]
- College Humor Founder Buys Heights Townhouse for $4.275 Million [NYP]
- City to Start Fining Drivers on Jay Street Busway Next Week [BP]
- Emergency Food Workers Get Shot at COVID Vaccine [The City]
- In Brooklyn and Beyond, Some Say They’ve Given Up on Subways [The City]
- De Blasio Restarts $17 Billion in Public Construction Projects [CO]
- Deferred Rent Payments Could Shutter Many Restaurants [Eater]
- Impasto Pizza Is Slinging Superb Square Slices in Clinton Hill [Gothamist]
- Wayward Goat Turned In at Flatlands Police Precinct [News12 BK]
- Tenant Activist Nixed From City Planning Commission [TRD]
- Adrian Grenier’s Clinton Hill Brownstone Designed for His Mom [People]
Daily Links: Crown Heights Vaccination Hub Is Now Open to All Qualified Borough Residents
In the News
- Sometimes All You Need Is a Perfect Rotisserie Chicken in Park Slope [NYT]
- Bedford Union Armory Renamed for Longtime Brooklyn Congressman [BP]
- Group Show Highlights Black Female Artists at Industry City [BP]
- Coalition Calls on NYC Leaders to Kick Cars off 25 Percent of Streets [Gothamist]
- North Brooklyn Locals Don’t Like Plastic Mural Proposed for Their Park [Curbed]
- Medgar Evers Vaccine Site Open to All Eligible Brooklynites [Patch]
- Planned Target in Flatbush Prompts Instant Backlash [Bklyner]
- A Boerum Hill Loft Emerges From Former Paper Factory [Design Milk]
Daily Links: Seniors-Only COVID-19 Vaccination Site Opens in Mill Basin
In the News
- Two Brooklyn Filmmakers Write Their Own Love Story [NYT]
- Hottest Ticket in Town Is Weekly Show on Brooklyn Heights Stoop [NYP]
- El Caribe Opens as Seniors-Only Vax Site in Mill Basin [BP]
- Spice Factory Towers Qualify for Generous Opportunity Zone Tax Break [The City]
- A Sweet Generation Swoops Into Bushwick [Bushwick Daily]
- Brooklyn Parents, Teachers Call for Fall School Reopening Plan [Patch]
- Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Moving Along ‘Really Nicely’ — But Is It? [Streetsblog]
- How to Move a Row of Brownstones [The Brownstone Detectives]
Daily Links: One Thousand MTA Employees Will Be Vaccinated Weekly in Downtown Brooklyn
In the News
- A Coming-Out Party for KAWS at the Brooklyn Museum [NYT]
- MTA Will Vaccinate 1,000 Transit Workers per Week in Brooklyn [NYP]
- Black-Owned Bed Stuy Home Goods Store Hangs Tough [NYDN]
- State To Solicit Bids for Smorgasburg Park Space in Williamsburg [BP]
- Red Hook Man Killed in Second Hit-and-Run Fatality in 24 Hours [Gothamist]
- Several Arrested in Daniel Prude Protest in Williamsburg [Patch]
- Longtime Nonprofit Needs Help Creating New Home in Brooklyn [Patch]
- Peter Luger Fills Empty Seats With Mannequins From Madame Tussauds [Eater]
Daily Links: Middle School Students Return to Classrooms for First Time in Three Months
In the News
- Report: City’s Arts and Recreation Employment Down by 66 Percent [NYT]
- Homeless Man Targeting Women at Bushwick Subway Stop Indicted [NYP]
- Boy Fatally Struck by Car in Williamsburg, Cops Say [NYP]
- Crown Heights CB Hires District Manager After Multi-Year Search [BP]
- City Middle Schoolers Poised To Return to Classrooms [Gothamist]
- Eviction Moratorium Pause Ends Friday. Here’s What You Need To Do [The City]
- Fourth Avenue Tower Developers Sign ‘Community Agreement’ [Patch]
- French Restaurant Coming to Vacant Park Slope Fifth Avenue Spot [Patch]
- Park Slope Nurses Rally in Support of Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act [amNY]
- Why Ursula’s Hatch in Crown Heights Is Worth the Wait [Eater]
- How a 30-Year-Old Freelancer DIY-Ed His Bushwick Rental [CNBC]
- Meet the Brooklyn Artist Breathing New Life Into Traditional Textiles [AD]
- Silverstein Offers To Buy Half of All Year’s Bushwick Rental Complex [TRD]
Daily Links: Southeast Brooklyn Could Get Subway Service Via Biden Infrastructure Plan
In the News
- Biden Infrastructure Plan Could Fund New Southeast Brooklyn Subway [NYP]
- Crown Heights Developer Disputes ‘Save Associated’ Claims [Caribbean Life]
- Brooklyn Real Estate Empire Shows Strain With Rental Bankruptcy [Bloomberg]
- How Brooklyn’s Office Market Is Getting Through COVID [CO]
- Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Survey Shows Small Business Struggles [Crain’s]
- Musicians Transform Fort Greene Apartment To Fit a Baby Grand Piano [Curbed]
- Greenpoint Barber Hopes New PPP Guidance Will Be a Lifeline [NY1]
- East Brooklyn Mutual Aid Needs Help Funding Food Deliveries [Bklyner]
- Toby Moskovits’ Williamsburg Hotel Enters Bankruptcy [TRD]
Daily Links: Cuomo Says Movie Theaters Can Open at 25 Percent Capacity Starting on March 5
In the News
- Movie Theaters Can Reopen With Limited Capacity Late Next Week [NYT]
- Vaccine Rollout in Brooklyn, Queens Has Reflected Same Inequalities [NYT]
- Fire Destroys Crown Heights Auto-Body Shop [BP]
- Is Another Bay Ridge Store Part of Century 21’s Comeback? [Eagle]
- Red Hook Vaccination Site Opens Up for Elderly Residents [amNY]
- Protesters Gather at East New York Amazon Facility [BK Reader]
- LOT Office for Architecture Creates All-Blue Building in Bushwick [Dezeen]
- Charter School Developer Buys New Lots Site Out of Bankruptcy [TRD]
- Eight-Story Building Planned at Christopher Avenue in Brownsville [NYY]
Daily Links: One of State’s Largest Vaccination Centers Will Open in Crown Heights This Week
In the News
- New Yorkers Can Dine Indoors Again. Will They? [NYT]
- Pigeon Guys Face Tough Times in Ocean Hill and Beyond [NYT]
- Locals Brave Cold To Oppose Gowanus Fracked-Gas Plant Repowering [Eagle]
- Indoor Dining Will Increase to 35 Percent Capacity Starting February 26 [Eater]
- Largest Vaccination Sites in Brooklyn, Queens Open Wednesday [Gothamist]
- Despite COVID Concerns, Crowd Holds Torah Party in Williamsburg [Pix11]
- Drag Delivery Helping Popular Williamsburg LGBTQ Bar Stay Afloat [Eater]
- Former Modell’s Site in Downtown Brooklyn Up for Sale [TRD]
- Permits Filed for Seven-Story Building in Bensonhurst [NYY]
Daily Links: More Drama at Park Slope Food Co-op As New Lawsuit Alleges Racial Discrimination
In the News
- Pigeon Guys of Brooklyn Face Tough Times [NYT]
- NYC Staves Off Cuts to Public Transit, Despite Dire Warnings [NYT]
- New York Aquarium Under Consideration for Vax Site [BP]
- Park Slope Food Co-Op Member Sues Grocer Over Suspension [BP]
- Prospect Cleaning Service Opens Headquarters in Crown Heights [Caribbean Life]
- The Gut Renovation of Ryan Serhant [Curbed]
- New Delivery Soup Pop-Up Launches in Brooklyn [Eater]
- Masbia’s Brooklyn Soup Kitchens To Double in Size [Bklyner]
- New ‘Lounge’ Planned for Former Soda Bar Spot in Prospect Heights [Patch]
