It doesn’t get more Brooklyn than this.
For more than 20 years, an abandoned, triangular lot, snugly situated between Nassau Avenue, Banker Street and North 15th Street on the Williamsburg-Greenpoint border, was left to the elements. … Full Article
An energy company is pushing to install and operate a floating 79.9-megawatt power generator on a barge in Wallabout Channel at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but local residents and officials are scrambling to short-circuit the project until some big questions are answered. … Full Article
Officials say sensors that monitor energy usage, overcrowding, and whether a handicap-accessible entrance is blocked are being installed at the historic Brooklyn Borough Hall. … Full Article
Nurses from Brooklyn and Staten Island, elected officials and advocates rallied at Brooklyn Borough Hall on Friday to celebrate National Nurses Day by participating in a “Day of Action.” … Full Article
The St. Francis 2016 College Commencement ceremony will take place at Brooklyn Bridge Park on May 10 at 11 a.m. Hundreds of St. Francis graduates, along with their parents, families and friends will attend the event. A baccalaureate Mass will be held the night before at 6 p.m. at St. … Full Article
A standing-room-only crowd filled St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church on Montague Street for a town hall held Wednesday night to update Brooklyn Heights residents about raging development controversies in Brooklyn Bridge Park. … Full Article
Since April 13, hundreds of Verizon workers from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) labor union have been on strike in front of the Brooklyn Heights Verizon store at 146 Montague St. … Full Article
Nothing is so beautiful as Spring.
If we can't come up with a way to put this Gerard Manley Hopkins line in a story at least once a year, we're falling down on the job. … Full Article