Prospect Heights’ FiveMyles Gallery is hosting the artwork of five graffiti legends in an exhibit that will open later this week. The gallery, which will display 7-10 creations by each artist, is called “Street Art Legends Collective.” The featured artists include Albert Mercado, known as Lava Iⅈ Jaime Ramirez, aka MICO; Richie Admiral, or Bama,…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Brooklyn Cemetery Adding Visitor’s Center
Soon, rather than buying flowers right outside of the Green-Wood Cemetery, you’ll be ushered into a…visitor’s center for the cemetery. That’s right, if not a little odd. The Green-Wood Cemetery has made plans to buy the historic greenhouse that sits right outside of its gates. Saving an Old Building The beautiful, but dilapidated 19th century…
Target May Expand Offices in Brooklyn Park
Target has more than 11,300 employees in the Brooklyn area, and so has new plans to expand its work space. This past Friday, the retailer confirmed that it is currently “reviewing and updating” its plans for the Brooklyn Park campus. The campus is currently built on 136 acres. Later this month, the Brooklyn Park City…
Brooklyn Florist Gets White House Ready for Christmas
Brooklyn residents should take pride, once again, in one of our own. Brooklyn florist Emily Thompson has been asked to bring her talents to The White House and to transform the East Room for the holidays. Getting the Call Receiving a call from on-staff florist Laura Dowling quite awhile ago, Thompson replied, “My answer was…
Gowanus Park Plans Approved by Community Board 6
Families living near the Gowanus Houses on Wyckoff Street are undoubtedly thrilled with the results of last night’s Community Board 6 meeting. At the meeting, which took place at NYCHA Miccio Community Center, Glen Kelly of CB6 Parks and Recreation Committee motioned to fund a total renovation of the Naquan Heyward Jr. Playground. The plans…
Hinsch’s Re-Opens to Happy Customer
If you love egg cream, and you are pining away for days gone by – pine away no longer! Hinsch’s, one of the last places where New York egg cream fans were able to get the real deal, has now reopened. Shutting Down Long-time manager John Logue had to shut the Bay Ridge soda…
