A seven-foot long dolphin was seen by onlookers on Friday swimming in the highly polluted Gowanus Canal, occasionally surfacing and trying to rid itself of the dirt and gunk that was sticking to its back as it swam around looking for a way out. Unfortunately the dolphin died in the canal before the New York Police Department could...
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Thomas D’Alessio was a well-loved neighbor and friend to people in Gowanus. He was also a veteran of the Normandy invasion of France during World War II and a person remembered for his good deeds and upbeat attitude. D’Alessio was also known as “Tommy the Mayor,” and loved to tell stories about his life, and buy ice cream for kids...
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Some might argue that getting a teddy bear mended isn’t the most important thing happening in Brooklyn – but it you were the little kid with the torn teddy bear, it just might feel like it is. That’s why a Brooklyn mother-daughter team started NYC Lovey Repair, “operating” on stuffed animals that need repairs. Becca Benghiat and...
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Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood is home to the small business called Everybody Eats, a baking company which excludes gluten, nuts, soy, seed and pod plants in its products. The business owners, Pedro Arroba and Bruce Bassman, created the project out of necessity. “We came up with this company because I’m a celiac,” Arroba...
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Environmental officials recently opened four “green” spaces on Dean Street near the Gowanus Canal in an effort to absorb water during heavy rainstorms. The rainwater usually results in the sewer systems overflowing into the waterway. The $16,000 drainage ditches, located in Park Slope near Fourth Avenue, are filled with mulch and...
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Certainly, there are all sorts of unique people doing extraordinary things in our area of the world. One of them is Boerum Hill attorney Clover Barrett. Purchasing a property at 338 Atlantic Avenue about six years ago, she worked to restore the five-story structure into her home, her law practice and…believe it or not…an art...
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