Vines & Voices 033: Sunset Park Becomes NYC’s Dog-Poop Complaint Capital
Plus, a catalog of Brooklyn artifacts, SoHo House heads upstate and more.
Welcome to Vines & Voices, your weekly look at life across West Brooklyn. Curated by CSJ, this free newsletter brings together the local news and goings-on shaping our neighborhoods, plus a few extras worth knowing. Have a tip, a story idea or something you think deserves attention? Write to us. Your voice helps shape the story.
On CSJ
The Hellboy is coming to Gowanus, though not soon enough to save us from the potential foot of snow we’re getting this weekend.
When I called Paul Giannone last week to learn more about the new location (formerly Ample Hills Creamery), I asked, “Is this Mr. Giannone?” He said, “No. It’s Paulie Gee!” A perfect response.
Elsewhere
A Sunset Park block reportedly received the most complaints — 28 since the snowstorm — of not-picked-up dog poop in the city.
The Red Hook Star Revue obtained a copy of the anecdotal survey that preceded the Court Street bike lane redesign.
The Center for Brooklyn History has been taking stock of artifacts — everything from Civil War medals and vintage menus to wax mannequin eyes and ceramic pen holders — borough-wide for a searchable, digital catalog set to launch this spring.
City Councilmember Alexa Avilés is seeking feedback from Red Hook locals on the proposed rezoning of a commercial building into a mixed-use building.
SoHo House is heading upstate to Rhinebeck, where it has received approval to open a resort and spa.
Tourists are hanging their trash on metal spans of the Brooklyn Bridge. Between that and the dog-poop saga, I’m starting to think it’s time to bring back public shaming.
The NYTimes uncovered a hidden park under the Brooklyn Bridge, where nine acres of potential shops, restaurants and green spaces remain unrealized.
Georgian restaurants are opening across the city, including in Brooklyn, where Chama Mama is expanding from Brooklyn Heights to Greenpoint and Bushwick.
Curtis Sliwa joined Substack this week, sharing how EDM music carried him through the mayoral race.
Goings On
Dweller and New York rapper-producer MIKE have curated a stacked bill featuring GIGGS, Junglepussy, 454, Anysia Kym and dj blackpower at Pioneer Works tomorrow, Feb. 21.
Loafers Cocktail Bar is teaching people how to shuck oysters this Sunday, Feb. 22.
Princeton School of Architecture’s exhibition The House Transformed, exploring alternative concepts for collective living and caregiving, opens at Van Alen Institute on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
Brooklyn Bridge Parents put together a guide to Purim celebrations for Brooklyn families.
NYTimes reporter Jazmine Ulloa is hosting a reception for her new book, El Paso: Five Families and One Hundred Years of Blood, Migration, Race, and Memory, on Monday, March 2 at Fort Greene’s Greenlight Bookstore.
The Six Bells Countryside Inn is kicking off a placemaking series in March.
Powerhouse Arts’ Brooklyn Fine Air Print Fair will return to Gowanus in April.
One Last Thing
Steven Soderbergh’s 63-day residency at Nitehawk is underway. Each night opens with a happy hour pouring 500-year-old Bolivian booze, then one of the nine films that most influenced him — from Notorious to Fargo to Lost in Translation.