Brooklyn Today: ‘Release the money…do more.’

August 16, 2019 Brooklyn Eagle

Brighton Beach. Photo: Lore Croghan/Brooklyn Eagle

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THE LEDE: Happy Friday! The state is releasing long-awaited funds to Brooklyn groups working to prevent gun violence in their communities — following two mass shootings in Brooklyn and more than a year and a half after the funding’s initial announcement. The funding — $500,000 — will be divvied up among nine organizations dedicated to youth programming.

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THE RUNDOWN

~ CITY UNVEILS NEW ADMISSIONS PROCESS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza joined parents and educators at M.S. 890 in Kensington on Thursday to announce a new, simpler admissions process for the city’s public middle and high schools.

~ CONTROVERSIAL PACIFIC PARK GYM GETS GREEN LIGHT: Empire State Development Corp.’s directors voted on Thursday to allow a 105,000-square-foot Chelsea Piers field house and fitness center to be built at Pacific Park — without a full-scale environmental review.

~ AFTER 1.5 YEARS AND 2 MASS SHOOTINGS, GOVERNOR RELEASES ANTI-VIOLENCE FUNDS: The funding was first announced in March 2017 as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $1.4 billion plan to transform the neighborhoods of Central Brooklyn hat struggle chronically with poverty, crime, poor health and low educational achievement.

~ THE CITY TURNS TO NEW YORKERS TO ENVISION THE WATERFRONT’S FUTURE: With the Comprehensive Waterfront Plan projected to be released at the end of 2020, the city is turning to residents to help imagine a future for New York City’s 520 miles of shoreline.

~ RUM AND REGGAE: 10 THINGS TO DO IN BROOKLYN THIS WEEKEND: Welcome to the weekend, Brooklyn. We’ve once again selected the top 10 events for your pleasure. There’s yoga in Prospect Park, live music underneath the Manhattan Bridge, a rum festival at a historic Brooklyn site, and so much more.

~ OPINION: FOR F’S SAKE, ADD A BERGEN STOP: “Personally, I don’t see how two express trains in the morning and two in the evening would have that much of an effect,” writes columnist Raanan Geberer.

~ AFTER STAFFER SCANDAL, PROGRESSIVES DEMAND ANSWERS FROM SUNSET PARK ASSEMBLYMAN: After firing a staffer who allegedly embezzled tens of thousands of dollars, State Assemblymember Felix Ortiz is coming under intense public scrutiny for his possible role in the recent money scandal.

~ BATTLE OF BROOKLYN 2019: WHAT TO DO, WHERE TO GO: The 243rd anniversary of the Battle of Brooklyn is coming up on Tuesday, Aug. 27. More than a dozen events to commemorate the epic battle will be taking place in Brooklyn through Aug. 27.

~ AERIAL SPRAYING FOR WEST NILE VIRUS COMING TO MARINE PARK, FRESH CREEK BASIN: To reduce the risk of West Nile virus and minimize the general presence of mosquitos, the Health Department will conduct a second aerial larviciding to marshes in four of the five boroughs next week.

MORE BROOKLYN NEWS

~ Brooklyn’s rents for July peaked to their highest level in at least a decade. (WSJ)

~ Here are 12 things you may not know about Prospect Park. (Untapped Cities)

~ Sixpoint Brewery is building a brand-new taproom in Gowanus. (Yahoo)

STAFF PICKS

~ READ: “The #MeToo case dividing Wall Street” (The Cut)

~ EAT: Here are the 16 best breakfast sandwiches in New York City, including four in Brooklyn. (Eater)

~ CARTOON: Aliens arrive on Earth a tad too late. (The New Yorker)

~ THINK: Crab rangoons are oh so delicious, but what exactly are they? (Atlas Obscura)

WHAT’S HAPPENING

7:30PM — Carrie Goldberg: “Nobody’s Victim” with Christine Lagorio-Chafkin at Books Are Magic. Details.

8:00PM — SummerStarz 2019 at Transmitter Park. Details.

9:30PM — Adult Sex Ed at Caveat. Details.

THE WRAP

⌛ ON THIS DAY

In 1913, the Eagle reported, “The new Greenpoint hospital, which will be one of the finest buildings of its kind in the five boroughs, is nearing completion at Bullion street and Kingsland avenue … It is being erected at a cost of $340,000.”

📔 IMPRINT

Taylor Swift points at you on the latest cover of Vogue.

👑 ROYAL WATCH

“Meghan Markle ‘stepped into a snake pit’ when she married into the royal family, claims Richard Madeley” (Fox News)

🏀 SPORTS

Nets owner Prokhorov selling high to Tsai

BIRTHDAYS

Happy birthday to Lesley Ann Warren, Angela Bassett, James Cameron, Taiki Waititi, Steve Carell, Reginald VelJohnson, Yu Darvish, Jeff Perry, Kathie Lee Gifford, Julie Newmar, Timothy Hutton, Phil Murphy, Laura Innes and Madonna!