The Ditch Plains Drop-In is a nice departure from your standard in-park concessions in both the fare it offers as well as its aesthetic appeal. Its sloping profile is almost hill-like in its appearance, with a free-growing green roof that keeps the interior
While local workers enjoy outdoor lunches on the lush Bryant Park lawn, the green luxury building will over look them from its southwest corner. The state of the art building is slated to boast 470,000 square feet of boutique office space for the corporate
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New York is home to 600,000 million street trees, which help keep the city’s air clean and add character to the diverse neighborhoods across the five boroughs. But trees need plenty of TLC, and for years many of them were
Starting in late May, Pratt graduate students in the green infrastructure design + build course began learning green roof and stormwater management techniques. Preliminary designs for the green roof were completed under the direction of professors Gita Nandan
The new Brooklyn Bridge Park Pop-Up Pool isn’t as large as McCarren Pool, measuring in at just 30’ x 50’ and 3.5 feet deep, but it makes up for what it lacks in size with tons of style. In addition to its azure swimming hole, the primary-colored space
“Whether by providing more information about recycling opportunities or new apps that promote tree stewardship, we are ready to partner with the technology industry to package our environmental and sustainability data in creative new ways that residents
CitiLogs is a seasoned urban milling company that has been upcycling wood since 1991. Each year in urban and suburban neighborhoods around the city, thousands of trees and branches are cut down and many are removed due to age, diseases, or to clear the land
Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market and 3rd Ward announce Member Made @ Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market, Saturday and Sunday, July 14 & 15, 10am-5pm, showcasing member artists and their designs from 3rd Ward’s acclaimed workspace and education center in Brooklyn.
The original pool, built in 1936, has been transformed into a sprawling oasis which ranges from deep-end swimming to an ankle deep wading pool complete with squirting sprinklers for summertime fun. McCarren Pool had not been used for its original purpose
Help beautify Brooklyn Bridge Park by gardening along Brooklyn’s beautiful waterfront! The Brooklyn Bridge Park Green Team’s latest event will provide essential horticultural care to Brooklyn Bridge Park through projects like planting, mulching, and removing
If you’re not familiar with McCarren Pool, it was one of eleven pools opened by Robert Moses back in 1936. The Greenpoint, Brooklyn pool closed up shop in the mid-80s but it then opened up again in 2005 as a repurposed concert venue. The unonventional spot
Williamsburg luxury tower The Edge was recently awarded LEED Gold certification by the U. S. Green Buildings Council. The news makes the Brooklyn building the largest residential building in New York City to become LEED Gold. The sexy waterfront residence
How would you like to stay at a multi-million dollar penthouse apartment next time you visit NYC? London-based onefinestay is making that dream a reality for many New York tourists by expanding its unique “unhotel” travel experience to The Big Apple. Instead
We’ve been following BrightFarms’ plan to build the world’s largest rooftop farm in Brooklyn, and now they’ve sent us word revealing who their long-term retail partner will be – A&P. The grocery mega-giant (formally known as the Great Atlantic and Pacific
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Governors Island-goers will find Bike and Roll NYC’s recycled shipping container kiosks in two locations. The main one is next to Castle William and there is also a smaller one across from the Brooklyn Ferry dock. The bright blue color of the renting stations
Artwork throughout the hotel is by local artists, including the huge Duke Riley drawing in the lobby. The big painting in the lobby’s elevator by is also by a local artist. In the hallways, light fixtures combine midcentury modern with early-1900s design
Whether your father is a bonafide foodie or just a guy who enjoys getting his eat on, he’ll find tons to tickle his palate at this Sunday’s Food Truck Rally in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The city’s finest food carts from Kimchi Taco Truck to Luke’s Lobster to
We’ve seen mobile pools and roving art galleries on the streets of New York and now it looks like we can add moving dance parties to the list too! Crazy performance art group CHERYL wants to bring their traveling dance shindigs to the sidewalks of the city
The new rooftop farm could look like this one in Greenpoint, Photo by Kthread
Mayor Bloomberg’s Economic Development Council is currently looking for a private developer to create what could soon be the largest rooftop farm in the world. The farm, planned
The transparent water tower sculpture opened last week, and adorns the new Brooklyn Bridge Park area which has been heavily redeveloped into a crowd-drawing green area over the past few years. During the day, the hundreds of rainbow panes of the water tower
Mayor Bloomberg’s controversial plan to ban sugary drinks is moving ahead. Yesterday, the NYC the Board of Health voted unanimously to publish the mayor’s proposal to ban the sales of large cups of sugary drinks for public review and hold a public hearing
The Textile Arts Center and Brooklyn Plantology invite you to their garden party this weekend. Enjoy the afternoon in their beautiful garden while sipping lemonade and noshing on a potluck picnic among the flowers!
To RSVP, email RSVP@textileartscenter.com
Strong Rope Brewery will be hosting a tasting of its homebrew at Ba’sik in Williamsburg this weekend. Strong Rope’s beers are made with organic malt from artisanal maltster, Valley Malt, which supports small scale northeastern farmers of barley and wheat.
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The original five-story factory was extended to eight for the renovation, with a glass-encased cube that mimics the design of the original factory windows. The addition, which caps off the original factory, give the hotel’s interior a unique lightness, flooding
New Yorkers who take lunch at Bryant Park may have noticed a curious solar-powered contraption hanging around – one that charges cell phones! Designed by Brooklynite Tommy Mitchell, the renewable energy gadget has been powering up people’s phones thanks to
