{"id":363868,"date":"2026-10-03T23:14:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363868\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T23:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T23:14:51","slug":"the-week-in-brooklyn-september-27-october-3-2026-community-news-brooklyn-bridge-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/363868\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week in Brooklyn, September 27\u2013October 3, 2026: Community news | Brooklyn Bridge Parents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooklyn\u2019s biggest stories of the week: Box Street Park broke ground in Greenpoint, NYC Ferry fares go up on October 19; Jimmy Kimmel taped a week of shows at BAM, the Art of Manga opened at the Brooklyn Museum; City Hall says the World Cup brought in $2 billion; a two-year rent freeze took effect for about a million apartments; and the Liberty became the first No. 8 seed ever to knock out a No. 1. Read on for the latest!<\/p>\n

Transit & Streets
\nThe BQE rebuild\u2019s study plan is out, with a decade-long bypass over Furman Street and the Brooklyn Bridge approach<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s Department of Transportation released the Draft Scope of Work<\/a> for the BQE Central project on Friday, the document that says what the environmental study will examine for the 1.5-mile stretch between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street. The headline for Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO is a temporary two-level, four-lane bypass over Furman Street and, north of Columbia Heights, over the existing BQE and the approach to the Brooklyn Bridge, in place for more than a decade. Streetsblog<\/a> reports it would require removing Harry Chapin Playground, to be restored later, and would directly affect Squibb Park, Hillside Dog Park and Anchorage Plaza. Rehabilitation is estimated at $3.5 to $4 billion, with construction expected to begin in 2029 and finish by 2040. Virtual Q&As are on Tuesday, October 6 at 7pm and Thursday, October 22 at 11am; public scoping meetings follow on November 10 (in person) and November 12 (virtual), and comments are due November 23. Our explainer on the rebuild is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Biketober: the Brooklyn Bridge bike route gets a protected path from Boerum Hill to DUMBO<\/p>\n

DOT opened \u201cBiketober\u201d on Thursday by announcing that the standard bike lane on Adams Street and Boerum Place becomes a two-way protected path from Bergen Street to Johnson Street, part of a redesign that will cover just over one mile from Boerum Hill to DUMBO, with a protected lane on Adams Street from Sands to York Street and an upgraded standard lane on Sands Street. The bridge now averages 5,625 cyclists a day, up 112% from 2,652 in 2021. Work between Atlantic Avenue and Tillary Street starts this year; Bergen to Atlantic follows next year. The month also brings free helmet and light giveaways and learn-to-ride classes, per the DOT release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NYC Ferry fares go up on October 19<\/p>\n

The one-way fare rises from $4.50 to $5 on Monday, October 19; the discounted fare goes from $1.45 to $1.50, a 10-trip pack from $29 to $30, and the $15 two-day pass becomes permanent. The city\u2019s Economic Development Corporation, whose board approved the changes on Wednesday, cites rising operating and fuel costs, per ABC7<\/a>; Gothamist<\/a> reports the increases bring in about $2 million a year.<\/p>\n

Events & Entertainment
\nJimmy Kimmel brought his show to BAM for a week, and Pete Davidson asked the mayor to fix the BQE<\/p>\n

For the eighth year, Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a> taped from BAM\u2019s Howard Gilman Opera House in Fort Greene, Monday through Friday. Monday brought Pete Davidson, Mayor Zohran Mamdani and TV on the Radio; the week ran through Howard Stern and Amy Schumer, Billy Crystal, Mahershala Ali and De La Soul, John Oliver and Seth Meyers, and closed Friday with Paul McCartney, Senator Bernie Sanders and Goose. Davidson told the mayor \u201cThe BQE has been under construction since before I was born\u201d; Mamdani said the work would proceed \u201cover the next 10 years: full safety, no diversion of traffic,\u201d per Yahoo Entertainment<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Art of Manga opened at the Brooklyn Museum<\/p>\n

Art of Manga<\/a>, the first major exhibition in the Americas to treat Japanese comics as an art form, opened on Saturday, October 3 with more than 600 original drawings, from ONE PIECE and Inuyasha to JoJo\u2019s Bizarre Adventure, and runs through January 31, 2027. Timed tickets, which include the rest of the museum, are $30 for adults, $21 for ages 13\u201319 and $12 for ages 4\u201312. Our guide to the show, and what your kids will recognize, is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The rooftop roller rink is back at the Brooklyn Children\u2019s Museum<\/p>\n

Empire Skate of Mind<\/a> reopened on the museum\u2019s rooftop terrace on Thursday for a second season, through April 11: Wednesday to Friday 2\u20135pm and weekends 10am\u20135pm, for families with children ages 3 and up. Museum admission is $15 per person; skating is $10 more with rental skates or $8 with your own.<\/p>\n

\"Empire<\/p>\n

Police Blotter
\nA man died after his bag caught in the doors of an A train at Utica Avenue<\/p>\n

Yaw Boahene, 57, was killed at the Utica Avenue A station in Bed-Stuy at 5:48pm on Monday, September 28, when the plastic shopping bag he was carrying as he got off a Manhattan-bound train caught in the closing doors and he was dragged onto the tracks, police said, per Gothamist<\/a>. The MTA says the doors were working properly; the conductor and train operator have been held out of service while the MTA and the National Transportation Safety Board investigate<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two men were shot at the Whitman Houses in Fort Greene<\/p>\n

A 62-year-old and a 21-year-old were shot on North Oxford Walk at around 1:08am on Thursday, October 1; both were taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist in stable condition and are expected to survive. The shooter fled north on Myrtle Avenue in a gray Honda Civic; no arrests have been made, per ABC7<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A student was taken into custody with a gun at a Bed-Stuy high school<\/p>\n

Police responded to Brooklyn High School for Law and Technology at about 2:07pm on Tuesday, September 29 after a report of a student with a firearm, and a 17-year-old student was taken into custody, the same day as a similar incident at a Bronx high school, per News 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n

City Hall & Housing
\nCity Hall says the World Cup brought in $2 billion<\/p>\n

The World Cup produced $2.0 billion in total economic impact for the city, including $1.2 billion in direct visitor spending and $162 million in operational spending, and supported 12,100 jobs, according to an analysis by the city\u2019s Economic Development Corporation with Tourism Economics, released by the mayor\u2019s office<\/a> on Wednesday; the regional figure for all eight matches at New York New Jersey Stadium is $3.5 billion. NYC Tourism found international Visa card spending up 19% in Brooklyn during the tournament.<\/p>\n

A two-year rent freeze took effect for about a million rent-stabilized apartments<\/p>\n

The Rent Guidelines Board\u2019s 0% increase on one- and two-year leases took effect on Thursday, October 1. Landlords are suing, arguing the mayor improperly influenced the board, and a Staten Island judge has ordered the city to hand over communications between the mayor\u2019s office and board personnel from January 1 to June 25, NY1<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

Bay Ridge is one of 12 districts on the mayor\u2019s affordable-housing fast track<\/p>\n

From January 1, qualifying affordable-housing proposals in Brooklyn Community Districts 10, 12 and 18 (Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights; Borough Park and Kensington; Canarsie and Flatlands) get a roughly 90-day review with the City Planning Commission making the final call, instead of the full land-use process, per amNY<\/a>. The 12 districts citywide produced 724 affordable units in five years, 1% of the total. Council Member Kayla Santosuosso told The City<\/a>: \u201cIf we have to build somewhere in the neighborhood, this is where we could stand to build.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schools & Childcare
\nThe mayor said the school system \u201cfailed\u201d Nikole Hannah-Jones\u2019s daughter at PS 307<\/p>\n

A week after the journalist\u2019s essay revisiting her 2016 decision to enroll her daughter at PS 307, Mayor Mamdani said on WNYC on Tuesday that her account was \u201can articulation \u2026 of the systemic \u2026 way that the public school system in our city failed her child,\u201d per Education Week<\/a>. Hannah-Jones has asked when the city will present a plan to dismantle school segregation.<\/p>\n

A seven-acre outdoor high school campus is coming to Floyd Bennett Field<\/p>\n

The education nonprofit Runway Green has won a 60-year lease for a sustainability-focused campus for city public high schoolers at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn Paper reports. The first phase is a three-acre urban farm with The Campaign Against Hunger; a CUNY dual-credit pilot launches this winter, and groundbreaking is expected in 2027.<\/p>\n

Real Estate & Development
\nBox Street Park broke ground in Greenpoint<\/p>\n

Mayor Mamdani, Parks Commissioner Tricia Shimamura and the Economic Development Corporation\u2019s Anthony Shorris announced the start of construction<\/a> on Thursday on the $40 million, 2.5-acre park on a former MTA site along Newtown Creek, promised to the neighborhood in the 2005 waterfront rezoning, as Congresswoman Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez and Council Member Lincoln Restler both noted. Plans call for an elevated esplanade, terraced granite seating, gardens, a lawn, a basketball court, a picnic area, separate dog runs and a public restroom; construction is expected to finish by the end of summer 2028.<\/p>\n

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A 257-unit rental tower finished construction at 880 Atlantic Avenue<\/p>\n

Eight80 BK, EMP Capital Group\u2019s 19-story building by Issac & Stern Architects in Prospect Heights, has completed construction with 257 studio-to-two-bedroom rentals, 65 of them affordable at 130% of area median income for households earning $38,538 to $227,500, plus ground-floor retail and a children\u2019s playroom, per New York YIMBY<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Food & Drink
\nSm\u00f8r Bakery opened in Carroll Gardens<\/p>\n

Sm\u00f8r<\/a>, the Nordic-inspired bakery with shops in the East Village and Williamsburg, opened its Carroll Gardens location on Thursday, October 1 at 361 Court Street, at the corner of President Street, with pastries, coffee, breakfast and lunch, plus a to-go window.<\/p>\n

\"Sm\u00f8r<\/p>\n

Mythily opened in Williamsburg<\/p>\n

Top Chef alum Rasika Venkatesa opened Mythily<\/a>, her Tamil and South Indian restaurant named after her grandmother, on Wednesday, September 30 at 129 Havemeyer Street, between South First and Grand Streets.<\/p>\n

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Aok\u014d Matcha opened in Park Slope<\/p>\n

Aok\u014d Matcha<\/a>, the matcha gelato caf\u00e9 that serves its gelato in five intensities, opened its newest location at 155 Fifth Avenue on Monday, September 28, per Eater NY<\/a>. Gelato, soft serve, parfaits and matcha and hojicha drinks: an easy after-school stop.<\/p>\n

Chip City closed its three Brooklyn shops, and OddFellows left Domino Park<\/p>\n

Chip City<\/a> closed all 24 of its cookie shops on Thursday, October 1, Brooklyn\u2019s included, citing \u201csignificant macro-economic headwinds,\u201d per amNY<\/a>. OddFellows<\/a> closed its Domino Park ice cream shop at 40 River Street on Sunday, September 27; its DUMBO and Chelsea shops continue. And Wayward Fare, the wood-fired Mediterranean restaurant in Prospect Heights, closed on Friday, October 2, per Eater NY<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sports
\nOn the Court<\/p>\n

The Liberty swept top-seeded Minnesota out of the playoffs: 91-75<\/a> in Minneapolis on Sunday, with 34 points and 12 rebounds from Breanna Stewart, then 87-71<\/a> at Barclays Center on Tuesday, making them the first No. 8 seed to eliminate a No. 1 in the league\u2019s 30-year history. The best-of-five semifinal against Atlanta starts Sunday, October 4 at 2pm on ABC, with Game 3 at Barclays on Friday, October 9 at 7:30pm. The Nets held Media Day on Monday and opened training camp on Tuesday; the preseason starts Tuesday, October 6 at Charlotte, with the home opener against Philadelphia at Barclays on Thursday, October 8.<\/p>\n

On the Pitch<\/p>\n

Brooklyn FC\u2019s men<\/a> lost 3-1 to Detroit City at Maimonides Park on Wednesday, a McNamara penalty their only goal, and are out of playoff contention. The women<\/a> beat Fort Lauderdale United 1-0 on Friday on a 76th-minute goal from Carlee Giammona, their first clean sheet of the season; they host Dallas Trinity on Saturday, October 10 at 4pm.<\/p>\n

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