Gowanus Current

Thanks to everyone who came out to @dctvny.bsky.social last night.

420 Carroll Gardens expands Gowanus green spaces, opens waterfront artist studios to bring public in on rezoned canal The development at 420 Carroll St., which opened in February, includes a public park, retail space and artist studios. It is part of a broader effort to revitalize the neighborhood’s waterfront.

brooklyn.news12.com/420-carroll-...

Thanks for @brian_d_currents for having us out to screen at @wfmu.bsky.social. It was a good night.

Does Brooklyn Need a New Waterfront Neighborhood?

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...

In ‘Gowanus Current,’ a Message to Jersey City From Brooklyn Filmmakers WFMU doesn’t usually intervene in contemporary political debates. Many dedicated listeners don’t even realize that the legendary free-form radio station broadcasts from Downtown Jersey City. So whe…

jcitytimes.com/in-gowanus-c...

Thank you thank you Nicole.

Please join us at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social's Center for Brooklyn History for a FREE special screening of Gowanus Current on July 23. We will do a talkback after the film.

More information and tickets:
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/sum...

Can a Spate of New Builds Finally Revitalize Gowanus?

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/r...

www.eventbrite.com/e/gowanus-cu...

Thursday we have our New Jersey Premiere at @wfmu.bsky.social's Monty Hall. There will be a discussion after the screening with @brian_d_currents. I hope you will join us. Although a hyperlocal local story, this documentary is universal. What is of value, and who gets to decide? Tickets in comments.

Toxic vapors and pollution hold up Public Place plans, by Eric Newsom - Red Hook Star-Revue Almost 20 years since the first decision document outlining the remediation plan for Public Place, a site along the Gowanus Canal which used to be the site of the Citizens Manufactured Gas Plant but n...

www.star-revue.com/toxic-vapors...

We have three screenings in July and I am excited about each one of them. Please join us at @wfmu.bsky.social, @dctvny.bsky.social, and @bklynlibrary.bsky.social.

Tickets and more information at www.gowanuscurrent.com/upcoming.

Vote on massive Brooklyn waterfront redevelopment plan postponed… again. Decision is uncertain. A 28-member task force of elected officials and community leaders was supposed to vote on whether to proceed with a contentious plan to redevelop the Red Hook waterfront.

gothamist.com/news/is-broo...

Opinion | This Is Brad Lander’s New York

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...

‘Nowhere to go’: More New Yorkers are entering city homeless shelters, report says The Coalition for the Homeless, a nonprofit advocacy group, said the number of people seeking shelter who are not migrants increased nearly 12% last year.

gothamist.com/news/nowhere...

www.eventbrite.com/e/gowanus-cu...

We are thrilled to be screening our documentary at @wfmu.bsky.social's Monty Hall next month. We will be hosted by @brian_d_currents. Hope to see you Jersey. Tickets in comments.

More screenings next month. Stay tuned.

We had a blast at our free community screening last week. Thanks to everyone who came out. @hanfrish led a discussion after the film. Photos by @randirosenblumphoto.

The screening was sponsored, in part, by @bkartscouncil.

We have some exciting screenings coming in July. Stay tuned. . .

NY lets Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards owner skirt huge penalties for affordable housing failure New York’s Empire State Development is letting the owner of the Atlantic Yards avoid millions of dollars in monthly penalties for missing a decade-old affordable housing deadline.

gothamist.com/news/ny-lets...

Whose Waterfront? Critics Say Brooklyn Terminal Plan Fails to Prioritize Public Input - City Limits "I can't vote yes on a project in which the majority of the community doesn't know what's going on," Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who sits on the task force that will vote on a final pr...

citylimits.org/whose-waterf...

www.eventbrite.com/e/gowanus-cu...

We are pleased to announce a free community screening in two weeks. Tickets in comments. Please join us.

www.cobblehilltheatre.com/movie/gowanu...

After two sold out special screenings, we have decided to add another on May 13, on a screen as close to the canal as we could get. Please join us. Tickets in comments. Great conversations have been sparked.

"And I've got by for so long just on fear and trust...": Currents with Brian D Audio & playlist from April 19, 2025

Hello. Last weekend, an interview with us aired on Currents with Brian D on @wfmu.bsky.social talking about @gowanuscurrent.bsky.social. Warm your ears.

www.wfmu.org/playlists/sh...

www.cobblehilltheatre.com/movie/gowanu...?

Please join us for an a screening of Gowanus Current as close to the canal as we could get. Tickets in comments.

"Gowanus Current" Makes World Premier at Cobble Hill Cinemas By JACK DELANEY | jdelaney@queensledger.com It was 2013 — the word “selfie” was freshly added to the dictionary, a new pope was being named, and gay marriage had yet to be legalized — when Jamie Courv...

brooklyndowntownstar.com/arts-enterta...

Devastating and beautiful.