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30 Newkirk Plaza
Coffee Z [/blog/food/new-espresso-bar-coming-to-30-newkirk-plaza] (30 Newkirk Plaza) is now open for business! Thanks to neighbor Sarah Jenny, aka brooklynwonder [https://instagram.com/p/31KJ9EGkd5/?taken-by=brooklynwonder], for capturing this shot of the new cafe just before they opened for the first time today. We haven’t gotten a chance
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte speaks at Tuesday’s rally in Albany for stronger rent laws. Photo via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.851935758213567.1073741872.268117579928724&type=3] Neighbors slammed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-warns-letting-rent-control-laws-expire-article-1.2254305] to
New York State Assembly
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte speaks at Tuesday’s rally in Albany for stronger rent laws. Photo via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.851935758213567.1073741872.268117579928724&type=3] Neighbors slammed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-warns-letting-rent-control-laws-expire-article-1.2254305] to
66th precinct
CB 12 members at a previous meetingWant to learn more about our neighborhood? Having a problem in our area that you’d like to discuss with community leaders? Just want to meet some other civically-minded neighbors? You can do that, and more, at several upcoming meetings in our community. * Community
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
A postcard shows the stanchions that were just torn down as they appeared in 1909. Image courtesy Donald LogginsMore than a century has passed, but our neighbors living in the area in 1910 appeared to be just as angry at the city as community members are now, following the DOT’
153 E. 3rd Street
Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153008802681483/?type=1&theater] Neighbors, meet Rebecca! This beautiful 2-year-old Mastiff mix was surrendered to Sean Casey Animal Rescue [http://nyanimalrescue.org/] because she was “too big,” SCAR said on its Facebook post
fdny
Photo by David GurzynskiA giant tree cracked at the base and fell at 1801 Dorchester Road, at the corner of 18th Street, a little after 9:30pm Thursday night, the FDNY and neighbors told us. Fortunately, no one was hurt in the accident, according to the FDNY, but one parked
community garden
The E. 4th Street Community GardenIf you’re looking for something to do with the kids this weekend, there’s a great (and free) event happening at the East 4th Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/calendar] (179 E. 4th Street, between Caton Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway) on
NYPD helicopter
The crime scene at Foster Avenue and E. 19th Street this morning.Updated 2pm: The NYPD has issued a statement to the press on the 70th Precinct sergeant firing at a suspect who pulled a knife on him after the cop confronted him for being involved in the stripping of
248 Stratford Road
Many thanks to neighbor Kathy Jones for sending us these photos of these fantastic new figurines that have sprouted at an abandoned construction site at Stratford Road and Matthews Court. Neighbor Chris Kreussling, aka the Flatbush Gardener [http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/], also took note of the figurines, which appear to
cafes
Esperanza Spalding will perform a free concert at Celebrate Brooklyn this Friday. Photo via Esperanza Spalding [https://www.facebook.com/EsperanzaSpalding/photos/a.10150252765850527.534492.279919320526/10155424076245527/?type=1&theater] Happy Thursday, everyone! This weekend, you can go to a bunch of free shows at Celebrate Brooklyn [http://bricartsmedia.
food
Ditmas Park’s Lucius will play at Celebrate Brooklyn this Saturday. Photo by David Brendan Hall Photography, via Lucius [https://www.facebook.com/ilovelucius/photos/a.444684449416.234414.34746139416/10152608323484417/?type=1&theater] .Happy Thursday, everyone! There’s a ton you can do this weekend, including attend a meeting