Central Brooklyn
Pop Up, Brooklyn—Benefit for the Prospect Park Alliance, June 28, 2014 (Photo Credit: J Grassi)More than 10 million people visit Prospect Park every year. Not only do they enjoy the lush setting but also the educational services, activities, and programs the park has to offer. Few, however, may
camps
One summer, when I was maybe 11, I spent 4 weeks at a summer camp in Georgia. It literally changed me. (I accidentally sat on my glasses and the eye doctor subsequently told me I didn’t need them anymore.) And I returned, as most do, with a camp trunk
Central Brooklyn
Here’s a minor confession. American Ninja Warrior [http://www.nbc.com/american-ninja-warrior]is a national obsession and has been on the air for close to a decade. Despite this, I had no idea it existed until someone in my family shared this video of Kacy Katanzaro’s 2014 run.
Central Brooklyn
March is officially Colon Cancer Awareness Month [https://www.ccalliance.org/awareness-month/] and The Brooklyn Hospital Center [http://www.tbh.org/] would like you to get screened for the highly preventable and detectable disease. According to the American Cancer Society [https://www.cancer.org/cancer/colon-rectal-cancer/about/what-is-colorectal-cancer.html] , “most
Arts & Culture
some local Jewish organizations got a jump on it this past Sunday with a raucous carnival and protest parade. The event, hosted by The Aftselakhis Spectacle Committee [http://spectaclecommittee.org/], Jews for Racial & Economic Justice [http://jfrej.org/], the Workmen’s Circle [https://circle.org/], and Kolot Chayeinu/Voices
2146 Nostrand Avenue
It’s been a four years coming [http://nypost.com/2010/08/04/a-dallas-bbq-grills-in-bklyn/], but this weekend was the grand opening [https://www.facebook.com/dallasbbq/photos/a.118590350813.100449.110014920813/10152397597505814/?type=1&theater] of the newest Dallas BBQ location at Flatbush and Nostrand [https://www.facebook.com/
East 23rd Street
For those on the southern end of the neighborhood, you probably noticed a bunch of siren activity on Saturday night. There was an all-hands fire [https://twitter.com/FDNY/status/526147842281201666] on East 23rd Street and Campus Road. By the time we arrived, it was under control: We saw a
buying local
As we posted [/blog/greenmarket/the-flatbush-junction-youthmarket-will-return-in-july] several months ago, there’s a new farmers market on our area’s southeastern edge. The Flatbush Junction Youthmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/youthmarket/flatbush-junction-youthmarket] opened on July 12th and pops up every other Saturday on the triangle in front HSBC at Nostrand and
dan loomis
With Father’s Day just around the bend, what better time to find out a little bit more about one of our favorite local bands–The Dad Beats! [http://dadbeatsmusic.com/wordpress/] We sat down with guitarist/vocalist Yuri Weber and bassist Dan Loomis (and Yuri’s son Elliot) shortly
42nd Assembly District
Hope everyone enjoyed a 42nd Assembly District seat and US Congressional election-free 2013 because, come fall 2014, not only is it midterm election time for Congress – including our very own Congresswoman Yvette Clarke [http://clarke.house.gov] – but it’s also shaping up to be an interesting race for the
PS 315
Two boys have been arrested under suspicion of slipping rat poison into a teacher’s water bottle during class, says The New York Post [http://nypost.com/2014/05/21/students-put-rat-poison-in-teachers-water-at-school-cops/] . Police have arrested one 9-year-old and one 12-year-old boy, and have charged them with reckless endangerment, assault, and criminal
Over the last couple months, we’ve noticed some changes at 1608 Beverley Road–the little house that’s sandwiched between the newish condos on the corner of E 16th and the older apartment building on the corner of E 17th–and as it turns out, a new 6-story, 12-unit