The PS 295 Farmers Market (19th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue) is back on Thursday from 2:30pm to 4:30pm, and it’s apparently going to be an “herbapalooza!” Thai basil steals the show this week (check out the school’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/PS295]
58th street
If you’ve been dreading the upcoming closure of the Montague R Tunnel [/blog/transportation/ouch-r-train-tunnel-under-east-river-closing-for-repairs], the city announced a low-cost alternative [http://www.ccgreenwoodhts.com/58th-street-ferry-returns/] for those headed to and from the Financial District on Tuesday, but there’s a catch. Starting Monday, August 5, the Seastreak Ferry
studio apartment
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Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID
The first summer stroll [/blog/events/south-slope-hits-the-streets-for-first-summer-stroll] was great, but last Friday we had an absolute blast. The weather was gorgeous, Sonido Costeño [http://www.sonidocosteno.net/band.php] had the block between 14th and 15th Streets rocking, and neighbors of all ages joined together for the best that South
brooklyn bike patrol
Fantastic news from the gang at Brooklyn Bike Patrol [https://www.facebook.com/BROOKLYNBIKEPATROL]. Two months after suffering two heart attacks, and making the difficult decision to disband the patrol [/blog/neighbors/brooklyn-bike-patrol-disbands-after-founders-heart-attack], founder Jay Ruiz announced that the group will be back on the streets this Friday. > Attention
23rd Street
For the third year in a row, 23rd Street’s Aaron Brashear, founder of Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights [http://www.ccgreenwoodhts.com], and his wife Mic are battling residents in a neighboring condo building over stray cigarette butts. “We have once again found cigarette butts in our backyard,” the
Skylark
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britpop choir
Looking for a fantastic way to celebrate the end of Monday? The Britpop Choir [https://www.facebook.com/thebritpopchoir] invades our neighbors over at The Monro Pub [http://monropub.com] (481 5th Avenue, between 11th and 12th Street) for the second time tonight, leaving nothing but melodious, a cappella harmonies
Construction started at 487 5th Avenue [/blog/real-estate/next-please-487-5th-avenue] (located between 11th and 12th Street) today, and the project manager, Mike, let us know that we’ve got a new wine store on the way. As we were standing there talking, crews removed the shop’s old security gate and
accident
It was not a good weekend for NYC pedestrians. Between Saturday and Sunday, four separate accidents [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/07/28/2-pedestrians-killed-3-injured-in-separate-weekend-accidents-in-nyc/] resulted in two pedestrian deaths and three injuries, according to a CBS New York report. One of the accidents occurred on 4th Avenue and 17th Street
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