Education
First Lady Michelle Obama (middle) presents the National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Brooklyn Public Library in the East Room of the White House. (Photo Credit: Earl Zubkoff)Brooklyn Public Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/] was honored by First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House yesterday as
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Photo Caption: First Lady Michelle Obama (middle) presents the National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Brooklyn Public Library in the East Room of the White House, June 1, 2016. Accepting the award (on her left and right) are Brooklyn Public Library community member Kim Best and President &
Arts & Culture
Photo Caption: First Lady Michelle Obama (middle) presents the National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Brooklyn Public Library in the East Room of the White House, June 1, 2016. Accepting the award (on her left and right) are Brooklyn Public Library community member Kim Best and President &
Central Brooklyn
Photo Caption: First Lady Michelle Obama (middle) presents the National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Brooklyn Public Library in the East Room of the White House, June 1, 2016. Accepting the award (on her left and right) are Brooklyn Public Library community member Kim Best and President &
Education
First Lady Michelle Obama (middle) presents the National Medal for Museum and Library Service to Brooklyn Public Library in the East Room of the White House, June 1, 2016. Accepting the award (on her left and right) are Brooklyn Public Library community member Kim Best and President & Chief Executive
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685 4th Avenue. (Image via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6621616,-73.9961817,3a,75y,93.78h,100.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s6yShe0bdYPp_ulGJAsLcag!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )Plans have been filed for a 12-story mixed-use building at 685 4th Avenue (corner of 22nd Street), The Real
Food & Drink
Photo via Quarter Bar [https://www.facebook.com/149982888380865/photos/a.149984478380706.25916.149982888380865/331996206846198/?type=3&theater] South Slope is known for some of the great watering holes in the area. And now, the whole country knows. That’s because Esquire Magazine has named Quarter Bar one of
community
Tanya Kinne with her fiancé Chris Kovacs were struck in a hit and run on Saturday, May 21 on 3rd Avenue. (Courtesy of the Kinne/Kovacs family)A pedestrian severely injured due to a hit and run incident [/blog/transportation/pedestrian-hospitalized-green-taxi-flees-hit-run-gowanus/] on Saturday, May 21 in Gowanus returned to her
Food & Drink
Pig Beach opened just before Memorial Day weekend. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)The “Gowanus Riviera” is full of curiosities, so a BBQ joint shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. The banks of the Superfund site [/blog/art-music/joseph-alexious-gowanus-canal-just-swim/] are becoming more and more of a
Events
‘Quality Wood’ by Karen Gibbons is one of many pieces of local artwork for you to take home this Thursday from ArtWorks 2016 – A Benefit for Arts Gowanus. (Courtesy of Arts Gowanus)Welcome to the week, which features very engaging events to say the least: A Morbid Anatomy book launch,
Arts & Culture
Eastern Effects employees. (Photo via Eastern Effects [https://www.facebook.com/EasternEffects/photos/a.548178442009519.1073741828.548036835357013/575280759299287/?type=3&theater] )A successful film studio in the Gowanus neighborhood which has close to 230 employees could be forced to close if a proposed environmental cleanup plan moves forward. Under
Food & Drink
Josephina Tacos opened as a pop-up at The Pines. (Photo via Twitter [https://twitter.com/brooklynmag/status/732982791479123969])The heat showed up quickly late last week, and we have some openings and “coming soons” that seem to have come out of nowhere as well. We’ve even seen some surprising