Events
Les Sans Culottes will be helping Freddy’s celebrate their 5th anniversary on Thursday, February 4. (Photo via Les Sans Culottes [https://www.facebook.com/370846485983/photos/pb.370846485983.-2207520000.1454556988./10153743469180984/?type=3&theater] )Welcome to the weekend, which features many events: fantastic anniversaries, opera and beer, and
Food & Drink
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopLet’s talk about New York food taxonomy. Specifically, we need to spend a moment classifying the most discussed and debated foods in the city. Pizza? Yup. Bagels? Absolutely. Pierogies? ___________ They complete the trilogy. Or at least they should. Pierogies are the perfect New
Arts & Culture
Photo via Toni Morrison [https://www.facebook.com/OfficialToniMorrisonAuthor/photos/pb.175462542465962.-2207520000.1454302227./669137663098445/?type=3&theater] With a writing career as expansive and dynamic as that of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-Winner Toni Morrison, it would be more than understandable for her to slow down a bit. “I
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The incident took place next to J.J. Byrne Playground. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/J.J.+Byrne+Playground/@40.6727319,-73.9838939,3a,75y,351.66h,94.73t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1s-LLRNWv275gs%2FUNs7Y_oMGoI%2FAAAAAAAAVJE%2FcSxSw8q1GwU!2e4!3e11!6s%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%
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Photo by Kathie Lou MoserGrace United Methodist Church [http://www.graceumcbrooklyn.org/] (33 7th Avenue at St. John’s Place) was looking heavenly when neighbor Kathie Lou Moser took this photo at sunset last week. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them
Events
The first ever Gowanus Filmmakers Festival takes place at Halyards on Monday, February 1. (Photo via Halyards [https://www.facebook.com/HalyardsBar/photos/gm.1062932013767594/1120334548000710/?type=3&theater] )The snow has melted, you it’s so easy to get around! We have a bevy of offerings, including a
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The first incident occurred on 14th Street near 8th Avenue nearby the Pavilion Theater. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6619076,-73.9799985,3a,75y,132.1h,81.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1stE5s-JjjUe4TwsUI5E0OHQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )Two incidents occurring five blocks from each other on
Neighbors
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop“The first rule of Park Slope Parents is you don’t talk about Park Slope Parents.” Or so goes the premise for the Friday, January 29 The New Yorker humor piece titled Park Slope Parents’ Fight Club: A Friendly Reminder Of The Rules
News
Photo via hillarytakesnewyork [https://www.instagram.com/p/BA8VmrFCx-s/?taken-at=222330146]Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and sign up for our daily newsletter. And if you ever have any news tips, story ideas, questions, or anything,
Central Brooklyn
Crossing Guard Donna Fisher escorting a child across the street at PS 179. (Photo by Donny Levit / Ditmas Park Corner)Donna Fisher is on the lookout. 8:15am on a weekday morning is prime time for school children arriving at PS 179 [http://www.ps179kensington.com/] (202 Avenue C, between
Animals
Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153429720896483/?type=3&theater] Looking for a new companion? Walt the dog wants a romp in the snow! > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153429720896483/
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