Soul singer D’Angelo [https://www.facebook.com/dangelo] is headlining this year’s AfroPunk Festival [http://afropunkfest.com/], which returns to Commodore Barry Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/commodorebarrypark] for its 10th year August 23-24. This year’s concerts promise to be incredibly eclectic, with appearances by Flatbush,
Dining al fresco is one of the best parts of a Brooklyn summer, and now locals have more three more places to eat outside. Clinton Hill French-American restaurant Three Letters [http://www.threelettersbrooklyn.com/] (930 Fulton Street on the corner of Saint James Place) is adding a 14-table, 28-seat outdoor
Baguettaboudit
Starting tomorrow (June 26), Woézõ [https://www.facebook.com/WoezoNYC] West African food will be moving into local French cafe Baguetteaboudit [http://baguetteaboudit.com/] on Thursday nights. Locals can stop by the cafe, located at 270 Vanderbilt Avenue (between Lafayette and Dekalb Avenue), from 9pm-2am for traditional West African polenta.
Sick of pushing your way into the the crowded cars on the Fulton Street line? You’re not the only one. Responding to pressure from local straphangers and State Senator Daniel Squadron [http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/daniel-l-squadron], the MTA [http://www.mta.info] has said it will study conditions
daniel squadron
Sick of pushing your way into the the crowded cars on the Fulton Street line? You’re not the only one. Responding to pressure from local straphangers and State Senator Daniel Squadron [http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/daniel-l-squadron], the MTA [http://www.mta.info] has said it will study conditions
Tea Scarf
Starting Wednesday, July 16, swing by Baguetteaboudit [http://baguetteaboudit.com/] (270 Vanderbilt Avenue between Lafayette and Dekalb Avenues) to check out some unique accessories for sale by a local artist Reed Slater of Tea Scarf [http://www.teascarf.com]. Reed, who studied industrial design at Pratt [https://www.pratt.edu]
After a recent spike in robberies and car break-ins, the 88th Precinct [http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/precincts/precinct_088.shtml] has sent out a crime prevention tip for locals: > Keep all handbags, laptops and valuable property with you at all times or properly secure them in
musical performance
City-wide music festival Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org/] is back in the neighborhood for the first day of summer on Saturday, June 21. Here’s the full line-up of performances — all completely free! — in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill: BAM [http://makemusicny.org/summer-schedule/2014/locations/1598], 230
online service
The farmers market can be a hit or a miss. You’re making a pasta dish with garlic ramps for tonight’s dinner party? So sorry, they went out of season last week. But now, Fort Greene entrepreneurs Jason Davis and Brendan Sudol have started an online service, Harvestly [http:
car thefts
Police arrested Burshawn Quildon, 34, on June 12 for allegedly threatening a store clerk with a gun wrapped in a purple bandana as he stole three beers from the Organic II Deli and Grocery at 492 Classon Avenue. The clerk told police that Quildon entered the store at 7:45
It’s cooler today, but you might have seen kids (and maybe some adults) playing in open fire hydrants in the neighborhood yesterday, the hottest day of the year so far. This week’s Throwback Thursday shows children cooling off on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Ryerson Street, called
brooklyn historical society
It’s cooler today, but you might have seen kids (and maybe some adults) playing in open fire hydrants in the neighborhood yesterday, the hottest day of the year so far. This week’s Throwback Thursday shows children cooling off on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Ryerson Street, called