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May flowers are blooming in the neighborhood. (Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/<Francisco])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We hope you enjoyed the balmy weather this weekend in the neighborhood, because it has continued into today. There’s a slight chance of
St. Joseph's Bears
It’s hard to wrong with flowers. (Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Still scrambling for last minute ideas for Mother’s Day? We’ve got you covered with these ideas to treat mom in the neighborhood this weekend. 1. Skip Hallmarks and pick up a
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Police officer speaking with an investigator on Willoughby Street by Fort Greene Park near the site of the May 2 shooting on. (Photo by Michael Randazzo)Police are still searching for a gunman who wounded two 17-year-old girls and a 26-year-old man last week [http://www.thenabe.me/blog/2014/
Central Park Five
The original plans for the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument included an observatory and a rostrum, which were never built. (Image courtesy Images of America: Fort Greene [http://www.amazon.com/Greene-Images-America-Howard-Pitsch/dp/0738572438/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1399576325&sr=1-1&keywords=
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Ava Chin writes about hunting for edible plants in Fort Greene Park in her new memoir, “Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love and the Perfect Meal.” (Photo by Emily Field)Ava Chin, a professor of creative nonfiction with the City University of New York, wrote the popular Urban Forager column
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(Photos by Emily Field) After shutting off water access to avoid broken pipes during the frigid winter, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has refused to turn the water back on at Myrtle Village Green, a community space occupying a formerly vacant lot on Myrtle Avenue between Kent
A Thousand Splendid Suns
April showers brought many May flowers to the neighborhood. (Photo by Francisco Daum ["https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We hope you got a chance to enjoy the spring weather this weekend, despite the occasional spots of rain. Today should be another
The Brooklyn Academy of Music was first built in 1861 on Montague Street and moved to Fort Greene in 1908. (Photo by Irving Underhill, courtesy the Brooklyn Public Library) ["http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/]The Brooklyn Academy of Music [http://www.bam.org/]opened its current building on Lafayette Avenue
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A shooter wounded two teenage girls and a man last night in Clinton Hill. (Photo by Emily Field.)A gunman opened fire on a large crowd that had gathered around a fight that broke out on Waverly Avenue last night, wounding two 17-year-old girls and 26-year-old man, police reported. One
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Locals gathered at the Ingersoll Community Center last night to meet with the new New York City Housing Authority Commissioner, Shola Olatoye. (Photo by Emily Field)Locals met the new New York City Housing Authority Commissioner, Shola Olatoye, last night at a town hall meeting organized by City Council Member
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Warmer weather has brought flowers back to the neighborhood. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.69301369462738&lon=-73.96587710944021&site=all&smap=1#.U15NjuZdVsk"] )Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We hope you enjoyed the weekend; we saw some
Yoko Ono
Police arrested Victorious Kingsberry,18, yesterday in connection with the March 15 shooting death of Gilbert Kelly, a Clinton Hill local who took care of the block on Grand Avenue between Putnam and Gates Avenues [http://www.thenabe.me/blog/2014/03/19/locals-mourn-gilbert-kelly-well-known-neighborhood-caretaker/] . According to the police, Kingsberry is