credit card theft
Image via NYPD.If you weren’t already pumping your own gas, now might be the time to start. The guy seen here in surveillance footage is wanted for allegedly tricking a driver to hand over his credit card by impersonating a Sunoco gas station attendant at the corner of
baba cool
Photo courtesy of rikahi [http://mrg.bz/AtXIS2].When news broke last month that Starbucks is coming to Myrtle Avenue [/blog/2015/03/30/starbucks-will-join-existing-coffee-hubs-myrtle-avenue/] — 394 Myrtle, to be exact, between Vanderbilt and Clermont Avenues in the former Home & U space — you reacted swiftly and with near-universal alarm. “Bleh.
Clinton Hill House Tour
Photo by wanderingnewyork [http://sctyclintonhill.tumblr.com/post/89184297118/wanderingnewyork-windows-and-facades-in-clinton] .There will be no Clinton Hill House Tour this year, due to a lack of homeowner interest and volunteer elbow grease, announced representatives of the Society for Clinton Hill [http://societyforclintonhill.org/] at their April 22 meeting. The popular tour
teodosia gritco
Image via NYPD.Teodosia Gritco, a 75-year-old woman suffering from dementia, went missing yesterday at around 4:20pm at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, said police, who have issued a Silver Alert. Gritco is from Staten Island and only speaks Russian. If you have seen her in any of the neighborhoods
Different colors, both beautiful. Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’ll post them on the site. Also, like us on Facebook [https:
It's My Park Day
Photo courtesy of David Barker/NYC Parks.Do you love Fort Greene Park? Then come show that love by coming out for It’s My Park Day [http://www.nycgovparks.org/events/2015/05/02/its-my-park-at-fort-greene-park] this Saturday, May 2! Set aside an hour or two or four between 10am
age-friendly nyc
Myrtle Avenue businesses are teaming up to become more age-friendly for the local senior population in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. As part of an initiative spearheaded by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership / Revitalization Project (MARP) [http://www.myrtleavenue.org], between 15 and 63 businesses — there are 84 businesses on
free samples
Photo via The Runner [https://www.facebook.com/therunnerbrooklyn/photos/a.229544497169258.1073741829.226309667492741/297095430414164/?type=1] .Today is National Blueberry Pie Day and The Runner (458 Myrtle Avenue, at Washington Avenue) is celebrating with free samples! Starting at noon today, the Fort Greene favorite will be handing out homemade
Image via NYPD.After last week’s increases across the board [/blog/2015/04/21/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-crime-reports-tick-up-in-all-categories/] in all crime categories, reports balanced out a bit, with increases and decreases this week. In rising crime, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill had one reported rape this week (versus zero last week), felony
You can’t buy love, but maybe you can carry it with you? Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’ll post them
Photo courtesy of Corkscrew Wines [https://www.facebook.com/corkscrewbrooklyn] Here’s this week’s roundup of neighborhood events taking place through Thursday. We’ll have your weekend schedule guide on Friday and as always, let us know if there’s anything we’re missing by emailing editor@bklyner.com!
325 Lafayette Avenue
Public Advocate Letitia James told local residents that the managers of the Key Food at 325 Lafayette Avenue have decided to take the issue of the supermarket’s impending closure to New York State Supreme Court, but a two managers at the store told us by phone that they “are