Here’s this week’s roundup of neighborhood events taking place through Friday morning. 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! If you’re looking for Black History Month events,
Kai Rizzuto
Photo by IHU NUI SPORTFISHING.Fort Greene teen Kai Rizzuto’s winter recess story is sure to make a splash with his classmates. The 16-year-old came just shy of hitting the record books with his giant 1,058-pound blue marlin catch off the coast of Kona, Hawaii this past week
celebrity spottings
Photo via GG/FAMEFLYNET [http://www.babyrazzi.com/2014/05/02/olivia-wilde-jason-sudekis-take-baby-otis-out-for-a-stroll/] .Olivia Wilde, Jason Sudeikis and their 10-month-old son Otis have reportedly moved to Clinton Hill [http://pagesix.com/2015/02/21/olivia-wilde-jason-sudeikis-move-to-brooklyn/] and been spotted browsing shops by residents, according to NYPost’s Jennifer Gould Keil on Page
Here’s your weekly recap of what went down this week: * Key Food is closing at 325 Lafayette Avenue [/blog/2015/02/17/key-food-lafayette-avenue-will-close-make-way-housing-tower/] (between Grand and Classon Avenues) in Clinton Hill to make room for mixed-rate housing. * A town hall about the closing grocery will be held [/blog/2015/
Below you’ll find information on events through the weekend in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Monday to see what’s scheduled next week! ONGOING Black Artstory Month [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/blackartstory] When: Through February Where: Participating businesses along Myrtle Avenue, between Carlton and Classon
business closure
An “emergency” town hall meeting will be held this coming Monday, February 23 at 6PM inside 309 Lafayette Avenue’s Ryerson Towers Community Room. The meeting is to discuss the impending closure [/blog/2015/02/17/key-food-lafayette-avenue-will-close-make-way-housing-tower/] of the Key Food at 325 Lafayette Avenue, between Grand and Classon Avenues
found dog
Photos courtesy of the 88th Precinct [https://twitter.com/NYPD88Pct/status/568463111994404864?s=03].Cops at the 88th Precinct got a little bit of pet therapy today when they found an adorable dog — with no leash — outside the station house at 298 Classon Avenue (at the corner of DeKalb Avenue)
Kevin Colon
Image courtesy of jade [http://mrg.bz/tH53TY].Earlier this afternoon, at 2pm Thursday, February 19, police say a 20-year-old man was found shot in the stomach at 101 North Portland Avenue — the Walt Whitman Houses — and was rushed to Brooklyn Hospital, where he died of his injury. Police are
missing cat
Image via Mariana Barrera.[Update: 10am, Friday, February 20] Falafel has been found! He came home late last night and was heard meowing outside the apartment building next door. He is now safe and warm! —– Cat lovers, activate! Falafel the cat has been missing in Clinton Hill for over 12
3764 nostrand ave
Source: Google MapsAs part of their bankruptcy proceedings [http://www.businessinsider.com/radioshack-files-for-bankrtupcy-2015-2], Radio Shack [http://www.radioshack.com/] will close at least 1,784 stores [http://www.scribd.com/doc/255034573/RadioShack-store-closures] by March 31 — including 14 in Brooklyn, among which are ones in Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst,
3764 nostrand avenue
Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.592136,-73.940354,3a,37.5y,239.64h,85.5t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sXuZAslSEQLxM7mp33hyRVw!2e0] .As part of their bankruptcy proceedings [http://www.businessinsider.com/radioshack-files-for-bankrtupcy-2015-2], Radio Shack [http://www.radioshack.com/] will close at least 1,784 stores
congressmember hakeem jeffries
Congressmember Hakeem Jeffries discussed jobs, housing, immigration, and police-community relations during his State of the District address on January 29, 2015.Following a State of the District address in which he discussed (among other things [/blog/2015/01/30/jeffries-talks-jobs-housing-employment-immigration-state-district-address/] ) the need to support both citizens and police officers, Congressmember