BAMCafe Live
Image courtesy of Greenlight Bookstore [http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/event/story-time-carin-bramsen-0].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 “Every Fold Matters” When:Thursday-Saturday, February 12-14 at 8:30pm
Mahogany L Browne
Image courtesy of . [https://www.facebook.com/prattwritingmfa/photos/gm.358446497613194/343999495791184/?type=1&theater] If anyone knows about the power of the spoken word, it’s students pursuing their masters degree in writing. And if anyone knows how that power can be harnessed for social and community activism,
NYC Department of Buildings
Image courtesy of Manhattan DA’s office [http://manhattanda.org/press-release/manhattan-da%E2%80%99s-office-doi-nypd-announce-arrests-and-criminal-charges-widespread-briber] .Dozens of residential buildings and residents in Bed-Stuy, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Borough Park and other neighborhoods across Brooklyn — including one in Park Slope — are caught up in a bribery scandal [http://manhattanda.org/press-release/manhattan-da%E2%
Photo courtesy of cisc1970. [http://instagram.com/p/y-sv8Apo5i/?modal=true]It’s views like this that remind us how lucky we are to live in Fort Greene. Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/
Photo courtesy of . [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/bar-bolinas-brooklyn/]To say that many readers were disappointed at the news that the popular Maggie Brown restaurant was closing [/blog/2014/12/29/maggie-brown-to-close-on-sunday-january-4/] (over a month ago, on January 4) after 10 years would be putting it mildly. So hopefully, the news
bonanno crime family
Image courtesy of Manhattan DA’s office [http://manhattanda.org/press-release/manhattan-da%E2%80%99s-office-doi-nypd-announce-arrests-and-criminal-charges-widespread-briber] .Fifty were arrested in a city-wide bribery scandal [http://manhattanda.org/press-release/manhattan-da%E2%80%99s-office-doi-nypd-announce-arrests-and-criminal-charges-widespread-briber] Tuesday, including 11 officials [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/11/nyregion/new-york-city-buildings-inspectors-charged-with-bribery.html?_r
Assemblymember Joseph Lentol
Image courtesy of Manhattan DA’s office [http://manhattanda.org/press-release/manhattan-da%E2%80%99s-office-doi-nypd-announce-arrests-and-criminal-charges-widespread-briber] .Dozens of residential buildings and residents in Bed-Stuy, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Borough Park and other neighborhoods across Brooklyn — Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Flatlands, Midwood, and Coney Island — are caught up in a bribery scandal [http://manhattanda.
advocacy
A map of local Community Board borders. (Source: nyc.gov)This is just a reminder to get in your applications for local Community Boards [http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/brooklyn.shtml]! Joining these organizations is your opportunity to play a role in local community government. And for
bacteria
Now you don’t have to wonder what exactly you’re touching — or avoiding — on the subway because there’s a comprehensive map [http://graphics.wsj.com/patho-map/] of almost every type of species (of bacteria, food remnants, and other organic material) there, and it’s conveniently organized by train
chief gerald nelson
Deputy Chief Jeffrey Maddrey, left, is the new commanding officer of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South. He was appointed by NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and replaces retiring Chief Gerald Nelson. (Photo courtesy of NYPD.)A veteran leader in the NYPD’s Patrol Borough Brooklyn South (which covers all precincts below Flatbush
If only ornaments grew on trees. 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
Now you don’t have to wonder what exactly you’re touching — or avoiding — on the subway because there’s a comprehensive map [http://graphics.wsj.com/patho-map/] of almost every type of species (of bacteria, food remnants, and other organic material) there, and it’s conveniently organized by train