Here are some stories you may have missed this past week: * Fort Greene resident hits big screen as Coretta Scott King [/blog/2014/12/17/fort-greene-resident-hits-big-screen-coretta-scott-king/]. * A bike thief was caught on camera [/blog/2014/12/16/bike-thief-caught-camera-south-oxford-street/] on South Oxford Street. * Construction resumed [/blog/2014/12/17/construction-resumes-housing-atlantic-yards/] on
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Congratulations are in order for Clinton Hill’s Emily [http://www.pizzalovesemily.com], which was included on Zagat’s ‘Best Of’ list of the “hottest restaurants” of the year [http://www.zagat.com/b/new-york-city/the-year-in-nyc-dining-2014s-hottest-restaurants-trends-and-more] . As we noted back in October [/blog/2014/10/29/bite-day-emilys-colony-baby-d-pizzas/], the Fulton Street
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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. Wine-tastings [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/events/] When: Friday, December 19 from 5-8pm and 6:30-9pm Where: Tipsy at 584 Myrtle Avenue and
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The St. Joseph’s College [http://www.sjcny.edu] men’s and women’s basketball teams [http://www.sjcbears.com] christened their brand new Hill Center athletic center with dual wins on Thursday night, December 18, bringing cheers and smiles to the face of every fan — nuns, students, faculty, parents
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Photo courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [https://www.facebook.com/MyrtleAveBrooklyn/photos/a.10152073795670281.1073741837.156063095280/10152924411505281/?type=1] .Health concerns have doomed a 160+year-old home in the Wallabout Historic District, despite years of efforts by neighbors to save the Civil War-era building. An emergency demolition order has
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Art is everywhere. Share 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, and we’ll post them on the site. Also, like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], or follow us
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Photo courtesy of NYC Department of Small Business Services [http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/home/home.shtml].Applications are still being accepted [http://flatironschool.com/nycworkforce1] for the NYC Web Development Fellowship, a city program which for the first time is open only to 18-26-year-olds without a college
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Renderings courtesy of Brownstoner [http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2014/12/renderings-new-architect-developer-for-building-to-replace-clinton-hills-white-castle/] .We can now get a look at what the luxury apartment building replacing the former White Castle [/blog/2014/10/06/luxury-buildings-coming-to-steuben-myrtle-blocks/] at 531 Myrtle Avenue will look like. The folks over at Brownstoner published the first renderings
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Photo courtesy of BLDG 92 [https://www.facebook.com/BLDG92/photos/pb.199641013422475.-2207520000.1409319422./778665235520047/?type=3&theater] .Over two years after Superstorm Sandy hit, federal money for repairs is still trickling in to Brooklyn residents and businesses damaged by its wind and water. The Brooklyn Navy Yard
This sort of sums up Brooklynites: wild and wonky about their passions. Share 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, and we’ll post them on the site. Also, like us on
Akai Gurley
Tens of thousands of people streamed into Washington Square Park from across New York, New Jersey and beyond on Saturday, December 13, for the Millions March NYC [http://www.millionsmarchnyc.org/] rally for police accountability — and among them was a contingent from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Nearly a dozen
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The project formerly known as Atlantic Yards has resumed construction on its long-delayed, much-anticipated residential buildings. Workers broke ground on Monday for the building to be located at 535 Carlton Avenue. Once constructed, it will offer “100 percent affordable” housing — although what the city deems “affordable” is mostly not so