who's your doggy
Holiday parties aren’t just for humans. After all, man’s best friend is known to often be a dog. That’s why local pet supply and care shop, Who’s Your Doggy [http://www.doggybk.com/], is holding a free holiday party for pets and their human parents, tomorrow,
carmen ejogo
Photo via IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252238/].At the New York premiere of “Selma [http://www.selmamovie.com/],” the new film chronicling the 1965 voting-rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, actress Carmen Ejogo wore two outfits [http://www.refinery29.com/2014/12/79600/carmen-ejogo-selma-premiere-makeup]: one a stunning
kirsten gillibrand
The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-greene-park/monuments/1222] inside Fort Greene Park is a neighborhood landmark and now it might also become a federal one. That is because the 106-year-old, 149-foot-tall structure has been included as a candidate to become a monument under the jurisdiction
Seen on Gates Avenue. 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
feirstein graduate school of cinema
Brooklyn’s film production industry will soon have a whole new pool of homegrown talent to recruit from — a group that will study, work and shop in and around Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. That’s because they will be students at Brooklyn College’s new Barry R. Feirstein Graduate
bike theft
Photo courtesy of the South Oxford Street Block Association.A bike thief was caught on surveillance video [http://www.southoxford.com/Bike-wheel-thief.mp4] entering a gated front yard and cutting the locks off of the wheels of a bicycle parked there, and residents are asking for help in finding the
A reminder on Washington Avenue to go ringing – and dancing – in the rain the holiday season. 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.
Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
Image courtesy of Bishop Loughlin HS.Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this Monday through Thursday. Check back Friday to see what’s scheduled over the weekend. Brooklyn Transitions Forum [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/central/brooklyn-transitions] When: Monday, December 15
coat drive
Photo courtesy of New York Cares [https://www.facebook.com/newyorkcares/photos/pb.6351647235.-2207520000.1416244760./10152192933867236/?type=3&theater] .The Pratt Area Community Council (PACC) has launched a coat drive [http://pacc.publishpath.com/Default.aspx?shortcut=coat-drive], running through Monday, December 29 on weekdays from 10am-4pm, with
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BRIC House Party
Photo via Brooklyn Jazz Orchestra ["http://www.brooklynjazzorchestra.com].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. ShapeUp! Cardio Sculpt Class [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/shape-cardio-sculpt-class-clinton-hill-library-121314] When: Saturday,
810-835 fulton street
Image via The Real Deal [http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/12/10/gfi-bringing-330k-sf-mixed-use-project-to-fort-greene/] .The flurry of real estate development news continues: a long stagnant project on a parking lot at the intersection of Fulton Street and Gates Avenue is moving forward, reports [http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/12/10/gfi-bringing-330k-sf-mixed-use-project-to-fort-greene/