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Polina Groman and her husband Elliot. Source: SpinGreen via Forbes.Free coats – and free food – are coming to the Kings Bay YMCA this Sunday, December 14, courtesy of a community coat drive organized by SpinGreen, a 1733 Sheepshead Bay Road-based textile-recycling company [/profit-clothing-donation-bin-company-isnt-scam/], and Investors Bank. The event is set
Photo courtesy of plherrin [http://instagram.com/p/wc_SR8RZeJ/?modal=true].First snowfall touched down on Fort Greene Park. 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
David Barker is the new director of Fort Greene Park.Fort Greene Park has a new director and his name is David Barker. The Clinton Hill resident joins our park after seven years with the Parks Department, coordinating playground designs and development, PlaNYC efforts, sustainability initiatives, and maintenance at several
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Photo courtesy Douglas Elliman [http://www.elliman.com/new-york-city/327-vanderbilt-avenue-brooklyn-olvrtzx].A single-family townhouse at 327 Vanderbilt Avenue — between DeKalb and Lafayette Avenues — that dates back to the 19th century, when it was called a carriage house, has hit the market for $2.1 million — a sizable sum for a building
Thousands of faces in the crowd, but do any look back? 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
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Knife and Spork owner Symon Chow shows off some of the shop’s inventory.At Clinton Hill’s new kitchenware store Knife And Spork [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/knifeandspork/], everything from the multi-purpose pocket knives and titanium sporks to the bamboo bowls and cast iron tea kettles is “strong enough
490 Myrtle Avenue
Image courtesy of Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/new-buildings-planned-myrtle-avenue-clinton-hill/]. The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org] (MABP) today released a list of five buildings [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/new-buildings-planned-myrtle-avenue-clinton-hill/] that are currently under-construction or seeking approval from the Buildings Department (DOB) to build along the four-block
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Whether you call it Atlantic Yards or Pacific Park, this view over its still-under-construction horizon is one word: gorgeous. 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
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Photo courtesy of the Widdi family.It was a doubly happy anniversary celebration at the Key Food located at 991 Fulton Street last Friday, December 5 because not only was the family-owned business marking its 50th year in Clinton Hill, but it was also starting its first year with the
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The Torres family enjoyed the festivities for seven-month-old Matteo’s first Christmas.Winter wind and chill met its match on Sunday, December 7, at the first annual Fort Greene Park Tree Lighting Ceremony [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/event/community-tree-lighting/], where dozens of families gathered to celebrate the holiday season and
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Photo via pippalou [http://mrg.bz/Offlcy].‘Tis the season of giving and holiday toy drives and several businesses along Myrtle Avenue are getting into the holiday spirit double-fold — by encouraging locals to donate toys and books to support their own neighbors. “We wanted to do something to give back
‘Tis the season to swap the rose-colored glasses for some starry-eyed wonder. 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