Holidays
Photo by Jole CarlinerGung Hay Fat Choy! Tlin Ne Fai Lok! Lunar New Year celebrations begin on Monday, February 8 this year – the Year of the Monkey and the start of the year 4714 according to the lunar calendar. Here in New York, the signs of celebration include parades [/events/
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Image via NYPD.Police have arrested three out of the four teens captured on surveillance video allegedly attacking a 50-year-old mailman last week [/blog/2016/02/04/assault-inside-fort-greene-deli-four-suspects/] at the Genuine Deli at 700 Fulton Street in Fort Greene and they are all young teens. Joshua Ruiz, 14, Keeshawn Ruan,
Arts & Culture
Famous theatre director Trevor Nunn is coming to Brooklyn for his American debut and he’s doing it at our very own Polonsky Shakespeare Center, by Theatre for a New Audience [http://www.tfana.org/season-2016/pericles/overview] (TFANA), which is kicking off a production of “Pericles” this Sunday, February
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Photo via lottaluggage_grace [https://www.instagram.com/p/6usYOGR-b8/?tagged=brooklynbike]A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with
Nonsponsored
A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with the pedestrian light — instead of with the vehicle traffic lights, which they
Events
Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. ONGOING Book Sale Donation Collection When: Through Friday, April 8 Where: Clinton Hill Library
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A new City Council bill [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=2564366&GUID=D4E7E09A-5B98-4C14-BAC8-A9D242408B26&Options=ID%7cText%7c&Search=menchaca] has been proposed that would allow a bicyclist to cross a street with the pedestrian light — instead of with the vehicle traffic lights, which they
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Image via Google Maps.Soon, we’ll be welcoming Carey Gabay Way to the neighborhood — a reminder that the slain lawyer and former assistant counsel for Governor Andrew Cuomo will always be a part of the Clinton Hill neighborhood that he called home. The stretch of Clinton Avenue between Willoughby
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Image courtesy of Brooklyn Navy Yard Corporation.Missed this week’s neighborhood news? We’ve got you covered. And don’t forget to list local events in our Brooklyn-wide Calendar [http://http//www.bklyner.com/calendar]! FYI: Zika virus FAQs. [/blog/2016/02/03/fyi-zika-virus-avoid-mosquitoes/] TOP NEWS * Russ & Daughters
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The cast of “To Protect, Serve, and Understand.” (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus)The group of 14 adults stand in the middle of the audience-level stage, looking outwards and towards a row of NYPD dress hats lined up in a semicircle around them. Rewind a few moments and
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Fight the snow to have some free family fun at the brand new Sunset Park Cinema Club for Kids, which kicks off this Saturday, February 6 at Industry City (241 37th Street) with a screening of Disney-Pixar’s latest animated hit, “Inside Out. [http://rooftopfilms.com/2015/schedule/sunset-park-cinema-club-for-kids-inside-out/] “ The
Events
Fight the snow to have some free family fun at the brand new Sunset Park Cinema Club for Kids, which kicks off this Saturday, February 6 at Industry City (241 37th Street) with a screening of Disney-Pixar’s latest animated hit, “Inside Out. [http://rooftopfilms.com/2015/schedule/sunset-park-cinema-club-for-kids-inside-out/] “ The