Business
Image via Joya.Joya [https://joyastudio.com/] design collective/fragrance studio is now open at 19 Vanderbilt Avenue, near Flushing Avenue, offering “tours, workshops, salons, master classes with visiting perfumers, and art installations,” alongside their existing retail items, which have been available since 2006. Founder Frederick Bouchardy opened the door
Arts & Culture
Photo by Jesse Winter/BAM.Recently arrived Brooklyn Academy of Music [http://www.bam.org] (BAM) President Katy Clark spoke with [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160204/ARTS/160209924/bams-new-prez-talks-about-revitalizing-brooklyn-and-how-brooklyn] Crain’s [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160204/ARTS/160209924/bams-new-prez-talks-about-revitalizing-brooklyn-and-how-brooklyn] for their February issue, discussing the progress on BAM’
Events
WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/14/seven-places-to-enjoy-wine-tastings-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/] weekly options! Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE [http://myrtleavenue.org/kids-guide-to-myrtle-avenue/] also has great listings. Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/] or by emailing editor@bklyner.com. ONGOING Book Sale Donation Collection When:
Bensonhurst
Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.After stating last month [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/01/07/a-streetcar-thats-desired-as-brooklyn-queens-connector-is-proposed/] that Mayor Bill de Blasio was taking the idea of a potential trolley streetcar between Brooklyn and Queens “under consideration,” representatives from his office and other city agencies are now confirming
Business
Dosas and mimosas at Dosa Royale. (Photo via Dosa Royale [https://www.facebook.com/dosaroyale316/photos/pb.402122916558348.-2207520000.1454613784./570874406349864/?type=3&theater] .)Brooklyn Flea favorite Dosa Royale will be opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant this spring at 258 Dekalb Avenue, between Vanderbilt and Clinton Avenue, bringing their famous
Health
Most of us have heard about the Zika virus [http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9183%3A2015-preguntas-frecuentes-virus-fiebre-zika&catid=8424%3Acontent&Itemid=41463&lang=en] and the fact that there are now confirmed cases in New York City, but
Announcements
Most of us have heard about the Zika virus [http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9183%3A2015-preguntas-frecuentes-virus-fiebre-zika&catid=8424%3Acontent&Itemid=41463&lang=en] and the fact that there are now confirmed cases in New York City, but
Business
Image via Mac Shack [https://www.facebook.com/MacShackNY/photos/a.271959502922807.64614.266116586840432/896617453790339/?type=3&theater] .Super Bowl Sunday begins in T minus three days so now is the time to get your last minute food orders in for game day delivery/pick-up, or, if you’d
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Image via NYPD.There was no escape for the deli customer. The four men seen in the surveillance images above are wanted by police for allegedly punching the 50-year-old man multiple times in the head and body at Genuine Deli at 700 Fulton Street this past Wednesday, February 3. It
Nonsponsored
Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.After stating last month [/blog/development/a-streetcar-thats-desired-as-brooklyn-queens-connector-is-proposed/] that Mayor Bill de Blasio was taking the idea of a potential trolley streetcar between Brooklyn and Queens “under consideration,” representatives from his office and other city agencies are now confirming his formal support for the
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Image via Friends of Brooklyn Queens Connector.After stating last month [/blog/2016/01/07/a-streetcar-thats-desired-as-brooklyn-queens-connector-is-proposed/] that Mayor Bill de Blasio was taking the idea of a potential trolley streetcar between Brooklyn and Queens “under consideration,” representatives from his office and other city agencies are now confirming his formal support
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Dr. Marcia Nelson, head of geriatrics at Brooklyn Hospital, in her office. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus)Dr. Marcia Nelson is so reassuring and friendly, patients don’t even realize that their casual conversation about how they’ve been feeling, how comfortable or uncomfortable their beds and chairs