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Image via NYCDOT.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]! TOP NEWS * Sidewalk extensions may be in the works [/blog/2016/01/27/fulton-street-sidewalk-extensions-may-improve-street-safety-says-dot-to-victoria-nicodemus-family/] for Fulton Street. * MISSING
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Photo by kornsminerva [https://instagram.com/p/1gGrTrthJ0/?taken-by=kornsminerva]Below you’ll find Fort Greene and Clinton Hill subway changes this weekend on the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, B, C, D, G, N, Q, and R lines in Brooklyn, plus the Franklin Avenue shuttle. Check back later this
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Image via iamtonyang [http://iamtonyang.com/1007/ticket_machine.jpg].Would you ride the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) if there were a discount between Atlantic Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and East New York? If so, that is what Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the New York City Transit Riders Council
Arts & Culture
“I Am A Man” — Image by Steven MosleyNext Monday marks the start of February (can you believe it? It still feels like the new year just begun!) and with it, here in Fort Greene-Clinton Hill, the start of Black ArtStory Month [http://www.myrtleavenue.org/blackartstory]! This fourth annual art-history-social
Education
Image via Robert Couse Baker [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/7846338906].A middle school WILL be coming to the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park site, confirmed Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña at a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce talk this morning (Thursday, January 28). The much hoped-for school is estimated to
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:
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Great minds think alike and both Cloth [http://www.clothclothing.com/] (138 Fort Greene Place) and Fort Greene General Store [http://fort-greene-general-store.myshopify.com/] (218 DeKalb Avenue) had the same great idea to pair wine with their winter sale. Over at Cloth, it’s a one-time (for now) event tonight
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Image via NYCDOT.Transportation-related projects show no sign of slowing down in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, as the above map from the city Department of Transportation (DOT) shows no fewer than nine projects planned here for 2016 and beyond. They range from creating left turn lanes and shortening crosswalks
Education
Image via Google Maps.The anticipation for the redesigned MS 313/Satellite West has been mounting since the change was announced months ago and now the Department of Education will finally be unveiling its plans at a meeting tonight at 6pm inside the gym of the current building at 209
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Image via NYCDOT.Sidewalk extensions at several points along Fulton Street, between South Portland Avenue and Grand Avenue, are in the pipeline, say representatives of the city Department of Transportation. The reason? In response to calls for improved street safety and pedestrian safety in the area, particularly in the wake
Bensonhurst
Photo via NYCDOEIt’s that time of year again: pre-kindergarten enrollment season. The pre-K enrollment process [http://nyc.gov/prek] for the 2016-2017 school year runs from January 25 through March 4 and is open to all New York City families with children born in 2012. This includes children with
Business
If you could name your new business after your best furry friend in the world, what would that name be? For Przemek Adolf, the answer is The Cynical Schnauzer [http://www.thecynicalschnauzer.com], named after his 18-month-old schnauzer, Jinkz. The new restaurant is slated to open in March inside 884