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Education

From Principal To Teacher, A Quiet Reassignment For Success Academy Fort Greene’s Candido Brown

Image via Success Academy [http://www.successacademies.org/schools/fort-greene/] .The rumors [/blog/2016/01/05/following-got-to-go-list-scandal-success-academy-fort-greene-principal-announces-leave-of-absence/] of ex-principal Candido Brown’s quiet reassignment away from Success Academy Fort Greene [http://www.successacademies.org/schools/fort-greene/], over to Success Academy Harlem 1, have now been confirmed by [http://www.capitalnewyork.

Arts & Culture

It’s All New For Fort Greene Writer Jhumpa Lahiri: New Year, New Memoir, New Language

Image via Random House.Acclaimed Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri may be starting the new year in the Fort Greene home she shares with her husband and two children, but much of her heart and mind remain in Italy, where they lived for the past three years, and where

City Kid Corner

Success Academy Faces Investigation By SUNY Charter Institute After Fort Greene School Scandal

Photo courtesy Del Scorcho [https://www.flickr.com/photos/delscorchosauce/136584515]. Success Academy Fort Greene and its sister branches face an investigation by the state board that licenses charter schools, after a scandal last fall that saw the school and its umbrella organization face renewed scrutiny for allegedly pressuring parents

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First Look: DOT’s Proposed Buffered Bike Lane For Lafayette Avenue

Image via NYCDOT.We are one step closer to getting a buffered bike lane along Lafayette Avenue between Fulton Street and Classon Avenue. The proposed five-foot wide lane [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/lafayette-buffered-bike-lane-cb2-jan2016.pdf] received a unanimous recommendation of support from our local Community Board 2’

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Bite Of The Day: The Baba Bowl At Baba Cool

Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene FocusBaba Cool [http://www.babacoolbrooklyn.com/menu.html] is a small shop with big flavors, making super healthy food taste really good, whether on their own or with a cup of coffee. Some of our favorites include the prosciutto and fig jam sandwich [/blog/

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Renderings Are In For Three-Story Townhouse At 147 St. Felix Street

Image via think! architecture and design.In September, the owners of 147 St. Felix Street filed a plan [/blog/2015/09/17/three-story-townhouse-proposed-for-147-saint-felix-street/] with the Department of Buildings to build a three-story townhouse at the corner of St. Felix Street and Hanson Place. Now, we have the first renderings of

Education

Success Academy Faces Investigation By SUNY Charter Institute After Fort Greene School Scandal

Photo courtesy of Del Scorcho [https://www.flickr.com/photos/delscorchosauce/136584515].Success Academy Fort Greene and its sister branches face an investigation by the state board that licenses charter schools, after a scandal last fall that saw the school and its umbrella organization face renewed scrutiny for allegedly pressuring

Events

Free Fitness Is On The Schedule At NYC Parks’ ShapeUp Aerobics, Zumba, Dance Fitness, And Cardio Classes

Photo by Justina Wong/NYC Parks.Now we can stay fit while also staying warm this winter/spring, thanks to an expanded lineup of free Shape Up fitness classes [http://www.nycgovparks.org/programs/recreation/shape-up-nyc] at five locations in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, courtesy of the city Parks

Education

Brooklyn Tech Students Accuse Staff And Peers Of Racial Tensions; Push For Change

Fifty-four years may have passed since Martin Luther King Jr made his famous “I Have A Dream” speech, but that hasn’t been enough time for his dreams of a post-racial, harmoniously collaborative society to be fully realized. And it seems hundreds of Brooklyn Technical High School students would agree.

Events

Things To Do This Week, Through January 24: Music Therapy, State Of The District Address, And Adventures In Storytelling House Party

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! For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through January 12) Kid Calendar [/blog/2016/01/05/things-to-do-this-week-with-the-kids-through-january-12/]. Submit your event listing [/calendar/

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A Protected Bike Lane For Lafayette Avenue? The DOT Thinks It Could Work

Image via Kristen Miller [https://twitter.com/KristenTransAlt].Good news for bicyclists and safe streets advocates: the city Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] is proposing to create a protected bike lane along Lafayette Avenue between Fulton Street and Classon Avenue — right across

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85-Year-Old Maurice Celestin Missing Since January 15; Silver Alert Issued

Image via NYPD.Have you seen this gentleman? / 85-year-old Maurice Celestin has been missing since 10am last Friday, January 15 and the police have issued a Silver Alert for him. Celestin was last seen near Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue, wearing white sneakers and brown pants. He suffers from dementia