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Photo by Billy Ward [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwward0/6994892794].Below you’ll find Fort Greene and Clinton Hill subway changes this week 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
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Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC ParksMissed 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: Check out our guide to events marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day [/blog/2016/01/
Business
Photo by Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://www.myrtleavenue.org]. Crepe-tastic news! A new crepe place is coming and it is making its menu intentions clear with its name: Crepe House. Located at 475A Myrtle Avenue, between Washington Avenue and Hall Street, the new restaurant will open in February and
Announcements
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg].Whether you plan to spend Martin Luther King, Jr. Day reflecting on the nation’s unrest, taking in a movie at a local theater, or, I don’t know, selfishly capping off a three-day weekend without a thought
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It’s no secret that for residents in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill who drive and have a car, the vigilance over neighborhood street sparking spaces is REAL. So much so that the myriad real estate developments coming to the area almost ubiquitously have on-site garage parking — or bike parking
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Image via NYPD.Whereas last week (December 28-January 3 [/blog/2016/01/11/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-december-28-january-3/] ) saw an increase in felony assaults and burglaries, this week, there was a decrease in felony assaults and an increase in burglaries and grand larcenies. Overall, crime compared to last week, last month, and last year
Events
FAMILY-FRIENDLY 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/]. 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! MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY events [/blog/2016/01/13/commemorate-martin-luther-king-jr-day-events-brooklyn/]. Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE [http://myrtleavenue.
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Start the new year by starting a new volunteer role as a Brooklyn Community Board 2 member. Fortunately, the application process is made even easier now that Borough President Eric Adams has brought it into the 21st century — bringing it online. You can still apply via mail, but the new
Arts & Culture
Photo by Aymann Ismail.It’s been nine months since the sculpture bust of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden popped up unannounced [/blog/2015/04/06/prison-ship-martyrs-monument-vandalized-with-edward-snowden-bust/] in Fort Greene Park’s Prison Ship Martyrs Monument, sparking a fevered debate about art, protest, and public space [/blog/2015/04/07/art-protest-and-history-residents-react-to-snowden-bust-removal-from-prison-ship-martyrs-monument/
Business
Homemade Irish soda bread with butter, salt, and a glass of Guinness. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus)Hartley’s [http://www.instagram.com/hartleysnyc] is the authentic Irish pub that Clinton Hill never knew it was missing. Open for a month (since mid-December) and owned by three friends
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Image via BRIC.Congratulations are in order for BRIC Arts | Media House and UrbanGlass, which received LEED Silver certification for their environmentally friendly building! The performance, media, and art studio hub “was designed to minimize the consumption of natural resources in construction, reduce demand for water and electricity, and offer
Events
Image via Brooklyn Public Library.Martin Luther King Jr. Day is this coming Monday, January 18, and Brooklyn organizations and leaders are honoring what would have been his 87th birthday (today, January 15) with a week-long celebration of speaking events, movie screenings, and volunteer opportunities. Thanks go out to Olanike