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Photo Finish: Tie A Red Ribbon And Bell On An Old Street Tree

Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [https://www.instagram.com/p/-uDPy2mqVq/?taken-by=myrtleavebklyn].Gearing up for the holidays! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/

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Bite Of The Day: Scopello Ristorante

Bucatini Alla Siciliana at Scopello. (Photo by Fort Greene Focus.)If you’re in the mood for a relaxing sit-down dinner for one that’s a little fancier than the [awesome] corner pub, then Scopello Ristorante [http://www.scopello.net] (63 Lafayette Avenue) should be on your go-to list. The

Events

Things To Do This Weekend, Through December 6: UrbanGlass Open Studios, Make Your Own Animated Holiday Card, And Tree Lighting At Fort Greene Park

FAMILY-FRIENDLY KIDS events, see this week’s (through December 8) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/12/01/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-december-8/]. 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/

Business

Fort Greene Greenmarket Farms Now Sell Holiday Trees, Wreaths, And Garlands

Photo via GrowNYC.Christmas tree shopping + shopping local = you can now buy your holiday garlands and trees at the Fort Greene Greenmarket. Two family farms will have these fresh holiday decorations available for the next three weekends, from Saturday, December 19: * Hurds Family Farm — Fort Greene and Borough Hall Greenmarkets:

Events

Reminder: Tonight At 7PM Is Comptroller Stringer’s Brooklyn Town Hall At Brooklyn Music School

Anything and everything is on the agenda at tonight’s Brooklyn Town Hall at our very own Brooklyn Music School (126 Saint Felix Street), hosted by Comptroller Scott Stringer. Doors open at 6:30pm and the town hall begins at 7pm. Stringer describes it as a chance for residents to

Arts & Culture

Blood-Splatter Victim Identified: Playwright David Henry Hwang Is Recuperating After Seemingly Random Slashing

Photo by Lia Chang [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Henry_Hwang_photo_by_Lia_Chang2013.jpg] .It turns out that the mysterious blood splatter trail [/blog/2015/12/01/blood-stained-sidewalk-at-south-portland-streets-and-lafayette-avenue-startles-residents/] on South Portland Avenue between Lafayette and DeKalb Avenues was the remnants of an attack on neighbor and

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Woman In Critical Condition After Being Hit By Car At Flatbush Avenue Extension And Gold Street

We all know this already, but it’s worth repeating: be extra careful when crossing Flatbush Avenue. A 34-year-old woman is fighting for her life at Methodist Hospital after being hit by a car heading north towards the Manhattan Bridge at Flatbush Avenue Extension and Gold Street/Myrtle Avenue. She

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Photo Finish: A Holiday Tree Goes Up In Fort Greene Park

Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.instagram.com/p/-zC0rHpox-/?taken-by=cisc1970].It’s the holidays! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’

Animals

Would You Park Your Dog In This Temperature-Controlled Sidewalk Dog Kennel?

Chelsea Brownridge, founder of Dog Parker, and Keith Goldberg, owner of Baguetteaboudit. (Photo via Dog Parker [https://www.instagram.com/dogparker_/].) A local startup, Dog Parker [https://www.instagram.com/dogparker_/], has hit the streets of Fort Greene with a beta test of their pay-by-the-minute dog kennels and in their

Arts & Culture

“To Protect And Serve” At Irondale Seeks To Use Improv To Build Police-Community Relations

Image via Irondale Ensemble.Improving police-community relationships has been a difficult task in neighborhoods and cities across the country. Now, a project between the Irondale Center (85 South Oxford Street) and NYPD Collaborative Policing unit seeks to try something new: improv. Called “To Protect And Serve,” the project consists of

Education

Are You A Teen Who Designs Apps? Enter The Congressional STEM Academic Challenge

Tech-savvy high schoolers, this one’s for you. The second annual “Congressional STEM Academic Challenge” is here and challenging you to create new apps for mobile, tablet, or computer devices. Students age 13 years and older who either live in or attend school in Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy, and

City Kid Corner

Meet Santa At Fort Greene Park’s Second Annual Holiday Tree Lighting

Photo by Fort Greene Focus [bklyner.com/blog/2014/12/09/fort-greene-park-holiday-tree-lights-community-spirit/] This Sunday, December 6 at 5pm, make sure to make your way to the Myrtle Avenue/Washington Park entrance of Fort Greene Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-greene-park] for the second annual holiday tree lighting [http://www.