A song a day
Online music subscription and radio services are popular because while everyone loves music, not everyone has the time or taste to curate their own play lists or to stay on top of the changing music scene. Enter “A Song A Day, [http://Http://asongaday.co]” a free service that pairs
Armani Hankins
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.A 16-year-old boy is dead and an 18-year-old man is in the hospital after gunfire erupted along the Flatbush Avenue commercial strip between DeKalb Avenue and Fulton Street during evening rush hour yesterday, Monday, October 26. Armani Hankins of Queens was shot in the head
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Coney Island Hospital, 2601 Ocean Parkway. (Source: Gregory Maizous)Update [10/28/15]: A previous version of this article misstated the Summary Star Ratings of Coney Island Hospital and Maimonides Medical Center, based on information from Healthcare Finance News. Since its posting, the ratings on that site have been adjusted
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Drive safely, kids! 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’ll post them on the site. Also, like
NYPDBlueGoesPink
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.“1, 2, 3, 4, We Hope That They Find A Cure!” That was the chant that soared over the pink and purple balloons floating along DeKalb Avenue this past Sunday, October 25, as around 40 women and children walked from the 88th Precinct to Fort
Kristen Wiig
Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute.Earlier this year [/blog/2015/01/22/fort-greene-based-film-nasty-baby-headed-sundance/], Sebastian Silva’s film “Nasty Baby” headed to Sundance Film Festival — one stop in its path to critical acclaim. Now that it has hit theaters, the Kristen Wiig-fronted movie is drawing lots of attention and Silva is
Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through October 27) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/10/20/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-october-27-live-owls-at-clinton-hill-library-musical-symphony-story-time-and-little-shop-of-horrors-in-the-park/] . Submit your event
354 Myrtle Avenue
Image via The Cat’s Meow [https://instagram.com/catcafebk/].It turns out that our neighborhood pop-up cat cafe has nine lives, too. The popular animal therapy/rescue adoption/animal education space at 354 Myrtle Avenue didn’t close as planned [/blog/2015/10/19/goodbye-brooklyn-pop-up-cat-cafe-but-a-possible-hello-to-a-permanent-space/] this past weekend; instead,
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Photo via Methodist Hospital [https://www.facebook.com/NewYorkMethodistHospital/photos/pb.107500212624098.-2207520000.1445824739./597242326983215/?type=3&theater] On a scale of one to five stars, Brooklyn’s 13 hospitals all came in at one or two stars, according to the latest Hospital Compare results [http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/
missing person
Image via NYPD.Zunilda Valerio-Salazar was found safe and sound after being missing for nearly three weeks, said police on Saturday, October 24, who declined to give any additional information about where and how she was found. Valerio-Salazar had been missing since September 9 [/blog/2015/10/01/have-you-seen-zunilda-valerio-salazar/] after
Photo by babyboypics [https://instagram.com/p/89LagLzDzJ/?taken-by=babyboypics]. 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 * Residents propose [/blog/2015/10/19/fort-greene-park-goers-want-new-paths-erosion-control-a-dog-run-and-more-with-new-funds/] new paths,
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
Photo via Brandon Lucain [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29530028@N07/4372682515/]Update [10/28/15]: A previous version of this article misstated the Summary Star Ratings of several local hospitals, based on information [http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/1-star-hospital-number-doubles-latest-cms-rankings-5-stars-slide-see-data] from Healthcare Finance News. Since its posting, the ratings on