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New York Methodist Hospital

Brooklyn Hospitals Receive One And Two Star Ratings From Centers For Medicare And Medicaid

Photo via Google MapsUpdate [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 that site have been adjusted — and we have adjusted

CMS

Local Hospitals Receive 1-2 Stars In Latest CMS Ranking

Maimonides Medical Center (Source: Google Maps)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/news/1-star-hospital-number-doubles-latest-cms-rankings-5-stars-slide-see-data] for 2014 from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [https:

NYC Marathons

FYI NYC Marathon Road Closures For Sunday, November 1 Include Parts Of Flatbush, Lafayette, Classon, and Bedford Avenues

Next Sunday, November 1 is the New York City Marathon and, as happens every year, streets along the route will be closed for most of the morning and afternoon. Affected thoroughfares stretch from the Verrazano Bridge down in Bay Ridge up Fourth Avenue and to Flatbush and Bedford Avenues near

Brooklyn Hospital Center

Brooklyn Hospitals Receive 1-2 Stars From Centers For Medicare And Medicaid

Photo by Linda Villarosa.Update [10/28/15]: A previous version of this article misstated the Summary Star Ratings of Coney Island Hospital, Interfaith Medical Center, and Maimonides Medical Center, 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 [http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/1-star-hospital-number-doubles-latest-cms-rankings-5-stars-slide-see-data] . Since

baby photos

Photo Finish: Brooklyn Baby Bagel Bites

Photo via dmeks1 [https://instagram.com/p/8lbpPGjntk/?taken-by=dmeks1].Gotta start them early in Brooklyn. You can’t go wrong with an egg bagel. 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

Things To Do This Weekend, Through October 25: Concert For Hope, Greene Hill Food Co-Op Open House, And Magnus Mukoro Memorial Dedication

FAMILY-FRIENDLY 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/] . 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! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/] or by emailing editor@bklyner

Friends of Walt Whitman Library

A Day Of Fun Is Planned For Walt Whitman Library’s First Saturday Opening

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Walt Whitman Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/walt-whitman] is going to be open on Saturdays [/blog/2015/10/14/walt-whitman-library-to-open-saturdays-as-part-of-brooklyn-wide-extended-hours-of-service/] for the first time in years and library fans know that that is a cause for celebration. Cue a day filled with educational games,

Brooklyn Tech Field

Beloved Soccer Coach Magnus Mukoro Will Receive A Memorial Plaque At Brooklyn Tech Field

Photo via Young Rock Soccer [https://instagram.com/p/2EyncgEt60/]Living without Magnus Mukoro these past three months has been hard on those who knew and loved him [/blog/2015/08/07/farewell-magnus-mukoro-father-husband-friend-and-founder-of-young-rock-soccer-academy/] in our community, but hopefully the new plaque being installed in his honor at the Brooklyn Tech

Photo Finish: Autumn Leaves Over The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument

Photo via spareroomnyc [https://instagram.com/p/8nsNLVP33x/?taken-by=spareroomnyc].Seen in Fort Greene Park. 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

Greenpoint Beer and Ale Company

Black Forest Brooklyn Debuts Its Own Pale Ale

Image via Black Forest Brooklyn.Ayana and Tobias Holler over at Black Forest Brooklyn already have some of the best German and Brooklyn beers in the borough, but now they have their own BFB-branded craft beer, debuting this Friday, October 23 for half-off from 5-7pm. Dubbed the BFB Hausmarke IPA,

88 precinct

Go Pink And Purple This Sunday At The 88th Precinct’s Inaugural Walk — And BBQ — For A Cure To Fort Greene Park

“Go pink” is often said as a way to express support for breast cancer awareness, especially during the month of October. But the 10th month of the year is also domestic violence awareness month, for which purple is the color of support. With that in mind, the 88th Precinct’s

1038 Bedford Avenue

Bite Of The Day: Duck Wings, Tater Tots, Cocktails, And More At Fancy Nancy

Tater tots, with all the fixin’s (Photo by Fort Greene Focus)Relying solely on word of mouth, Fancy Nancy [http://fancynancybk.com/#home] (1038 Bedford Avenue, at Lafayette Avenue) has managed to already become a neighborhood favorite among locals along the Clinton Hill-Bed-Stuy border since opening six weeks ago