spike lee
Image via Wikimedia [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Spike_Lee#/media/File:Spike_Lee_(2012).jpg] .Upon being told he’d been named grand marshal of this year’s New York City Marathon — scheduled for November 1 — filmmaker and native Fort Greene resident Spike Lee told the [http://www.
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 13) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/10/06/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-october-13-scrap-sculpture-debbie-deane-and-porgy-and-bess/] . Submit your event
A Cat's Meow
If you’ve been enjoying [/blog/2015/09/28/fort-greenes-cat-cafe-is-averaging-an-adoption-a-day-and-planning-pet-workshops/] A Cat’s Meow [http://catcafebk.com/], Fort Greene’s pop-up cat cafe at 354 Myrtle Avenue [/blog/2015/09/16/a-pop-up-cat-cafe-the-cats-meow-is-coming-to-354-myrtle-avenue-in-fort-greene/] , and wish that it would stay permanently, here’s your chance! Through Thanksgiving, part of the team behind
fire prevention week
This week is Fire Prevention Week and the FDNY is holding a week of fire safety education at locations throughout the city — including several in our area. Our local Atlantic Center Mall Target store plays host twice: Wednesday, October 7 form 4-8pm and Saturday, October 10 from 11am-3pm. MetroTech Commons
Photo by OCabrera [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ocabreraphotos/15044051548]. Missed some of this week’s news? Here’s a recap: * Add your events [/blog/2015/05/12/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] to our Brooklyn-wide calendar! * Here’s our Kids Calendar [/blog/2015/09/29/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-october-6-fable-comics-bilingual-birdies-crafting-and-more/] through October 6. * This week’s real
historical photos
Image via Brooklyn Museum [https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/archives/image/20522].This lantern slide shows the ruins of the Central Presbyterian Church at Clinton and Greene Avenues after it was destroyed by fire in 1894. It was the third church built in Brooklyn by Dr. Thomas De Witt Talmage
bicycling
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.During your next trip to neighborhood wine shop Gnarly Vines [https://www.gnarlyvines.com/] (350 Myrtle Avenue), you may notice the photographs adorning the walls, showing Japanese bicyclists with their rides — not on the track, but rather off-field, prepping their bikes, taking a rest, and
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.One more week until opening day for Key Food (formerly Associated Supermarket) at 490 Myrtle Avenue! Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [https://instagram.com/p/8Rw7akmqU_/?taken-by=myrtleavebklyn].The official re-opening will be at 7am, but don’t worry if you don’t see
84th Precinct
Image via NYPD.This took place just before the Court Street station in Downtown Brooklyn, but who knows; maybe one of us will recognize one or more of these guys, who allegedly stole a ring and $300 from a sleeping female straphanger during the early morning of Monday, September 14.
lunar eclipse
Photo via Tiffany Bartok [https://instagram.com/p/8KDyu-iYV3/?taken-by=tiffanybartok].Flashback to this past Sunday. 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’
Image via NYPD.Cops are asking for help in finding Zunilda Valerio-Salazar, who has been missing since September 9. She was last seen at around 9:25pm leaving Interfaith Hospital (1545 Atlantic Avenue), but lives on Tillary Street. She is described as standing five-feet-three-inches tall and weighing 120 pounds.
For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through September 29) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/09/22/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-september-29-atlantic-antic-bookmaking-origami-and-more/] . Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/] or by emailing editor@bklyner.com. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 Photo courtesy of Leon and Sons.Wine Tasting When: Friday, October 2