372 washington avenue
Photo by Francisco Daum [https://instagram.com/p/8HXz5ZJo7G/?taken-by=cisc1970]. In case you were wondering what was going on with the fire that occurred at 372 Washington Avenue (at Lafayette Avenue) this weekend, the FDNY reports that the cause “remains under investigation” and “no civilians were injured.” The fire
Image courtesy of the Brooklyn Paranormal Society.Have you ever spotted or wanted to spot a ghost in Prospect Park [https://www.prospectpark.org/]? Then join the recently founded Brooklyn Paranormal Society [http://bkps.co/] (BPS) to see for yourself if anything otherworldly is going on in our neighborhood park.
johnny mack's
Image courtesy of the Brooklyn Paranormal Society.Have you ever spotted or wanted to spot a ghost in Prospect Park? Then join the recently founded Brooklyn Paranormal Society [http://bkps.co/] (BPS) to see for yourself if anything otherworldly is going on in our neighborhood park. Just in time for
Image courtesy of the Brooklyn Paranormal Society.Have you ever spotted or wanted to spot a ghost in Prospect Park? Then join the recently founded Brooklyn Paranormal Society [http://bkps.co/] (BPS) to see for yourself if anything otherworldly is going on in our neighborhood park. Just in time for
570 fulton street
Image via Google Maps.The SCO Family of Services foster care/child clinic space at 570 Fulton Street (between Flatbush and Rockwell Place, across from BAM Harvey) has officially been sold — to Slate Property Group for the development of a mixed-use building. According to a report in the Commercial Observer
Image via NYPD.Compared to last week [/blog/2015/09/22/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-september-7-13/], crime went up in most categories: * murder & shooting victims [/blog/2015/09/21/three-men-shot-and-killed-at-ingersoll-houses-this-weekend/] (from 0 to 3) * robbery (from 3 to 8) * burglary (from 4 to 7) * auto thefts (from 1 to 7) * housing (from 2
Photo via Lisette Voytko [https://instagram.com/p/7-TmltjBUZ/?taken-by=lisettevoytko].Who would want to go down there, anyway? 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/
Carey Gabay
Last Friday, September 25 began with hundreds of people from across New York City arriving at Emmanuel Baptist Church to pay their respects to Carey A. Gabay, the former lawyer and aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo who was shot in the head over Labor Day weekend as he walked home
animal education
Image via The Cat’s Meow [https://instagram.com/catcafebk/].The Cat’s Meow [http://www.catcafebk.com] — Fort Greene’s own pop-up cat cafe, at 354 Myrtle Avenue — has been open for a week now [/blog/2015/09/16/a-pop-up-cat-cafe-the-cats-meow-is-coming-to-354-myrtle-avenue-in-fort-greene/] and is already meeting an average of one adoption
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 6) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/09/29/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-october-6-fable-comics-bilingual-birdies-crafting-and-more/] . Submit your event
MARP
Image via dave [http://mrg.bz/RMJDt1].You may have noticed the water service cutoffs of recent weeks affecting local businesses [/blog/2015/09/14/water-service-will-be-cut-on-and-off-again-this-week-on-myrtle-avenue/] along Myrtle Avenue between Hall and Emerson, and Classon and Grand Avenues. Well, it’s continuing this week, but between Grand Avenue and Hall
Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.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/2015/09/22/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-september-29-atlantic-antic-bookmaking-origami-and-more/] through September 29. * Moving to Fort Greene? Get your Open