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Things To Do This Weekend, Through September 13: Fort Greene Park Jazz Fest, Splitty Record Fair, And Community Garden Bike Tour

Below you’ll find information on events through the weekend in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Monday for next week’s events! For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s (through September 15) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/09/08/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-september-15-hip-tot-family-day-make-paper-houses-and-the-beatles-as-kids/] . Submit your event listing [/calendar/

City Cuts Water On Stretch Of Myrtle Avenue For Part Of The Day

Image via Department of Design and Construction.FYI if you live or work along Myrtle Avenue between Hall and Emerson Streets and are wondering why your water service is spotty, this is why. The city is installing water mains as part of the Myrtle Avenue Plaza and Street Reconstruction Project,

public lewdness

Police Seek Our Help In IDing Man Who Masturbated At D Train Rider Near Pacific Street

Image via NYPD.It’s been a month since this incident of public lewdness, but maybe we’ll have some luck in IDing the man seen in this photo, who police allege masturbated in front of a woman on the subway before exiting at the Pacific-Street-Atlantic-Avenue station. It was around

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Police Seek Our Help In IDing Man Who Masturbated At D Train Rider Near Pacific Street

Image via NYPD.It’s been a month since this incident of public lewdness, but maybe we’ll have some luck in IDing the man seen in this photo, who police allege masturbated in front of a woman on the subway before exiting at the Pacific-Street-Atlantic-Avenue station. It was around

Photo Finish: Love What You Do

Photo by Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [https://instagram.com/p/7Iubq1mqU2/].“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” (These canvasses appeared recently on tree guards in the construction zone near Myrtle Avenue and Ryerson Street.) Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.

chez oskar

Chez Oskar Owner To Open ‘Anchor And Plow’ In Former Lola Bklyn Space

The former Lola Bklyn space is in good hands. The popular eatery at 387 Myrtle Avenue closed its doors a few weeks ago and is being reborn tomorrow, September 10, as Anchor and Plow, a Mediterranean-inspired farm-to-sea-to-table restaurant helmed by Chez Oskar restauranteur and artist Charlotta Janssen. “We saw the

CB 2

Reminder: Tonight Is The Return of Community Board 2 Meetings

Just a reminder that Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/brooklyncb2]general meetings return tonight and that instead of being held at one of the usual locations in Brooklyn Hospital, LIU’s Brooklyn campus, or a local church, tonight’s meeting will be in Clinton Hill’s Ryerson Towers

reverend michael sniffen

Rev. Michael Sniffen Will Soon Say Farewell To The Church Of St. Luke And St. Matthew

Reverend Michael Sniffen (back row) with the local artists who created works for the 2015 Stations of the Cross exhibit. (Photo by Heather Chin / Fort Greene Focus) The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew will be getting new leadership as of October 19, as Reverend Michael Sniffen has been

Photo Finish: Schrodinger’s Door

Photo via nycdoors [https://instagram.com/p/7LreLyIrjq/].Would you open this door? 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

Things To Do This Week, Through September 10: CB2 Meeting, Meet Adam Johnson And Jennifer Egan, And Make Your Own Lip Balm

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 September 15) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/09/08/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-september-15-hip-tot-family-day-make-paper-houses-and-the-beatles-as-kids/] . Submit your event

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Volunteer To Help Fix The Fort Greene Tennis Courts

Image via Fort Greene Tennis Association.It may be back-to-school season, but Fort Greene Park and its tennis courts are in use year-round, so why not help spruce up the place after a summer of wear-and-tear? This Friday, September 11, from 4-7pm, volunteers will be joining the Fort Greene Tennis

88th Precinct Crime Statistics: Fewer Burglaries And Thefts, But More Assaults

Image via NYPD.The number of burglaries and grand larcenies dropped this week compared to last week (August 17-23 [/blog/2015/09/03/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-petit-larcenies-drop-but-other-crime-categories-see-increases/] ), but misdemeanor assaults rose from 2 to 8 cases. Reported crime fell in the following categories: * burglary (from 6 to 2) * grand larceny (from 8 to