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Afropunk Fest

Things To Do This Weekend, Through August 23: Afropunk Festival, Fort Greene Summer Literary Festival, Block Parties, And Battle Of Brooklyn Events

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 August 25) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/08/18/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-august-25-origami-cranes-comic-book-illustration-and-the-day-the-crayons-came-home/] . Also,here is the 2015

atlantic terminal

Attempted Kindle Thief Flees On Departing Q Train At Atlantic Avenue Station

Image via NYPDA would-be thief had to flee empty-handed after his intended target resisted his multiple attempts to steal his Kindle, say cops, who have released the above cell phone photo of the suspect. The attempted robber allegedly went after a 32-year-old man who was standing on the Manhattan-bound platform

232 adelphi street

Landmarked St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Has Been Sold And Will Become Condos

Image via Google Maps.Soon, St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (257 Washington Avenue) will look a lot different on the inside than it does on the outside. Like St. Mark’s Episcopal Church over at 232 Adelphi before it [/blog/2015/01/29/church-apartments-leasing-opens-232-adelphi/], the 120-year-old landmarked English Gothic

Bombardier

Replacement Train Cars For C, J, Z Lines Won’t Come Until 2022, Says MTA

Photo by kittymckinley [http://instagram.com/p/yZrkD7jI9t/?modal=true]It turns out that those replacement train cars for the C, J, and Z lines that the MTA said would be available by 2017/2018 [/blog/2015/03/25/perpetually-bumpy-c-line-may-get-new-cars-2017/] won’t be ready until 2022 now, reportedly due to

88th precinct

Attempted Kindle Thief Flees On Departing Q Train At Atlantic Avenue Station

Image via NYPD.A would-be thief had to flee empty-handed after his intended target resisted his multiple attempts to steal his Kindle, say cops, who have released the above cell phone photo of the suspect. The attempted robber allegedly went after a 32-year-old man who was standing on the Manhattan-bound

Photo Finish: Surrealist Art Or Tripped Out Graffiti?

Photo via dranneslie [https://instagram.com/p/6klnmoN5Wc/?taken-by=dranneslie]. “Picasso meets Matt Groening?” 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

jobs

Help Wanted: Are You A Dance Coach, Barista, Or Experienced Sales Rep? Check These Listings Out

Tired of the commute, or need a little something on the side? Here’s a roundup of some available gigs around the neighborhood. * MetroPCS (408 Myrtle Avenue) is looking for a bilingual sales/customer service representative [http://myrtleavenue.org/jobs/view/sales-customer-service/]. Interested applicants should come to the store with

Amarachi Lounge

Amarachi, Rustik Tavern, And The Crabby Shack Join Lineup For Black-Owned Restaurant Month

Image via I Don’t Do Clubs [http://www.idontdoclubs.com/2015/08/11/black-owned-restaurant-month-nyc-participating-restaurants/] .Another Restaurant Week is here and this time it’s highlighting restaurants and bars owned by black Americans. [http://www.idontdoclubs.com/2015/08/11/black-owned-restaurant-month-nyc-participating-restaurants/] Organized by “I Don’t Do Clubs” — “an event

145 Gates Avenue

Vacant Lot At Gates and Grand Avenues Will Be Replaced With A Four-Story House

Image via New York YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/08/new-four-bedroom-house-coming-to-145-gates-avenue-clinton-hill.html] .A new three-story house (plus basement) will eventually be built at 145 Gates Avenue, at the corner of Grand Avenue, inside the Clinton Hill Historic District, thanks to the approval of the plans by the city’s

hungry ghost

Photo Finish: Life Imitating Art With Coffee At The Center Of It All

Photo by d3adbutdr3aming [https://instagram.com/p/6TB7JXDG-3/?taken-by=d3adbutdr3aming].This is taking coffee as art to a new level. Seen in Hungry Ghost Cafe, South Oxford Street. Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/

79th precinct

Rape Suspect Sought For Violent Attack In Clinton Hill-Bed-Stuy That Left Woman With Two Broken Teeth (VIDEO)

Image via NYPD.Police need the public’s help in finding the man who reportedly raped a woman so violently that she lost two teeth in the attack, which took place on the Clinton Hill/Bed-Stuy border early Monday morning, August 17. The suspect is described as a black man

MARP

Share Your Opinion On School, Transportation, Safety, And Other Issues On Myrtle Avenue

Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.Us Fort Greene and Clinton Hill residents are nothing if not opinionated, especially when it comes to issues that affect our homes, local haunts, and families, so let’s put that neighborhood expertise to good use by filling out this 2015 Resident Survey [https: