Brooklyn Hospital Center
Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.Hello, Friday farmer’s markets! The Brooklyn Hospital Center [http://www.tbh.org/]has launched a new farmer’s market series on three Friday mornings and afternoons this summer, beginning today and then every two weeks after that through August. From 9am to 3pm
Photo by cannontekstar [https://instagram.com/p/5erKrlru1o/?taken-by=cannontekstar].Words to live by. 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
Brooklyn Community Board 2
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.The Fulton Area Business (FAB) Alliance [http://faballiance.org] is one step closer to expanding its boundaries to include a few extra blocks of businesses: * on the southern side of Lafayette Avenue between St. Felix Street and Fort Greene Place (Brooklyn Medical Plaza), * the northern
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 July 28) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/07/21/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-july-28-greenlight-sidewalk-sale-music-movies-in-the-park-summer-science-club/] . Also, here is the 2015
Steiner Studios
A $5 million state grant is headed to Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard as part of a $17 million plan to spur economic development projects across New York State. The money will be used towards “construction and related planning and design expenses to implement Phase III of its
Central Park Conservancy
Turf care expert Jose Figueroa of the Central Park Conservancy and Fort Greene Park Director David Barker standing on the new Monument Green. (Photo courtesy of Fort Greene Park Conservancy.)The lawn surrounding the top of Monument Plaza in Fort Greene Park is newly re-paneled and lush as ever, and
Photo courtesy of Fort Greene Park [https://instagram.com/p/5cMZs8Dn-a/?taken-by=fortgreenepark].It’s never too early to start nurturing a love of music. 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
Beli Osteria
Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Flea [https://www.facebook.com/events/1676943635866773/].If cooling off on the outside [/blog/2015/07/21/a-guide-to-brooklyns-public-outdoor-swimming-pools/] at the pool isn’t enough for you, then try cooling off from the inside with these chilly treats from local businesses. Ice Cream Photo by Fort Grace
Grand Avenue
Image courtesy of jade [http://mrg.bz/tH53TY].Police are questioning a man in connection with an early morning stabbing that left a 27-year-old man struggling to stay alive at Kings County Hospital today. The incident took place a around 3:20am Wednesday morning, July 22, said police, who responded
age-friendly neighborhood
Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership.Did you know that older adults aged 60 and above are eligible to take undergraduate college courses tuition-free from any City University of New York campus? Or that the Brooklyn Academy of Music officers free monthly movies for seniors, including free transportation from NYCHA
gardening
Photo by Brooklyn Grange [https://instagram.com/p/5PTukJns2y/?taken-by=brooklyngrange].“Sundown on Tomato Town” at the Brooklyn Grange Rooftop Farm atop the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag
camping
Image via Honey Maid.You can do anything in Fort Greene Park — even go camping, complete with treats like s’mores. That’s the message in a new national ad campaign [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9GeiN4qPp4&feature=youtu.be] for Hershey’s (chocolate), Kraft Heinz (marshmallows), and