Photo by James Benzinger.A street artist at work on Ashland Place near BAM. Keep on sharing photos with us ateditor@bklyner.com, add them to ourFlickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them#ftgfocusonInstagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’ll post them on the site.
street safety
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill leads city neighborhoods in cyclist injuries with 7.7 injured cyclists per 100 collisions, compared to a citywide average of 1.9 injured cyclists per 100 collisions, according to data compiled through the city’s OpenData portal [https://nycopendata.socrata.com/] into a new report
Amy Cohen
Following the tragic death this Monday of a bicyclist by an out-of-control driver [/blog/crime/cyclist-killed-by-out-of-control-suv-near-barclays-center-early-monday-morning] who also hit two cars before being stopped by metal bollards in front of the Atlantic Terminal entrance, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling for safe streets for all through more traffic mitigation
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 21) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/07/14/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-july-21-manga-drawing-for-teens-music-in-the-park-cardboard-robots-and-roller-disco/] . Also, here is the 2015
City Councilmember Robert Cornegy
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Councilmember Robert Cornegy call for street safety for all following a cyclist death on July 13, 2015. (Photo by Fort Greene Focus.)Following the tragic death this Monday of a bicyclist by an out-of-control driver [/blog/2015/07/13/cyclist-killed-by-out-of-control-suv-near-barclays-center-early-this-morning/] who also hit two
Daly Clement
Photo via Fort Greene Park Conservancy [http://www.fortgreenepark.org].Help continue the green revolution in Fort Greene Park, near one of the Revolutionary War’s prominent battlefields! This Saturday, July 18, from 11am-2pm, Daly Clement of the Fort Greene Park Conservancy will be leading a day of planting, digging,
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
The Brooklyn healthcare and hospital system is constantly evolving, especially with the hospital closures, bankruptcies, sales and clinic openings of recent years. Tonight,from 6-8pm, health industry stakeholders and business folk — and beneficiaries like you and I — are gathering at St. Joseph’s College’s Hill Center [/blog/2014/12/
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Seen outside the costume department for “The Mysteries of Laura.” Keep on sharing photos with us ateditor@bklyner.com, add them to ourFlickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them#ftgfocusonInstagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’ll post them on the
New York Main Street Grants
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Myrtle Avenue businesses are hoping to get $200,000 in grant money to improve the look and functionality of local storefronts and building facades on the three-block stretch between Washington Park and Clermont Avenue, and they have the support of Community Board 2’s (CB
hops hill
Cheers! (Photo by Fort Greene Focus)Can you believe it’s only been one year since Hops Hill [http://www.hops-hill.com] opened [/blog/2014/07/16/now-open-hops-hill/] at 886 Fulton Street (between Washington and Waverly Avenues)? It seems like they’ve been here longer, considering how much a part
Brooklyn Flea Ice Cream Bonanza
Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Flea [https://www.facebook.com/events/1676943635866773/].Our very own Fort Grace Ice Cream & Sweet Shop [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fort-Grace-Ice-Cream-Sweet-Shop/142052142650327?fref=ts] will be part of the lineup at this Saturday’s Ice Cream Bonanza at the Brooklyn Flea [https://www.facebook.
1041-1047 fulton street
It’s going to be a busy gathering tonight at Community Board 2’s special July meeting in St. Francis College’s Founders Hall auditorium (180 Remsen Street) at 6pm. The agenda not includes the usual review of requests for liquor license renewals, but also review of proposals to expand