One of the age-friendly programs touted as a big win for senior citizens at last week’s Age-Friendly Neighborhood announcement [/blog/2015/07/01/myrtle-avenue-loves-seniors-with-shopping-discounts-exercise-classes-and-a-new-resource-guide/] was the impending arrival of a USPS mobile van. “During discussions this past year, our Senior Advisory Council indicated that bringing [these] vans to Myrtle
bridge closures
The New York City Police Department released the following list of full and partial street and lane closures — both in our area and on Brooklyn-bound or Brooklyn-exiting bridges — in and near Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Wallabout. FOR MOVIE OR FILM PERMITS, ALL WEEKEND: * 15 Washington Avenue at Steiner Studios
exercise classes
Photo via BRIC [http://bricartsmedia.org/events/lunchtime-yoga-music-with-bend-bloom-july-10]. Today at 1pm [http://bricartsmedia.org/events/lunchtime-yoga-music-with-bend-bloom-july-10], lunchtime concerts merge with lunchtime workouts at BRIC Arts (647 Fulton Street), where the Lunchtime Yoga With Live Music series [http://bricartsmedia.org/events/lunchtime-yoga-music-with-bend-bloom-july-10] is kicking off every Friday through August 7. Each
pacc
Image via PACC.Pratt Area Community Council [http://pacc.publishpath.com] (PACC) is officially moving its community organizing arm to a new office next week, leaving its current 201 DeKalb Avenue space in Fort Greene for a larger one increasing its accessibility to tenants in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights by
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Seen inside Il Porto Restaurant (37 Washington Avenue). 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. Also,
bike lanes
Photo by Fort Greene Focus.When Chris Nolte was an 18-year-old college student studying computer science and living in his hometown of Huntington, Long Island, he purchased 55 used bikes at $3 apiece from a police auction with the intention of rehabilitating and reselling them. Life had other plans, though,
Brooklyn Yoga Club
Photo by Sidney Bensimon.Another yoga option is coming to the neighborhood, with the impending arrival of Brooklyn Yoga Club to 206 Vanderbilt Avenue (off Willoughby Avenue, right next to the back entrance to the French Speaking Baptist Church). As first reported by [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150708/clinton-hill/
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 14) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/07/07/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-july-14-music-in-the-grove-summer-science-club-legos-and-spoon-dolls/] . Also, here is the 2015
art sale
International Mandela Day is coming up next Saturday, July 18 and in the lead-up to this, Fort Greene’s own Madiba Restaurant — named after the global human rights and civil rights leader’s clan name — is hosting a month-long art show featuring artworks confirmed to have been created by Mandela
Photo by Fort Greene FocusLike a ghost, like a champion. Seen on Washington Avenue. 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
downsizing
Anthony Sosa, president of Ingersoll Tenants Association, speaks about wait times for apartments and repairs at Ingersoll and NYCHA. (Photo by Fort Greene Focus)Despite a waiting list of over 270,000 people for an apartment in one of the New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA), an audit by
PrattStore
Image courtesy of Pratt Institute.It’s a double-win for the Pratt Institute: their new film-video building is officially open [https://www.pratt.edu/news/view/new-state-of-the-art-facility-opens-for-film-video-department-expansion] for use inside the former PrattStore at 550 Myrtle Avenue and the PrattStore has now moved online to PrattStore.com [http://www.prattstore.