chess champions
Photo by Elizabeth Tobin.Three cheers for the Rook Stars chess team at the Urban Assembly Academy of Arts and Letters [http://www.uaaal.org/]! The final rankings of the 2015 Elementary School Chess Nationals [http://www.uschess.org/results/15/elem/] were astounding in the best possible way: not
680 fulton street
The sign says it all: the doors to Greene Grape Scoops [/blog/2015/05/14/coming-soon-greene-grape-scoops-will-open-in-former-annex-space-at-680-fulton-street/] will open next Wednesday, June 24, one week ahead of its official grand opening the following Wednesday, July 1! Drawn by local artist Angela Gelso, the window sign makes it clear what treats will
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 June 16) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/06/09/fun-things-to-do-with-the-kids-from-june-9-16-singalongs-superheroes-clothespin-dolls-skating-and-more/] . Submit your event
Classon Avenue
(Photo by Mitchell Trinka)Classon Avenue between Park and Atlantic Avenues is closed to car traffic this week as part of the city Department of Transportation’s (DOT) planned paving and milling work. The impact will be for today (Monday, June 15) through Friday, June 19, then again on Monday,
week in review
Missed some of this week’s news? Here’s a recap: * Add your events [/blog/2015/05/12/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] to our new Brooklyn-wide calendar! FOOD: * The city’s first rooftop vineyard [/blog/2015/06/10/rooftop-reds-is-bringing-brooklyns-first-rooftop-vineyard-to-the-brooklyn-navy-yard/] is in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Rooftop Reds! * The countdown to Colonia Verde’s
brooklyn navy yard
Image via Library of Congress / World-Telegram photo by Al Ravenna [http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/99472801/].Have you ever seen such orderly picketing lines? These men were photographed “milling around [the] street across from the Brooklyn Navy Yard during an electrical workers strike” in 1941, according to the caption
7 Dekalb avenue
Rendering by COOKFOX Architects.Another boon to our area’s affordable housing market is coming, and at one of Downtown Brooklyn’s most anticipated developments, City Point. City Point Tower 1, at 7 DeKalb Avenue, will list 80 percent of its units (200 units) at “affordable” prices and 20 percent
team tiny animal rescue
Support Fort Greene’s local animal rescue project, Team Tiny, at their stoop sale fundraiser tomorrow (Saturday, June 13) from 10am-3pm outside Who’s Your Doggy (197 Adelphi Street, at the corner of Willoughby Avenue). The stoop sale will be chock full of donations (they’re still accepting!) from donors
c train
Photo by kittymckinley [http://instagram.com/p/yZrkD7jI9t/?modal=true]The push for better and more frequent C train service continues apace, with straphangers and politicians alike signing a petition [http://www.ridersny.org/ctrain/] and attending rallies calling for “increased frequency, more reliability and better communication with riders.” “The
Bodega cats
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weekend events
Below you’ll find information on events through the weekend in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend. Check back Monday to see what’s scheduled next week! For family-friendly and kids events, see this week’s Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/06/09/fun-things-to-do-with-the-kids-from-june-9-16-singalongs-superheroes-clothespin-dolls-skating-and-more/] (June 9-16). Submit your event listing
84th Precinct
Image via NYPD.It’s been over three weeks since this man allegedly groped a woman on a northbound G train at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, but police are hoping that someone will recognize him from surveillance photos now made public. The suspect is a black male standing around 6-feet-3-inches tall,