Business
The Salvation Army’s old location in Clinton Hill. (Photo via Google Maps.) Having left Clinton Hill over a year ago [/blog/2015/04/13/salvation-army-is-selling-its-clinton-hill-building-for-around-30-million/] , the saga of the Salvation Army will come to an end in Gowanus, according to DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160427/gowanus/salvation-army-opening-distribution-center-gowanus]
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The Salvation Army’s old location in Clinton Hill. (Photo via Google Maps.) Having left Clinton Hill over a year ago [/blog/2015/04/13/salvation-army-is-selling-its-clinton-hill-building-for-around-30-million/] , the saga of the Salvation Army will come to an end in Gowanus, according to DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160427/gowanus/salvation-army-opening-distribution-center-gowanus]
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Looking for a new place to call home? We’ve rounded up a bunch of intriguing Fort Greene apartment listings — take a look at the details, and let us know what you think. Lots of luck in your search! (Courtesy Corcoran [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/3671159].)One
Arts & Culture
(Courtesy BerlinRosen)The Navy Yard is going to the birds… for a massive LED art installation. Artist Duke Riley’s “Fly By Night” [http://creativetime.org/projects/flybynight./], in which over 2,000 trained pigeons produce an LED light show at the Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard], will start on
Arts & Culture
Photo by José BayonaHere’s a holiday to get Brooklyn book lovers to rejoice. On Saturday, April 30, Independent Bookstore Day [http://www.indiebookstoreday.com/] will be taking place throughout the country. According to the official site, 400 bookstores will be participating from coast to coast. To celebrate our borough’
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BP Adams leads mourners on Sunday. (Courtesy Eric Adams/Twitter.)A witness has cast doubt on the NYPD’s claim that a bicyclist killed [http://://bklyner.com/blog/2016/04/15/bicyclist-killed-riding-traffic-classon-avenue-say-cops/] earlier this month was riding against traffic. Lauren Davis, 34, was riding her bike when she was killed
Destinations
Fort Greene Park in all its bucolic splendor. (Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970 [https://flic.kr/p/sGB9eP])This Arbor Day, make your way to Fort Greene Park [/?s=fort+greene+park] for the inauguration of a new tree trail. The newly renovated path, accessible through the Washington Park entrance on Myrtle
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Chef Silvia Barban (left) with co-owner Guilia Pelliccioni (right).Aita [http://www.aitarestaurant.com/] is ever-evolving, doling out Italian-inspired seasonal fare at the corner of Greene Avenue and Waverly Avenue. Besides recently bringing on chef Silvia Barban, an enthusiastic young cuisinier with a background in French-Italian cooking, the restaurant is
Animals
“You’re a star!” exclaimed Borough President Adams to the demur pup.Fort Greene’s Brooklyn Bark [http://www.brooklynbark.com/] is offering a free walk to anyone who picks up a pup for National Adopt A Shelter Dog Day. Borough President Eric Adams held an event today to promote
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Allen “Pike” Cooper is wanted for shooting and killing three people at the Ingersoll Houses in September 2015. (Photo via NYPD)Community leaders have rallied around the families of the residents of the Ingersoll Houses following the arrest [/blog/2016/04/25/suspect-ingersoll-triple-homicide-apprehended/] of the suspect in last fall’s
Nonsponsored
Image via Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.There are new details on the proposed BQX streetcar intended to link the waterfront from booming Sunset Park [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] to Astoria, but there are some questions about just how much time riders would really save. A new study [http://www.
Education
Brooklyn Technical High School (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Jim.henderson)New grants of up to $25,000 per school are now available courtesy the Waltentas Family Foundation [https://wff-neighborhood-school-grants.submittable.com/submit]. Applications are available [https://wff-neighborhood-school-grants.submittable.com/submit] to public and charter schools in District 13 [http://schools.nyc.