Jole Carliner writes up [http://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2012/07/66th-precinct-community-council-notes.html] the last precinct community meeting from June 21st: > The 66 joined with the 70 to conduct two operations against the Coney Island Avenue (CIA) auto-body repair shops whose double-parked vehicles routinely block traffic from Cortelyou Road toChurch
Trash Mob
From Maggie Tobin, a reminder of an invitation to a party that’s open to all: Who: EVERONE! Where: Kensington Plaza in front of Walgreens When: Saturday, july 14th from 7-8:30 FOOD and FUN provided!!! Let’s celebrate the hard work of keeping the plaza clean!
kensington library
What do librarians do when they get lost in the stacks? Make music. The Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/shush-brooklyn-librarians-form-band-rock-article-1.1112283] writes up Lost in the Stacks [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lost-In-The-Stacks/84815999040], a jazz and blues band composed of librarians that plays at book festivals
Lark [http://larkcafe.wordpress.com/], the new coffee shop everyone’s talking about in Ditmas Park [/blog/food/lark-opens-friday] is opening tomorrow morning on Church between E10th and Stratford, right next to Am Thai. Hours will be 7am to 7pm to start, but since they do have a liquor licence,
urban gardening
Kensington just might have the most yards growing veggies in Brooklyn. A sampling, and that’s just the front yards:
Mary reminds that [/blog/green/enter-the-most-beautiful-tree-bed-contest] > MillionTreesNYC is holding a contest on their Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/MillionTreesNYC/app_254553244581393] where people can upload photos of the tree beds they’ve improved, then you can vote on your favorites. There will be one winner in each borough,
Not a single building in Kensington made the DeBlasio’s Worst NYC’s landlord list [http://pubadvocate.nyc.gov/landlord-watchlist/buildings?neighborhood%5B%5D=89#map] this year. Not a single building in Borough Park either. So what differentiates a standard-issue non-responsive landlord from a watch list-level negligent landlord? According
tree
I was passing by this dead tree yesterday, and it reminded me that the City Council and the mayor’s office added $2M for tree pruning to the proposed $1.45M tree maintenance budge. That’s more than doubling the amount allocated to keeping trees healthy falling branches at bay.
breakfast
90 Church Avenue, from 6am – 11am.