Subways are operating on a regular schedule today, but be sure to check these changes for the week, which could affect how you get to and from the neighborhood: Woodlawn-bound 4 trains run local from Brooklyn Bridge to Grand Central-42 St Beginning 12:01am, Wed to Fri, Jan 22-24 Allow
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which is observed today, Monday, January 20, is intended to be a day of service and peace. Federal and state offices are closed so people can get out and volunteer. If you’re still looking for a way to give back, check out MLKDay.org
Neighbor Philip Mahin shares this photo he took of birds at the icy lake in Prospect Park on Friday afternoon. In 2025, the view might be a bit different, though, as New York State’s Department of Environmental Conservation has drafted a management plan [http://www.dec.ny.gov/animals/
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Christmas Trees
Have they all been picked up? The Department of Sanitation told us [https://twitter.com/NYCSanitation/status/424186559030513665] they’d extended their Christmas tree collection through today. As of yesterday morning at 8am, they said they’d already put 162,619 curbside trees through the chipper, and we’re pretty
Hear comic writers and illustrators discuss their work, check out a documentary, recycle your old Walkman, and more stuff happening in the neighborhood this weekend: Story Play [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/record=g1001835&searchscope=1&SORT2=R] When: Saturday, January 18, 10am Where: Central Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.
shadows
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Alba Auto Repairs
Ten years from now, 4th Avenue between 1st Street and Garfield will probably look a whole lot different. As with much of the busy street, residential development is accelerating, and that might be what’s in store here, where the last 4th-facing building recently sold, joining all the other buildings
Memorials
Soon after 12-year-old Sammy Cohen-Eckstein [/blog/tag/samuel-cohen-eckstein] was hit and killed by a van near his home on Prospect Park West in October, a memorial of signs, stuffed animals, and flowers was arranged nearby at the 3rd Street entrance of Prospect Park. While his family, friends, and the community
La Belle Boutique
The block of 5th Avenue between Dean and Bergen Streets is starting to get a bit lively again, after sitting with several vacancies for quite some time. La Belle Boutique, a new women’s clothing and accessories store, has opened at 43 5th Avenue, next door to Area Kids [http:
Looking for a new place to call home? We’ve rounded up some of the most promising places for sale that are hosting open houses this weekend — what do you think of them? 505 1st Street [http://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/Display/2927610] Open House: Sunday, January 19, 12-2pm
parents
Neighbors are invited to join a discussion about arts programs, afterschool time, and best practices for engaging teens and tweens, which will take place at 826NYC [http://www.826nyc.org/], aka The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Store: > The event is an extension of the conversation The Wallace Foundation [http://www.