Blue Moon Fish
The Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket [http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket-site/brooklyn/grand-army-greenmarket] will once again be the site of a fish fight as the 4th Annual Seafood Throwdown [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=640883925923523&set=a.285984611413458.79629.132101736801747&type=1] commences tomorrow, Saturday, July 13
233 Garfield Place
Paint it brown, and they will come? When a buyer picked up [/blog/real-estate/pink-house-may-soon-be-brown] the iconic Peptol Bismol pink Garfield Place townhouse in October for just over $2 million, he painted it brown [/blog/home/farewell-to-the-park-slope-pink-house] — and apparently it was all a part of a flip, as the home
belle and sebastian
Celebrate Brooklyn [http://bricartsmedia.org/events/celebrate-brooklyn] continues its summer run in Prospect Park this week with a benefit show from Belle and Sebastian and Yo La Tengo (which helps keep the other shows free), though it’s sold out — if you didn’t get tickets, you can always sit
If you’re headed into Brooklyn on the subway this weekend and you need to stop locally along the D/N/R lines, it’s going to take a while. All that and more subway service changes in the area, according to the MTA [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/default.
Building Brooklyn Awards
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [http://www.ibrooklyn.com/] presented its Building Brooklyn Awards [http://www.ibrooklyn.com/go_brooklyn/bba2013.aspx] last night, and the Kensington Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/kensington] was awarded in the Civic and Institutional category. Brooklyn Public Library owns the building, its architect
After rejecting the first set of plans [/blog/news/community-board-6-votes-against-proposed-4th-avenue-safety-overhaul] in June, Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/] voted to approve [https://twitter.com/BrooklynCB6/status/355161622215536640] revised plans from the Department of Transportation for safety improvements along 4th Avenue at a hearing last night [/blog/news/dot-to-present-revised-4th-avenue-redesign-plan-at-cb6-public-hearing-this-wednesday] . Work
Barclays Center Greenmarket
Starting next Wednesday and running weekly through the end of November, a new Greenmarket from GrowNYC [http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket-site/barclays-center-greenmarket] will set up outside of the Barclays Center, on the Flatbush Avenue side of the arena. It will be open from 8am to 4pm. Market Manager Tali Biale
After rejecting the first set of plans [/blog/news/community-board-6-votes-against-proposed-4th-avenue-safety-overhaul] in June, Community Board 6 [http://www.brooklyncb6.org/] voted to approve [https://twitter.com/BrooklynCB6/status/355161622215536640] revised plans from the Department of Transportation for safety improvements along 4th Avenue at a hearing last night [/blog/news/dot-to-present-revised-4th-avenue-redesign-plan-at-cb6-public-hearing-this-wednesday] . Work
darth vader
http://youtu.be/jH6wXaLQIMQ If you think you hear “The Imperial March” playing as you’re walking around the area, there’s no reason to worry that Darth Vader [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Vader] bought a brownstone and is about to start asking Captain Picard for pizza advice
Celebrate Brooklyn [http://bricartsmedia.org/events/celebrate-brooklyn] continues its summer run in Prospect Park this week with a benefit show from Belle and Sebastian and Yo La Tengo (which helps keep the other shows free), though it’s sold out — if you didn’t get tickets, you can always sit
Delivery
Mmm, dessert delivered straight to your door: The Carroll Gardens outpost of the Momofuku Milk Bar [http://milkbarstore.com/main/stores/] empire announced yesterday [https://twitter.com/momomilkbar/status/354631353473568770] that they are now offering delivery in Park Slope. So you can hop on Seamless [http://www.seamless.com/Food-Delivery/
Alan Kritzler
Alan Kritzler’s photography exhibit, Signs of Our Times 2, opens at Cafe Dada [http://www.cafedadany.com/] (57 7th Ave) tomorrow, Thursday, July 11 with a party from 6:30-9:30pm, and you’ll be able to view his photos (including the one above, shot on Wall Street about