concerts
The lovely annual Memorial Day concert at Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/2012/green-woods-annual-memorial-day-concert/] is a great way to spend the holiday — you’re in a beautiful setting, on what is looking like will be a nice day [http://www.weather.com/weather/holiday/memorial-day/Brooklyn+NY+11232:4:
Spotted on Church Avenue by amberala [http://instagram.com/p/ZiFtunzSgm/]. Taken any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@kensingtonbk.com and we’ll post them on the site. Find us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/KensingtonBk], Twitter [https://www.facebook.com/KensingtonBk], and check out
missing person
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 26-year-old Zanova Green, who was last seen leaving her home on Ocean Avenue between Farragut and Glenwood Roads on Wednesday, May 15 at about noon. She is described as 5’5″ tall, about 155 pounds, and she was last
According to the city’s 311 system, the two sinkholes that we spotted last week [/transportation/two-sinkholes-spotted-on-caton-and-on-east-2nd], one on Caton and one on East 2nd, will be looked at by the DEP. After we filed our service requests, we got a follow-up: > The City inspected the condition you reported
Do you love your local library? Think it could use $10,000 to make it even better? The Charles H. Revson Foundation [http://www.revsonfoundation.org/nyclibraryawards.html] and The Brian Lehrer Show [http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2013/may/20/nominate-your-library/]‘s NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.
Crash
A school bus crash on East 5th and Avenue C this morning at about 7:30am injured six people, the FDNY tells us. Four people were seriously hurt, and were transported to Kings County, Lutheran, and Maimonides hospitals, one suffered minor injuries, and another was taken to a hospital by
Legos
Neighbor Troy noticed this awesome version [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151652121182631&set=o.143224269148309&type=1&ref=nf] of a local supermarket: > Did you see the Lego Foodtown [http://www.yelp.com/biz/foodtown-brooklyn-2] this weekend at the customer service desk at Foodtown.
Beverley Pizza & Cafe
Beverley Pizza & Cafe [http://www.yelp.com/biz/beverley-pizza-and-cafe-brooklyn] opened the week before last at 358 East 2nd Street, just off of Beverley Road. Like many of the pizza places it joins in the area [http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=pizza&find_loc=Kensington%2C+Brooklyn%
All you late night subway riders are used to this by now, right? For those who haven’t experienced it yet, here’s how the changes to the G train work this week: > No G trains between Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts and Church Av Late Nights, 11pm to 5am, Monday to
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clowns
Gives a new meaning to scarecrow. Spotted in a garden on East 3rd Street. Notice anything unusual in a local garden? Send your Kensington photos to editor@kensingtonbk.com and we’ll post them on the site. Find us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/KensingtonBk], Twitter [https://www.facebook.
Looking for something to do in the neighborhood this weekend? No need to travel too far for these events: Saturday, May 18• The Brooklyn Half Marathon [/transportation/road-closures-for-brooklyn-half-marathon-on-saturday] runs through our area this morning. • The Great GoogaMooga [/blog/art-music/googamooga-the-revenge] descends on Prospect Park all weekend. • Learn about the teacher