cats for adoption
Mr. Myrtle, the freckle-nosed feline [/blog/2014/11/19/mr-myrtle-needs-home/] currently (but not ideally!) being housed at Who’s Your Doggy [http://doggybk.com/], still looks to be in need of a home–the shop posted about him again [https://www.facebook.com/yourdoggy/photos/a.476496304569.262656.243671709569/10152860966299570/
“It’s better to give than to receive,” the old saying goes. This adage may be slightly less true when it comes to “receiving gifts” (see: buying yourself a little something nice) from the Fort Greene General Store [http://fortgreenegeneralstore.com]–but luckily for you, the two don’t have
Below you’ll find weekend subway service changes in Brooklyn for the A, C, G, B, Q, D, N, R, 2, 3, 4, and 5 lines, plus the Franklin Avenue shuttle and some notes on changes in other boroughs. Check back Monday to see what’s happening next week. Changes
Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/15708379776]. Share photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the site. Also, like us on Facebook
Mr. Myrtle hasn’t had it easy as of late–besides being initially mistaken [https://www.facebook.com/yourdoggy/posts/10152859049284570] for a pregnant female cat [https://www.facebook.com/yourdoggy/posts/10152859202779570], the handsome chunker is currently in limbo at Who’s Your Doggy [http://doggybk.com] (197 Adelphi
lunch
Two more restaurant options have recently become available to Fort Greene and Clinton Hill residents seeking a tasty midday meal–Marietta [http://www.bcrestaurantgroup.com/marietta#/id/i5330684] (285 Grand Avenue between Clifton and Lafayette) and Black Forest Brooklyn [http://www.blackforestbrooklyn.com/] (733 Fulton Street between South Elliott Place
doris
Were you enjoying libations with a pal near Franklin this weekend, then decided to return to the watering hole on your own? If you sensed a little something between you and a local lady, well, good news! Via a Craigslist post [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/mis/4760655296.html] titled
fort greene
Strollin’ and strummin’, captured by daleseat [http://instagram.com/p/vZ4B3qqqCa/?modal=true]. Share photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the site. Also, like us
Arts & Culture
When it comes to their feelings on filming in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, neighbors haven’t been shy with us–or any other outlets. While over 40% of respondents [/blog/2014/10/02/the-intern-comes-to-fort-greene-tomorrow-as-filming-moratorium-is-issued-in-clinton-hill/] to a recent poll on our site indicated locals’ thorough discontentment with area shoots, more
Politics
New York City will invest $140 million to bring a Brooklyn Navy Yard [http://brooklynnavyyard.org] building up to snuff for manufacturing purposes, increasing the workforce on the property by nearly 50%, according to Crain’s [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141117/REAL_ESTATE/141119861/city-to-invest-140m-in-brooklyn-navy-yard] . With Comptroller Scott Stringer
car crashes
A man has died after being hit by a car at the intersection of Dekalb Avenue and the Flatbush Avenue Extension, police say. Cops responded to a call of a pedestrian struck at 7:47pm yesterday (Monday, November 17), arriving to find 34-year-old Latchman Singh unresponsive in a crosswalk. Singh,
“Now that’s the number of boxes I slept in today, minus the number of red dots I chased, divided by the number of things I thought were mice but were actually just leaves…” Photo by Who’s Your Doggy [https://www.facebook.com/yourdoggy/photos/a.429243494569.233229.243671709569/