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Announcements

Southern Brooklyn To Be Sprayed For Zika And West Nile Viruses Tonight

Photo by James Gathany [https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregonstateuniversity/14954552817/in/photolist-oMtZxx-crPqhh-boBKtp-ArjbGY-6s5HRF-dPqrhU-DXGjZx-3uwXxr-epyiYX-onzPwN-5d2ynS-diAQNB-dPqraQ-83k3Je-5eWeQX-8j7C91-86E1jx-qr2yxb-4my6gQ-f6phpQ-7EYfx2-8qadUy-fLETTr-4jLPaA-aAWitD-cUyB65-oMeJCR-aUew3i-FLppgv-egmpZD-adeXVQ-9dhhvN-EZheF9-9PEepy-fgA2xb-qtgan2-mSgaep-BUw2bB-bBZyhu-596qLU-ddTkCP-9dhhfS-7snHrW-9debF6-bPbAcx-5eFtAu-7riNK8-qhfWSr-6hrFJ5-nwP3sz] .Assuming pesticide-permitting weather, the NYC

Food & Drink

Cherry Hill Gourmet Market Gets Its Three Millionth Customer

From left to right: Theresa Scavo, Lenny Markh, Helene Weinstein, Namik Yevdaev. Jim Markson, and Lucille Guiterrez. Photo via Raisa Chernina.Cherry Hill Gourmet Market [/?s=cherry+hill], located at 1901 Emmons Ave, celebrated its three millionth customer today. Jim Markson was the lucky customer who got his groceries for

Food & Drink

Under The Radar: The Search For A Good Indian Place

How new can an old reliable be? (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Everyone has an under-the-radar favorite restaurant. It’s usually a nondescript storefront with not too many seats and a steady delivery business, right? Kitchen Grill Indian Restaurant [http://www.kitchengrillindian.com/] (914a Fulton Street between Washington Avenue

Food & Drink

ZuZu Ramen Says ‘Sayonara’ Soon After Sister Restaurant Sheep Station Says ‘G’Day’

ZuZu Ramen in July 2013. (Photo by Park Slope Stoop)“All good things come to an end” was the short and simple Facebook post by ZuZu Ramen [https://www.facebook.com/zuzu.ramen.9], a noodle shop which has been at 173 4th Avenue at Degraw Street since May 2009.

Bensonhurst

11 Brooklyn Zip Codes To Be Sprayed For Zika And West Nile Viruses Tonight

Assuming pesticide-permitting weather, the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) will be spraying key mosquito breeding locations in a variety of residential Brooklyn zip codes beginning tonight, from 10 p.m. till 6 a.m. The intent is to reduce the number of mosquitos and subsequently the risk

Bensonhurst

Catching Up With District 47 Council Member Mark Treyger

Council Member Mark Treyger at Coney Island. Photo by Hannah FrishbergWe were able to catch up with Council Member Mark Treyger [http://council.nyc.gov/d47/html/members/home.shtml] today, chatting with the District 47 Council Member about everything from the upcoming elections this November to his neighborhood’s

Announcements

Manhattan Beach Community Group Meeting Tonight

Photo via Google MapsThe Manhattan Beach Community Group is back from summer break, and is holding a meeting tonight. The meeting will take place at P.S. 195, 131 Irwin St, at 7:30pm. The agenda includes catching up on all that has happened since the last MCBG meeting in

News

The Down-Low: Free Food Tonight At Brooklyn Bazaar!, Ride The NYPL Rollercoaster, And More

Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Down-Low is our new round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Brooklyn Bazaar’s Restaurant Brooklyn Star is having a tasting party with free food and everyone’s invited. (Wed, 9/21) [Greenpointers

Central Brooklyn

Map Of The Week: Town Of Flatbush, 1842

Courtesy: Brooklyn Historical Society[This story was updated with additional information at 4:30pm, 9/21/16.] On a recent visit to the historic Lefferts family homestead in Prospect Park, I saw this map of the town of Flatbush in 1842. The map is intriguing for a variety of reasons.

Food & Drink

Dining Review – Break-in Edition: We Paid Lotus And Mezcal’s A Visit After A Burglar Did The Same

Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop“He broke it open with a hammer.” It’s not your normal afternoon lunch conversation, but this hasn’t been your normal week [/blog/crime/updated-5th-avenue-restaurant-break-ins-burglar-pilfers-lotus-sandwiches-less-successful-at-mezcals-mexican-photos/] for two 5th Avenue restaurants. Joyce Li of Lotus Vietnamese Sandwiches [http://www.lotusvietnamesesandwiches.com/] (229 5th

Police & Fire

72 Year-Old Woman Beaten And Robbed

Photo via DCPIPolice are looking for the man behind the robbery of a 72 year-old woman that took place last week on Tuesday, September 13. The woman was standing at the corner of Avenue T and East 2 Street at around 11am when the suspect came up to her from

Business

Retail Complex Could Be Coming To Bedford & Tilden Avenues

2351 Bedford Avenue, possible future site of the “Bedford Tilden”. (Photo via Google Maps)A 1930s era brick building just east of Flatbush Avenue is being turned into a local retail hub. At least that’s the plan. Bedford Tilden Associates, the owners of 2351 Bedford Avenue (at Tilden Avenue)

Business

Retail Complex Could Be Coming To Bedford & Tilden Avenues

2351 Bedford Avenue, possible future site of the “Bedford Tilden”. (Photo via Google Maps)A 1930s era brick building just east of Flatbush Avenue is being turned into a local retail hub. At least that’s the plan. Bedford Tilden Associates, the owners of 2351 Bedford Avenue (at Tilden Avenue)

Arts & Culture

Art Slope Festival Review: Brooklyn’s Big Tent Show At ShapeShifter Lab

Brooklyn’s Big Tent Show was part of Art Slope’s Opening Night Party at ShapeShifter Lab. (Photo by Mishele Begun)Is Brooklyn too big to play host to a small-town art festival? Not if Art Slope [http://www.artslope.nyc/] has anything to say about it. Last weekend kicked

Food & Drink

Dining Review: Factory Cafe Is A Delicious Addition To The Neighborhood

Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.This rustic Mediterranean restaurant just opened last weekend and it has the makings of a great local hangout. The decor at Factory Cafe, at 1724 Sheepshead Bay Rd, is industrial with a wide open dining floor, and a loft area with tables where diners

Arts & Culture

Ditmas Park’s Patrick Breiner — Bringing Light & Love To The World Through Music

Battle Trance in the woods. (Photo courtesy of the band)“When Travis LaPlante invited you to be in a quartet with three other saxophones,” I asked Ditmas Park saxophonist Patrick Breiner [http://breinersounds.tumblr.com/], “what was your first thought?” “Yes,” said Breiner, simply. “ I had no expectations of what

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Southern Brooklyn To Be Sprayed For Zika And West Nile Viruses Tonight

Cherry Hill Gourmet Market Gets Its Three Millionth Customer

Under The Radar: The Search For A Good Indian Place

ZuZu Ramen Says ‘Sayonara’ Soon After Sister Restaurant Sheep Station Says ‘G’Day’

11 Brooklyn Zip Codes To Be Sprayed For Zika And West Nile Viruses Tonight

Catching Up With District 47 Council Member Mark Treyger

Manhattan Beach Community Group Meeting Tonight

The Down-Low: Free Food Tonight At Brooklyn Bazaar!, Ride The NYPL Rollercoaster, And More

Map Of The Week: Town Of Flatbush, 1842

Dining Review – Break-in Edition: We Paid Lotus And Mezcal’s A Visit After A Burglar Did The Same

72 Year-Old Woman Beaten And Robbed

Retail Complex Could Be Coming To Bedford & Tilden Avenues

Retail Complex Could Be Coming To Bedford & Tilden Avenues

Art Slope Festival Review: Brooklyn’s Big Tent Show At ShapeShifter Lab

Dining Review: Factory Cafe Is A Delicious Addition To The Neighborhood

Ditmas Park’s Patrick Breiner — Bringing Light & Love To The World Through Music