Arts & Culture
Photo by Michelle InciarranoLast Sunday, Ample Hills Creamery [http://www.amplehills.com/] in Gowanus (305 Nevins Street) served adults as well as children a healthy dose of imagination, as well as ice cream. Folks from both nearby neighborhoods and throughout the borough were excited to take part in Roald Dahl
Police & Fire
Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.The police were called to the Nostrand Houses [/?s=nostrand+houses]on this dark and rainy Monday afternoon at around 4:30pm because a toy gun was mistaken for a real one. A reader of ours reached out about a possible shooting, but when
Central Brooklyn
1917 photo of employees at the Defrancisci & Son Macaroni Machines factory at 219 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg. Standing right to left: Joseph DeFrancisci, Ignazio DeFrancisci and Cosimo Alati, and five others. Sitting right to left: unknown, Dominic LoPardo and Joseph Bontempi (with hand under chin). (Image courtesy Brooklyn
Bensonhurst
Spectators watch the Brooklyn Handicap at the Gravesend Race Track in 1904. Photo via Our BK Social [http://ourbksocial.com/the-untold-story-of-brooklyns-historic-racetracks/]From the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s, during Kings County’s brief reign as America’s racing capital [http://www.brooklynology.org/post/2010/07/01/
Events
Photo by Ryan Vaarsi. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/77799978@N00/5744458710/in/photolist-9KBRry-eyD1Az-nVRjwq-81dnit-jq65vt-7GPusm-fjwbq-6v26yB-4ZLSQz-tcopFk-vU9GZA-d96Kfh-7Vga1-4XDZAc-73eBCG-6SMTax-5Bhjek-f8ZMmh-83Zwim-eWTqr-yemdGw-mYLFdE-8x4KRF-73beNH-6SRLAY-SbDKj-mwTgbz-4AD4vH-neqUmn-7dr62x-4SZ2er-73c2Gi-74XC95-EGqCgL-aeEoii-ndJbrn-73zALi-EYw6GU-dqHyED-9mnQMA-82pFb9-ibMgq-sbSXRt-7dr6pv-75AaE6-73KnsL-neHm19-EYw6MU-8PNVdo-3wFY3b] Stay busy this week with this list of things to do in southern B
News
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. –After 30 years, Pete Hamill returns to Brooklyn. [New York Times [http://nyti.ms/2cPER8J]] –Historic and possibly haunted mansion near Navy
Destinations
Photo by Martin SeckThis century-old Brooklyn treasure is the perfect fall weather birthday party destination. Located in Prospect Park’s Children’s Corner, the Prospect Park Carousel is one of its most treasured and beloved family destinations, and the perfect location for children’s birthday parties this fall. A Historic
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Martin SeckThis century-old Brooklyn treasure is the perfect fall weather birthday party destination. Located in Prospect Park’s Children’s Corner, the Prospect Park Carousel is one of its most treasured and beloved family destinations, and the perfect location for children’s birthday parties this fall. A Historic
Bensonhurst
Photo by Martin SeckThis century-old Brooklyn treasure is the perfect fall weather birthday party destinationLocated in Prospect Park’s Children’s Corner, the Prospect Park Carousel is one of its most treasured and beloved family destinations, and the perfect location for children’s birthday parties this fall. A Historic Treasure
Central Brooklyn
This 1920s era two-family home, currently located at 563 Dahill Road, is to be replaced by a three-story building. (Photo via Google Maps)If all goes as planned, a two-family home in Borough Park will be replaced by a condo building with over four times the square footage. The two-story
News
This 1920s era two-family home, currently located at 563 Dahill Road, is to be replaced by a three-story building. (Photo via Google Maps)If all goes as planned, a two-family home in Borough Park will be replaced by a condo building with over four times the square footage. The two-story
Arts & Culture
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopWhen the Oxford University Dictionary [http://www.oed.com/] (O.E.D.) published their ‘F’ and ‘G’ words [http://public.oed.com/history-of-the-oed/] in 1900, they most likely never expected a favorite Brooklyn colloquialism to join the esteemed ranks. But a lot has changed
News
Photo via NYPD.Police are asking for the public’s assistance in apprehending a woman who stole a backpack containing an iPhone, wallet, ID, bank cards, two books, a bible and a journal from a dressing room in the T.J. Maxx at 1630 E 15 St. The incident took
Destinations
Photo by Martin SeckThis century-old Brooklyn treasure is the perfect fall weather birthday party destination. Located in Prospect Park’s Children’s Corner, the Prospect Park Carousel is one of its most treasured and beloved family destinations, and the perfect location for children’s birthday parties this fall. A Historic
Destinations
Photo by Martin SeckThis century-old Brooklyn treasure is the perfect fall weather birthday party destination. Located in Prospect Park’s Children’s Corner, the Prospect Park Carousel is one of its most treasured and beloved family destinations, and the perfect location for children’s birthday parties this fall. A Historic
Education
Millennium Brooklyn High School in Park Slope. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6693537,-73.9795411,3a,75y,83.37h,106.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s43DlZjNKQMr0u59krFw7CA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )Eight Brooklyn schools have made the New York Post’s “top 40 public high