Central Brooklyn
(Photo via NYPL)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Simcha Felder Tells Fellow Rogue Democrats to Rejoin the Party Fold. [New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/24/nyregion/simcha-felder-
Arts & Culture
Gorshkov addresses the crowd at the first ever Russian- speaking pride parade last Saturday. (Photo: Brandon Cuicchi)Lyosha Gorshkov taught LGBTQ and gender studies at Russia’s Perm State University. He was an openly gay professor and activist. In 2014, he was forced to leave Russia after he was publicly
Business
(Courtesy Twitter/ReachNow [https://twitter.com/reachnow/status/856562079561601026])With the weather warming and Memorial Day weekend fast approaching, now is the time to treat yourself to a Mini vacation… or a BMW staycation, if you prefer. Just in time for summer, ReachNow [https://reachnow.com/en/brooklyn-ny/], an
Business
> Last night was beyond our wildest dreams, thank you to all the friends and family that came out. We built this for you. Photocred: @rayceejones [https://www.instagram.com/p/BUdMhQ1BC7m/] A post shared by @thecommissionerbk on May 23, 2017 at 6:11pm PDT Last night was the soft
Central Brooklyn
222 East 21st Street. (Rendering via New Empire Real Estate Development)A nine-story, 115-unit mixed-use building could rise at 222 East 21st Street between Church Avenue and Albemarle Road, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/05/revealed-nine-story-115-unit-mixed-use-building-filed-at-
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsRamadan is right around the corner… seriously, it begins this Saturday May 27th at sunrise! During the 30-day holy month of fasting, observant Muslims will not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. Here are some interesting events to consider this Ramadan (and we have added
Bensonhurst
Savarese Italian Pastry Shoppe, at the corner of New Utrecht Avenue and 60th Street. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Savarese Italian Pastry Shop, a staple of Bensonhurst’s Italian dessert scene, is celebrating it’s 100 year anniversary next year. We’ve already named Savarese one of the five best
Arts & Culture
Founder and Artistic Director Baba Chuck Davis enters with Artistic Director Designate Abdel R. Salaam (left) at DanceAfrica 2015: Brazilian rhythms, African roots at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, New York, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (Photograph © 2015 Jack Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos)Just days before DanceAfrica [http://www.bam.org/
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Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Mike Wright, Midwood-Flatbush News [https://www.facebook.com/midwoodnewsnet/])Shortly after 4 pm, gunshots were heard outside the Brooklyn College campus near Campus Road and Amersfort Place. The police have apprehended two individuals, NYPD confirmed. > Update: heavy NYPD activity near the Brooklyn college after police responded
Animals
Just making sure you’re recycling: /wp-content/uploads/2017/05/video-1495247917.mp4Neighbor Sandra Petraglia-Rossier spotted this raccoon the other day near 7 th Avenue on St. John’s Place. Here are a few more local raccoons for your viewing pleasure: Photo by Tom PrendergastNeighbor Tom Prendergast saw
Central Brooklyn
Coney Island Avenue & Avenue O, May 21 at 7pm. (Photo by Mike Wright [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10211646942786348&set=pcb.10211646944626394&type=3&theater] )On Sunday evening May 21, an elderly couple was struck by a car at Coney Island Avenue and Avenue
Central Brooklyn
It’s too often the case that we Flatbushers (Flatbushnicks? Flatbushians?) are unaware of some stellar resources available to us right in our own neighborhood. Maybe even on our own block. Sure, we notice those quaint signs for doctors, dentists, or psychiatrists outside stately Victorians along tree-lined streets. But