Bensonhurst
Photo by mafioo [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKlWxAWDs2t/?tagged=coneyisland] Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Have an event? Post it on our community calendar [/calendar/]. Don Henley [http://www.ticketmaster.com/don-henley-brooklyn-new-york-09-21-2016/event/1D005081F44D2CFD?artistid=735267&majorcatid=10001&
Nonsponsored
Participatory budgeting in action. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The participatory budgeting process gives New Yorkers the power to decide [http://labs.council.nyc/pb/] how to spend tax dollars in our neighborhoods. Every year, the participatory budgeting (PB) process begins with an idea collection phase, which is facilitated by our
Education
Photo via Facebook/People Need Clothes [https://www.facebook.com/PeopleNeedClothes/photos/bc.Abrlr2U_rkGKYf-SScOCSj7erDnLzXlrOWrHkOsnOgzX7HHuQh0qDoA3TUKSPEL1SKkIj2aH4XFVsdhw7oTW4Qgz9iyYxqENayiNo2ynjuI7iNejDsmw6n0Rgd0fA4vZbrDKT4dCc2uZLpBGGlm7tYRkYXw1MTKhXLy2rJ5WQ2SlLA/757124874346888/?type=1&opaqueCursor=AbplmCkcKzk_qyrl6shZ3Es-U79nlqk9vBdS-z6-D-ELz919nUPGQ8eg7n0Eh9DIcBh3BwXkn31LGQVWCHhqrJascqkbhEACjoCtL4sKi48RhYR55Q4MqoYjC9x-jVBL0lhJJZXerD2qxqaBtlpDeg5iMiy2kpz81MuTGSPbrQZn2qKKW-HGGw_2jBsdHl8gnul
history
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.
Announcements
Participatory budgeting in action. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The participatory budgeting process gives New Yorkers the power to decide [http://labs.council.nyc/pb/] how to spend tax dollars in our neighborhoods. Every year, the participatory budgeting (PB) process begins with an idea collection phase, which is facilitated by our
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.
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-
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
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