Neighbors
Angel and Samantha Sagardia were victims of a dollar van hit-and-run last week. Photo courtesy of Facebook.Last Thursday, Marine Park residents gathered outside the home of Angel Sagardia to honor him after he and his wife, Samantha, were the victims of a hit-and-run at the
Events
(Courtesy: Greenlight Bookstore / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/GreenlightBklyn/photos/a.10150953081450962.489380.70922460961/10150953081485962/?type=1&theater] )Below you’ll find information on events through the week in (and around) Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Friday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event
Arts & Culture
“Creature Of The Black Lagoon.” Photo courtesy of Facebook.Is it truly summer if you haven’t built a sand castle on the beach? Coney Island’s 26th annual sand sculpting competition, presented by Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) and Astella Development Corp, took the classic beach activity to a new
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A rendering of Willoughby Square. (Courtesy: Economic Development Corporation [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/08/an-office-building-at-217-duffield-street-in-downtown-brooklyn-gets-demolished-for-park-and-parking-garage.html] )Downtown Brooklyn is about to experience more development changes. Willoughby Square [http://www.nycedc.com/project/willoughby-
News
Davontay Grace. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office.Former Thomas Jefferson High School [https://www.tjhsst.edu/] basketball star, Davontay Grace, was sentenced to 15 years in prison today for the shooting of his former friend and basketball rival in Sheepshead Bay, Dexter Hopkins, according to Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn
Summer in Prospect Park. (Screenshot via Marshall Curry Productions / Vimeo [https://vimeo.com/178900066])Time to savor the last week of August and that stifling summer heat (hopefully!). Whether you’re looking to see up-and-coming musicians, an outdoor movie, or wind down with some park yoga — this is
Arts & Culture
> amazing @FloggingMolly [https://twitter.com/floggingmolly] show tonight in ConeyIsland! Hope u’re well Bridget! Thx Bob for the Guinness toss at the end pic.twitter.com/xqY0Tyz1Py [https://t.co/xqY0Tyz1Py] — Sean Patrick Murphy (@seanmurphy2012) August 20, 2016 [https://twitter.com/seanmurphy2012/status/766840609487413248] Each country across the
Central Brooklyn
Bedford Avenue and Snyder Avenue. (Screenshot via Google Maps)NYPD officers arrested a 16-year-old suspect for the fatal shooting of Gerald Cummings [/blog/crime/man-shot-death-outside-elementary-school-snyder-avenue/], father and husband, on August 3 near P.S. 6 on Snyder Avenue. Adonis Barnett, 16,
Events
Concrete Timbre will perform A/K/A Benjamin Franklin’s Women on Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm at the Old Stone House. (Photo via Concrete Timbre/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/concretetimbre/photos/a.10150650402329865.392751.356738114864/10154039219599865/?type=3&theater] )The dog days of summer are barking for
Destinations
Pollution at mid-tide.If you’re a South Brooklynite, chances are you’ve passed that beach right at the end of Emmons Avenue. Perhaps you’ve driven by as you enter the Belt Parkway, or biked that path on your way to Fort Tilden. It’s usually unpopulated and
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Carmel Cato lit a candle in his son’s honor. (Photo: Elizabeth Elizalde / Fort Greene Focus)On the 25th anniversary of the 1991 Crown Heights riots Sunday, Brooklynites gathered to commemorate the events that transpired more than two decades ago — when the community witnessed the deaths of a black child
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> Major accident on #Flatbush [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Flatbush?src=hash] Ave in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] #ParkSlope [https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParkSlope?src=hash]. City bus hits motorcycle. Traffic bad. Avoid Flatbush. pic.twitter.com/Z1GgSzA8G1 [https://t.co/Z1GgSzA8G1] — BrooklynDad4Hillary (@mmpadellan) August 20,