Central Brooklyn
Outside 682 Ocean Avenue. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Multiple gunshots were fired on Ocean Avenue near the Kings Theater on Sunday evening, frightening neighbors who were walking in the area. An unknown person fired five shots into an empty 2008 Honda parked outside of 682 Ocean Avenue, between Albermarle and
Arts & Culture
Carrots at the Coop can be deadly. Gersh Kuntzman, co-creator of ‘Murder at the Food Coop’ and card-carrying Coop member in real life. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)“No veggies were harmed in the making of the show,” says Gersh Kuntzman, in an assuring tone during
Animals
Petey and Paulina (Courtesy of ALR Cares)Meet the cutest dogs around! 2-year-old Petey and Paulina are absolute love bugs — they love to play, then snuggle up for a nap with their favorite person. It’s cuteness overload! At only 16 pounds, they are small dogs and make
Arts & Culture
Photo by Jerry Del PrioreBy Jerry Del Priore Two of the borough’s most prominent fighters, Paulie Malignaggi and Gabriel Bracero, squared off Saturday night in a 10-round welterweight bout at the Barclays Center [/two-boxers-sunset-park-bensonhurst-battle-championship-barclays-center/#.V5-SaJMrI9c] on Showtime Extreme-aired
Events
Comptroller Scott Stringer (Photo via Scott Stringer/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/scottstringernyc/?fref=ts])New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer will host a town hall meeting on Thursday, August 4 at 6:30pm, at the New York Aquarium [https://nyaquarium.com/] to discuss ways to improve City services
Central Brooklyn
Ditmas Park sunset (Photo courtesy nak_bada / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BIagxpNj3iN/?taken-at=251412631])August has arrived, and with cool rainstorms to wash away last week’s stifling July heat. But don’t let the rain keep you indoors, there’s a great event lineup this week
Nonsponsored
(Photo by Carly Miller / Fort Greene Focus)The organization Jews for Racial and Economic Justice [http://jfrej.org/] (JFREJ) held a peaceful rally and march on Thursday, July 28 [/blog/politics/tonight-jews-for-black-lives-action-vigil-to-call-for-police-reform/] , to protest police violence against people of
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanThe NYPD’s 62nd Precinct and 68th Precinct will both be partaking in the National Night Out Against Crime [https://natw.org/] tomorrow night, and each claims to throw the best block party in the borough. The 62nd Precinct’s event will take place on the corner
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Animals
Activist Kelsey Bradley covered in fake blood to protest against lobster cruelty outside Industry City. (Courtsey: kelseynbradley / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BIics-RBhyv/?tagged=lobstersfeelpain])Lobsters have feelings too. A group of animal rights activists disrupted a lobster boiling event at Industry City to call attention to animal
Events
Dee Dee Bridgewater plays Metrotech Commons at 12pm on Thursday, August 4. (Photo via Dee Dee Bridgewater [https://www.facebook.com/dee.bridgewater.9?fref=nf&pnref=story])Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Friday to see
Arts & Culture
Photo courtesy Kings TheatreAs a spectacular summer alternative to “Netflix and chill,” the Alamo Drafthouse is showing a triple feature of the original Star Wars trilogy [https://drafthouse.com/event/star-wars] at the Kings Theater [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] this Sunday, featuring 20th anniversary editions of Star Wars: A
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Bensonhurst
Last week’s heat wave sparked an electrical fire on 13th Avenue and 75th Street in Dyker Heights Friday morning, Con Edison has confirmed. Too many customers having their air conditioners on blast at the same time caused a light pole to rain down sparks on the street corner in