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You can help spruce up Fort Greene Park on May 21. (Courtesy Instagram/MyrtleAveBk)Here’s a roundup of press releases and other mishegoss that came through the mailbox and deserves a mention: * The Myrtle Avenue Partnership will convert over 40 tree beds into sidewalk gardens as part of its
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Watching a performer at the Flatbush Avenue Street Fair from the steps of the historic Dutch Reformed Church. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/] announced the launch of a new podcast, Flatbush + Main [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/blog/2016/04/24/flatbush-main-podcast-intro/], this
City Kid Corner
We’ve all been there. Weeks of tween crises, toddler meltdowns, work pressures, and just those everyday stressors of life in the city have built up and pushed Mama to the brink. Sometimes you just have to get away. Luckily, those of us living in NYC don’t have to
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Photo via Brooklyn Historical Society [https://www.instagram.com/p/_ZsPtnLOyH/?taken-by=brooklynhistory].Via the Brooklyn Historical Society: > This Photo of the Week depicts a holiday display above the Williamsburgh Savings Bank entrance at One Hanson Place, sometime around 1956. This photograph comes from the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Building
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Photo by Kristy Leibowitz.History. Internships. Expanding horizons. Hands-on experience. Small businesses. Learning about the real world. All of these things/lessons and more were cited by this year’s “Teen Innovators [http://teeninnovatorsbldg92.tumblr.com/]” as things they learned and wanted to learn from the annual program sponsored by
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Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams presented honorary checks to organizations that are helping to build the “Brooklyn brand” throughout the borough. (Photo Credit: Malcolm McDaniel/Brooklyn BP’s Office)A massive windfall in funds is coming in 2016 to dozens of Brooklyn cultural institutions and libraries thanks to an
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There is much happening at the Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/] in the next couple of weeks, including a program that’s free for everyone and others that are free for members of BHS or Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com/]. Here are some of our favorite upcoming
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Photo by John Morrell, via the Brooklyn Historical Society [http://brooklynhistory.pastperfect-online.com/35872cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=81DF84ED-072D-4715-AEEA-766741999874;type=102] Looking at this Brooklyn Historical Society photo [http://brooklynhistory.pastperfect-online.com/35872cgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=81DF84ED-072D-4715-AEEA-766741999874;type=102] taken in September 1958 of the south side
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The recent dreary weather has us daydreaming about spring in Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/] — the picnics, the lazing about, the dogs and children and frisbee tossing! To remind us all what’s just around the corner (we hope), we’ve gathered some great old photos from Brooklyn Visual
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There’s much happening in and around the neighborhood this week, from a meeting of the Brooklyn Public Philosophers tonight, a celebration of the first anniversary of Bar Chord’s music trivia night [https://www.facebook.com/events/675772522530531] and a wine tasting at Lea [/blog/food/beer-flights-free-candy-castello-plans-trick-treat-party-tonight-partner] tomorrow evening,
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It’s cooler today, but you might have seen kids (and maybe some adults) playing in open fire hydrants in the neighborhood yesterday, the hottest day of the year so far. This week’s Throwback Thursday shows children cooling off on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Ryerson Street, called
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Don’t wait until the weekend for a little neighborhood fun! Here’s a few of the Halloween-themed events that are already popping up in our area through Wednesday: Strangers On A Train [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=623437691040883&set=a.210720245645965.63139.123603044357686&type=1&