City Kid Corner
Courtesy Kings Bay Y [https://www.facebook.com/kingsbayy/photos/a.1016943895001735.1073742085.123854750977325/1016944825001642/?type=3&theater] Purim is almost upon us, and if you’re looking for family carnivals and activities here in Brooklyn, we’ve got six events full of Purim fun that you won’t
Announcements
Come Together — to celebrate 50 years of the most influential band in rock and roll history, The Beatles! The Broadway smash hit RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles makes its Brooklyn debut for a limited engagement run on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5 at the beautifully restored Kings
Announcements
Come Together — to celebrate 50 years of the most influential band in rock and roll history, The Beatles! The Broadway smash hit RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles makes its Brooklyn debut for a limited engagement run on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5 at the beautifully restored Kings
Central Brooklyn
Rutland Road in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. (Photo: Google Maps)The battle over gentrification and displacement has boiled to a head in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens/North Flatbush. The early February removal of Tim Thomas, who chaired the transportation committee of the local community board, CB 9, has sparked more heated conversation about who
Arts & Culture
The legendary L’Amour [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27amour_%28venue%29] marquee, circa 1988 (image courtesy of Alex Kayne).Often hailed by its following as “The Rock Capital of Brooklyn,” L’Amour was a staple of hard rock/heavy metal [/bensohurst-hard-core-metal-destination/#.Vr67cvIrLIU]acts of the 1980s and 1990s.
Announcements
After that big dump of snow have you been dreaming of ocean waves crashing on a sandy shore? We’ve got a perfect show to help you keep that dream alive. One of the greatest bands in rock and roll history, The Beach Boys, visit Brooklyn for an intimate performance
Announcements
After that big dump of snow have you been dreaming of ocean waves crashing on a sandy shore? We’ve got a perfect show to help you keep that dream alive. One of the greatest bands in rock and roll history, The Beach Boys, visit Brooklyn for an intimate performance
Business
Maybe it’s the Gowanus water that’s spurring the opening of a series of small studios in that area geared towards making our community fit, mindful, and healthy. A toxic cleanse, or sorts. Back in October, Maryam Zadeh opened her HIIT Box Studio [/blog/business/get-inside-hiit-box-fierce-trainer-maryam-zadeh/] (527 Carroll Street,
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
Arts & Culture
Thanks to a grant from the NYC Department of Education’s Arts for English Language Learners (ELL) and Students With Disabilities [http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/teachlearn/arts/Partnerships/ArtsELLs+SWD_RFP_2015-16.pdf] program, the kids of PS 124 [https://www.facebook.com/ps124pta/?fref=ts&ref=br_
Nonsponsored
Cars parked on Voorhies Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)It’s no secret that residents in Sheepshead Bay are fierce guardians of their neighborhood parking spaces. Numerous development plans have died in front of the community board [/community-board-rejects-development-plans-avenue-v/] when the proposals failed to include enough spots. And the community
Nonsponsored
410 7th Avenue (Courtesy Compass [https://www.compass.com/listing/410-7th-avenue-unit-4f-brooklyn-ny-11215/33acf1ba4e6b410264c15cbbe6e0729c97349f11/?origin=synd] )It’s time to take a peek inside some of the properties that have recently hit the Brooklyn real estate market. If you’re searching for private roof decks, Park views, or open layouts – all for