Central Brooklyn
Hankering for a cool new spot to eat in Prospect Heights or Prospect Lefferts Gardens? Here’s a few relatively new restaurants—around long enough to both iron out opening issues and for the “if you’re not first you’re last” foodies to have come and gone—that are
Animals
Cock-a-doodle-doo! That’s not a sound Brooklynites are familiar with. After all, we wake up to alarm clocks, trains passing by, or cars honking in traffic. But that very sound was heard in Kensington just yesterday morning. And it wasn’t the first time. In 2014, a Ditmas Park resident
camps
Some kids — and parents — prefer a summer of family-led Brooklyn exploration over traditional summer camps. So we’ve put together a list of museums, beaches, and trails to explore. Additionally, check out unique Brooklyn activities while you’re out, like the most creative ice cream [/ten-amazing-ice-cream-shops-brooklyn/] shops, the last remaining
Central Brooklyn
BKLYNER received four awards at the 15th Annual Ippies Journalism Awards at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism last night. We were awarded first place for investigative and in-depth reporting, first place and third place for social issues reporting and 2nd place for overall site design. Carly Miller and awards.
bath beach
Here are the top 16 reasons for signing your child up for traditional Brooklyn summer camps. Indoor/Outdoor Facilities These five summer camps have their own, private facilities that include swimming pools. (Photo via Marks JCH)Marks JCH Summer Camp [http://www.jchb.org/summer-camps/] Where: 7802 Bay Parkway, 718-943-6343
Bensonhurst
We’ve got to move it, move it! Below are 15 camps that get campers on the court, into the water, or up a wall! Jack (and Jill) of all sports There’s never a dull moment at these sports camps that teach the fundamentals of skating, swimming, baseball, basketball,
Events
Photo via Global Futures GroupAs we all know, Brooklyn, and New York City for that matter, is growing and changing in ways that those who were here before us would never have imagined. Gentrification is causing new tensions. New technologies are bringing jobs to some and displacing others. Bike and
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Locals Surf School (Photo by Andrea Waters)Tweens: too old for summer camp and too young to work. Too old to be babysat, too young to be set free! What is a parent to do? We’ve come up with a variety of ways to keep these young adults entertained
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(Photo by Lindsey Mendollini/Mark Morris Dance Group)Public schools are off the 3rd week of February. To help out our Brooklyn parents, we’ve compiled a list of winter break camps around the borough that still have space. Camp specialties range from athletic play to creative play. Most camps
Police & Fire
This past Sunday night, January 29th, around 8:30pm, an elderly woman was shoved and robbed of her belongings inside a lobby of a residential building near West 33rd and Surf Avenue. The unidentified attacker pushed her from behind causing her to slam her head into a wall, took her
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(Photo via Marks JCH)Are you ready to check off “Summer Camp” from your To Do list? We’ve compiled seven of our favorite summer camps from across the borough that are now taking summer reservations. Many have open houses this upcoming weekend as well as discounts for signing up
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(Photo via Home Run Baseball Camp/facebook)What will your teenager do all summer? Work? Play? Study? Engage in creative and fulfilling activities that give back to the community as well as stand out on a college application form? We’ve compiled a diverse list of 9 programs — some are