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This Sunday is Mother’s Day, and we think you should do something nice for Mom. How about moving to an apartment she’s sure to approve of (and might even guaranty!) (Courtesy Zillow/Linda N Eskander [https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/Gowanus-Brooklyn-New-York-NY/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,
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27 Monroe Place, the second most expensive residential sale in Brooklyn this year (Image by Corcoran via Streeteasy [http://streeteasy.com/building/27-monroe-place-brooklyn])Three well-known and well-heeled men are unloading Brooklyn properties in deals worth millions of dollars. Actor Mark Ruffalo recently sold his lovely 19th-century Carroll Gardens townhouse for
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It’s cherry blossom season! This weekend marks the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Cherry Blossom Festival [/preview-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-cherry-blossom-festival-2017/], better known as Sakura Matsuri. Be sure to head over [https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2017/], but even if you can’t find the time this weekend, be sure to
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Image by Tastes of Brooklyn via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/brooklyntastes/photos/a.550740961661309.1073741825.185988691469873/1266244933444238/?type=3&theater] Take a stroll around Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill tomorrow and sample some seasonal dishes prepared by more than 20 local restaurants. Tastes of Brooklyn [http://tastesofbrooklyn.com/
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Photo by crownsidebk via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BR6ZlY6hQxG/?taken-by=crownsidebk]Here’s the latest for North of the Park. I’m sure we missed some, do let us know: * CLOSED: Plan b, sports bar/restaurant, had its final last call on Saturday, April 1, after nine years
Food & Drink
(Photo by Alexander Gonzales/BKLYNER)Passionate Francophiles shouldn’t settle for Parisian-style bistros serving classic French fare. The growing numbers of French ex-pats in Brooklyn have made sampling France’s diverse regional cuisine more viable. But for Dine In Brooklyn’s Restaurant Week (March 20–30) [/brooklyns-best-bites-budget-dine-brooklyn-back/], four of the
Neighbors
377 Union Street (on left) in Carroll Gardens via Google MapsIs former Trump campaign chairman [http://theslot.jezebel.com/trump-campaign-chairman-paul-manafort-resigns-amidst-re-1785503188] and Russian comrade, Paul Manafort, shacking up in Carroll Gardens? Pardon Me For Asking‘s Katia Kelly recently did some Nancy Drew-worthy sleuthing and uncovered evidence [http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/
Business
Image via doverbrooklyn.com [http://www.doverbrooklyn.com/]As Pardon Me For Asking’s [http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/] Katia Kelly has been diligently reporting, there have recently been several stores opening and closing in and around Carroll Gardens. The neighborhood has had to say a fond farewell to quite a
Arts & Culture
Image via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sunnysredhook/photos/a.285948621570455.1073741828.282871245211526/478055812359734/?type=3&theater] The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Quirky Red Hook Bar Sunny’s is Saved Again. [New York Times
Food & Drink
7-Up Shrimp. (Photo by Michael Tulipan)While Carroll Gardens certainly doesn’t lack in restaurants, there is a definite dearth of options for Filipino food in the neighborhood. The recent opening of f.o.b. [http://www.fobbrooklyn.com/] (271 Smith Street between Degraw and Sackett Streets) by Armando Litiatco
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Katia Kelly’s blog Pardon Me For Asking has been documenting Carroll Gardens and Gowanus for over a decade. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)First, bookmark the blog Pardon Me For Asking [http://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/]. There’s something rather meta-journalistic about Katia Kelly’s role as the