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Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Subway Ceiling Tumbles Down at Borough Hall Stop, Concerned Citizens Suspect Fowl Play Over Seven Missing Swans & More

A very good boy on a skateboard in Coney Island last weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Earlier this week, Crown Height’s tenants rallied to protest the sale of their building [https://patch.com/new-york/prospectheights/slumlords-tenants-fear-pending-sale-means-gentrification] from the current slumlord owner to a major investment company amid fear of gentrification.

Arts & Culture

Weekend Art Events: June 22-24 (DreamStreet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dream Abundantly & More)

There’s something for everyone this weekend—as you’ll see from our massive list of events—from Shakespeare, musicals, funny drawings, live figure drawing, a queer art party, the Central Brooklyn Arts & Culture Walk, and so much more. Feel like shopping for some cool, locally-crafted goods? Then check

Carroll Gardens

District 15 middle schools may eliminate academic “screening” in effort to integrate

The education department launched a community engagement effort in District 15 as parents, educators and activists try to devise a plan to address segregation in the Brooklyn district. By Christina VeigaBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/] PARK SLOPE – In a Brooklyn district where middle schools are sharply divided

Bed Stuy

“The World Needs More Heroes” — What An Actual Summer Camp Teaches Kids

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerPROSPECT PARK – Crystal Bobb-Semple, known as Persephone, is the founder of Camp Half-Blood, [http://camphalfbloodbklyn.com] a summer camp based on the Percy Jackson books for kids who have big imaginations. We spoke on a hot summer Tuesday, both of us seated on beach chairs using the

Announcements

Four schools will pilot kosher and halal school lunches next year

CENTRAL BROOKLYN – Parents across Brooklyn have been working for years with local schools to make school lunches available to their children [/after-hundreds-of-petition-signatures-lobbying-for-community-support-parents-win-battle-for-a-healthier-menu-at-ps-217-ditmas-park/] who follow kosher or halal diets at home. We wrote back in 2015, about parents at PS217, a large, diverse elementary school on Coney Island Avenue, who won

Announcements

“The Kitchen” Filming Through Friday in Gravesend, “Crashing” in Ditmas Park

The mob drama called “The Kitchen” is filming around Avenue U, 86th, West 12th – a number of blocks have been blocked off by the cones in the area. Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss, play the wives of jailed Irish gangsters. After their husbands get locked up, the wives

Central Brooklyn

Two Men Charged With Assault in Hate Crime Attack on Rabbinical Student

The hate crime took place as a 22-year rabbinical student was making his way from the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – Two men who attacked a Jewish rabbinical student in Crown Heights earlier this year have been charged with assault

Central Brooklyn

Today’s Links: Toxic Algae Blooms in Prospect Park Lake, Fort Greene Neighbors Get Smoked Out & More

Prospect Park’s Long Meadow on a clear Sunday afternoon (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Despite the sunny weekend perfect for park visits, it looks the like the toxic algae bloom is back in Prospect Park Lake [https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/25/dtg-prospect-park-lake-algae-bloom-2018-06-22-bk.html] for the fifth year running—don’

Announcements

WATCH Bunkeddeko Debate Clarke Tonight on NY1

FLATBUSH, CROWN HEIGHTS, PARK SLOPE – we have a congressional race this year in District 9, currently represented by Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, and the only election date that matters is next week, June 26th. The winner of the Democratic Primary is almost guaranteed victory in November in this heavily Democratic district.

Announcements

Kmart opened at Sears on Beverley on Saturday

FLATBUSH – This past Saturday, June 16th, Sears and Kmart unveiled a new “store-in-a-store” format—a Kmart Convenience store located inside the Sears’ landmarked Brooklyn location [/sears-is-now-a-landmark-ditmas-park/] at 2307 Beverley Road (behind Kings Theater). At 10,000 square feet, the new Kmart convenience store is small for the retailer and focuses

Arts & Culture

Make Music New York Returns Thursday, June 21

Celebrate the summer solstice—the longest day of the year—with the return of Make Music New York [http://www.makemusicny.org/], a festival featuring free concerts in public spaces across New York City. Make Music New York via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/makemusicny/photos/p.10154944456867890/10154944456867890/?type=

Arts & Culture

Celebrate Juneteenth At Weeksville Heritage Center

CROWN HEIGHTS – In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation declared the end of slavery in the U.S., but it wasn’t until June 19, 1865 that the state of Texas announced that all slaves were free. While not officially a national holiday, June 19th or Juneteenth [http://www.juneteenth.com] is