Announcements
1. Best Halloween decorations in Brooklyn. 2. Massive houses means massive yard sales. Via Facebook3. Same weekend as the open studios in the neighborhood [/tour-local-artist-studios-in-ditmas-park-this-weekend/].
Central Brooklyn
‘Tis the season for the spooky and scary. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6V2oCX3Hn4]However, deals that will knock you dead are a year-round special that BKLYNER specializes in. Scroll down to descend into damned good deals. Greenwood Cemetery [/?s=greenwood+cemetery]is home to many of Brooklyn’s
Central Brooklyn
Checking out the changing face of Downtown Brooklyn at 80 Hanson Place (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Gotham Market At The Ashland Up For Interior Design Award [http://nyrej.com/gotham-org-s-gotham-market-at-the-ashland-named-a-finalist-for-a-fx-international-interior-design-award]
Central Brooklyn
PS889/IS890 on Coney Island AvenueKENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK – It’s getting to be the end of October soon, mornings are getting darker, and getting to school will become an even bigger challenge to students at the new PS889 / IS890 on Coney Island Avenue. We’ve written about the issues surrounding
Announcements
BROOKLYN – Any young patron who has been unable to borrow books due to outstanding fines – here’s some good news. All of the city’s public libraries, including Brooklyn Public Library, are forgiving all outstanding fines and fees on items borrowed and not returned in a one day amnesty to
Arts & Culture
It officially feels like fall outside—perfect weather for a harvest festival at the Brooklyn Navy Yard! Prefer to stay in and cozy up with a good book? Then the Park Slope and Cortelyou Libraries’ book sales can help you find some good reads. There are also two great opportunities
Central Brooklyn
CENTRAL BROOKLYN – Police are seeking two teens for a pair of brazen cell phone thefts along the 2 train last Friday. Around 11:00 am on Friday, October 13, the thieves snatched a phone from the hands of a 32-year old male entering the Sterling Street subway station in Prospect
Arts & Culture
Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Flatbush-Artists-Studio-Tour-309055422518941/]DITMAS PARK – Check out “contemporary artists in Victorian Flatbush” this weekend at the 2017 Flatbush Artists Studio Tour [http://www.flatbushartists.org/]. Visitors will have the chance to meet 29 participating local artists in their homes and studios—many of which are located
Animals
Nothing like a live bull chase around Brooklyn. Excitement stared around 11am this morning with reports of a cow (later revised by authorities to – Bull) loose in Borough park. BREAKING: Loose Cow Being Chased in Brooklyn @NYPDnews [https://twitter.com/NYPDnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Chasing the cow requesting @NYPDSpecialops
Central Brooklyn
Park Slope Spooks (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. 29-Year-Old Former Investment Banker Challenges Yvette Clarke For District 9 Congressional Seat [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/nyregion/adem-bunkeddeko-city-politics-envigorate.html]
Central Brooklyn
Via Prospect Park AllianceProspect Park Alliance [http://www.prospectpark.org] invites all local ghosts and ghouls to the 38th Annual Halloween Haunted Walk and Fair [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-in-prospect-park-tickets-37397260212?utm_source=Bklynrad&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Halloween_2017&utm_term=Oct2017] ! Taking place Saturday,
Arts & Culture
Founder Dee Poku welcomes the audience of female entrepreneurs at The Other Festival in downtown Brooklyn Saturday. The two-day Festival is a culmination of all-female panels, workshops, vendors and musical performances. (Photo Kalen Goodluck/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN—Growing up, Asmau Ahmed was on a quest to find her mother a