Central Brooklyn
Courtesy of The New American Academy Charter SchoolIn 2013 The New American Academy Charter School (TNAACS) [http://www.tnaacs.org] opened our doors in East Flatbush, NY to provide school choice to families with students in elementary school. Our mission to “Empower learners, Inspire Leaders to make this a better
Central Brooklyn
If you are curious which neighborhoods paid the most in parking tickets, RentHop just released a report and data visualization [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/nyc-parking-tickets-down-2016-manhattan-averages-10-tickets-per-household] based on Open NYC Data, comparing the tickets issued and paid by neighborhood over the last two fiscal years. Revenue from all tickets
Arts & Culture
Flatbush Jewish Center. (Photo by Carly Miller)Inspired by a growing number of New York synagogues showcasing musical performances, guitarist and composer Yoshie Fruchter [https://www.yoshiefruchter.com] launched Church Avenue Sessions, a monthly series of concerts at Kensington’s Flatbush Jewish Center. The debut performance on Thursday features two
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A former teacher accused of groping five girls at a Ditmas Park public school agreed to a guilty plea on Monday – and then quickly changed his mind. Omil Carrasquillo, 38, is being tried at State Supreme Court in Brooklyn on charges [http://brooklynda.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/carrasquillo_omil_
Arts & Culture
some local Jewish organizations got a jump on it this past Sunday with a raucous carnival and protest parade. The event, hosted by The Aftselakhis Spectacle Committee [http://spectaclecommittee.org/], Jews for Racial & Economic Justice [http://jfrej.org/], the Workmen’s Circle [https://circle.org/], and Kolot Chayeinu/Voices
camps
Photo provided by ConstructionKidsConstructionKids’ Week Long Summer Camps [http://constructionkids.com/summer-camp-2017/] are known for the dynamic projects that campers build. We teach safe, appropriate tool usage, along with drawing, painting, and creative play. We aim to foster each child’s confidence in their skills at designing, making, repairing, and
Announcements
Sheepshead Bay Councilman Chaim Deutsch [http://council.nyc.gov/district-48/] has made it easier for all drivers involved in a car collission to get the accident reports necessary to file insurance claims. While previously the only way to get an accident report was to turn up at the precinct in
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New York and North Carolina are the remaining two states to prosecute [https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/03/03/the-17-year-old-adults#.u2iVYIzpw] 16- and 17-year-old criminal offenders as adults, regardless of the level of the offense. The cut-off age for Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin is 17.
News
Indulgent breakfast at George’s, Coney Island Avenue at Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Dina Rabiner)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign
Announcements
With very short notice, neighbors and community members are encouraged to attend an informational meeting tomorrow, Saturday, March 4 at 11am at 1173 Bergen Street (between Brooklyn and New York Avenues) in Crown Heights addressing a homeless shelter proposed to open on the site on March 15. In response to
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News
A fog-infused night at Brooklyn College. (Photo via Brooklyn College/instagram) The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Where To Eat The City’s Best Hamentashen In Celebration Of Purim. [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2017/03/