camps
(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
Arts & Culture
(Photo via Chelsea Symphony/facebook)The Chelsea Symphony [http://chelseasymphony.org] will premiere Song of Zippy, an orchestral work by Ditmas Park composer Tim Kiah, on Friday, January 27. The piece, inspired by the passing of Kiah’s dog, draws on themes and techniques not often associated with classical music.
Business
1446 Fulton Street on January 20. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The stage is set for the Fulton Ale House [https://www.facebook.com/fultonalehousebklyn/], a sports pub slated to open next week in Bed-Stuy, run by a well-loved Ditmas Park bar crew. Co-owner Diana King and her husband Mike
Arts & Culture
(Photo via The Alamo Drafthouse/Facebook [https://drafthouse.com/theater/downtown-brooklyn])It’s cold. It’s wet. Perfect weather to stay in and watch old movies, or hunker down in an arty theater and watch critically-acclaimed ones. To fuel your week, we’ve put together a list of top film
Kids & Family
Prospect Park on Saturday, Jan 21. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)This weekend, Inauguration Day events [http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-inauguration-highlights/], galas [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/inaugural-balls-the-good-the-bad-and-the-american-carnage-of-last-nights-parties/2017/01/21/6c9d974e-df98-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html?utm_term=.e442412cd6dd] , and protests [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/
Opinion
(Photo via plasticbagpics [https://www.instagram.com/p/5--WBGJglN/?taken-by=plasticbagpics]/instagram)We just can’t seem to agree on how to go about using plastic bags in Brooklyn. Many commenters north of Prospect Park seem to be all for the 5 cent bag fee. But south of the park
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News
(Photo by Martin Friedman)A 23-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested on Monday after crashing a stolen car into a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens brownstone and trying to dash away from the scene. Police pulled over Anthony Hurry for a minor traffic infraction on Flatbush Avenue near Parkside Avenue around 10am, said cops.
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BKLYNERStrong winds and two to three inches of rain is not a fun way to start the week, but it is what’s forecast for Monday. If you live in a low-lying and/or poor drainage area, you should be ready for some flooding and protect your property accordingly. The
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This series is brought to you by Movers not Shakers [http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43Mq982VfD3B88rByZMW1qMCsg56dF8-f6JZ3Md02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moversnotshakers.com%2F&si=4690707457769472&pi=15ff7d6a-7568-4198-f06a-0f93469f56f0] . Southern Brooklyn has many perks, but the biggest and best is that you can actually find some space
News
Metropolitan Detention Center on 2nd Avenue via Google Street ViewJoaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious Mexican drug lord whose net worth is estimated at well over $1 billion [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3168750/The-Rich-Kids-Cartel-Mexico-drugs-lord-El-Chapo-s-blinged-children-fabulous-wealth-flash-cars-guns-Paris-Hilton-selfies-pet-lions.html] , may now be residing in Brooklyn. Unlike many expats in Brooklyn, El Chapo
Police & Fire
Yesterday, Midwood resident Akhror Saidakhmetov, 21, pled guilty to conspiring to provide material support to the foreign terrorist organization ISIL (the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, according to the United States Department of Justice. Saidakhmetov was one of six young men charged with aiding a Brooklyn-based terrorism ring
camps
(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