Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Caton Market. (Photo: Jeff Reuben)1.) Flatbush Caton Market [http://www.flatbushcatonmarket.com/index.html] Date: Saturday, February 20th, 10am — 8pm; and Sunday, February 21st, 10am — 6pm Location: Flatbush and Caton Avenues Cost: Free Stop by and visit Flatbush’s open air market with a special focus on Caribbean
Central Brooklyn
(Chinese New Year celebration on 8th Avenue, Brooklyn. Photo: Jole Carliner) Monkeys are smart, curious, innovative, and loveable, with an unruly temper and snotty attitude. This year the moon is in their house. Join the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration this Sunday, February 21st along Eighth Avenue, the borderline between
Animals
Photo: Sean Casey Animal RescueLooking for a new companion? Trixie the dog wants you to snuggle with her! > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153469046071483/?type=3&theater] : > Trixie is a 5 year old pit bull mix. This sweet girl
Central Brooklyn
651 E 21st St # F2 (courtesy of Zillow).Looking for a new place to call home? We’ve rounded up a bunch of intriguing Ditmas Park apartment listings. Take a look at the details, and let us know what you think. Lots of luck and happy hunting! 651 E 21st
Announcements
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke. Photo by Errol Anderson.Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke [https://clarke.house.gov/] and Facebook will be speaking with small businesses –especially those in the African-American community — on Monday morning. Congresswoman Clarke is to be the guest speaker at a free training sponsored by Facebook and the
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerWe received an interesting email from a reader late last night. Something was keeping this resident awake. The reader reported that the City recently replaced the streetlights on East 17th Street (between Newkirk and Ditmas Avenue) with new LED lights. According to Community Board 14, new LED
Announcements
Waiting for food at Smorgasburg last summer in Prospect Park. (Photo: Shannon Geis)There’s more fun — and good eating — to be had in our beautiful backyard this Spring. Smorgasburg [http://www.smorgasburg.com/], a weekly food festival featuring 100 local and regional food vendors and cuisines from around the
Arts & Culture
King Solomon Hicks (Photo: the artist)There aren’t that many musicians who can boast seven years of professional experience before they’ve celebrated their 20th birthday. (Mozart comes to mind, but he hasn’t been gigging much lately.) “King” Solomon Hicks [http://kingsolomonhicks.com/] is another member of that
Central Brooklyn
A concertgoer at the recent Wilco show at Flatbush Avenue’s Kings Theatre [/blog/art-music/concert-review-wilco-rocks-star-wars-seriously-at-the-kings-theatre/] received a very surprising letter after losing his wallet there. Reilly Flaherty, 28, who returned to the Kings Theatre the same night after discovering his wallet was missing on Saturday, February 6th, never found
Central Brooklyn
Rutland Road in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. (Photo: Google Maps)The battle over gentrification and displacement has boiled to a head in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens/North Flatbush. The early February removal of Tim Thomas, who chaired the transportation committee of the local community board, CB 9, has sparked more heated conversation about who
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Chad MurrayPropellerhead, a new restaurant and bar coming to Coney Island Avenue, says that it is back on track toward opening its doors. Propellerhead, which is supposed to be opening shortly at 752 Coney Island Avenue, now has the proper City permits needed for its electric work and
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerA young man was shot yesterday in the 70th Precinct in what police think was a random act of violence. A 19-year-old man was shot around 5pm yesterday as he walked southbound on Ocean Avenue near Church Avenue. He then collapsed in the lobby of 550 Ocean