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Maple Street Community Garden Launches Fresh Food Box Program

MSCG members. Arlene Roberts, first row, far left; Bayla Gottesman, second row, third from left. Courtesy of Kate Milford.This Saturday, Prospect-Lefferts Garden’s Maple Street Community Garden (MSCG) will launch its very own Fresh Food Box Program [https://www.grownyc.org/freshfoodbox], which provides affordably-priced boxes of seasonal and

Announcements

Briefly Noted: Red Panda Cubs Debut at Prospect Park Zoo, Churro Lady Starts Fundraiser, & More

PROSPECT PARK — Prospect Park Zoo debuted their red panda cubs this week [https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/11/15/adorable-red-panda-cubs-now-out-and-about-at-brooklyns-prospect-park-zoo/] . They were born over the summer in their indoor den and are now old enough to venture outside to explore their habitat. (CBS New York) CYPRESS HILLS — Elsa, the churro

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A Community Garden Grows in Bushwick

Volunteers worked to plant, build and paint the new community farm on Gates Avenue last Friday (Paul Stremple/BKLYnER)BUSHWICK – On a sunny Friday, volunteers were hard at work on the lawn outside the RiseBoro Youth Center on Gates Avenue, putting together a community garden in the heart of Bushwick

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Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Community Gardens

For the passive gardener, our neighborhoods provide ample opportunities for enjoyment – from neighbors’ front gardens and stoops, to Fort Greene Park and street plantings. For those of us without a garden space of our own, here are the community gardens of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Each has its own

Central Brooklyn

Maple Street Community Garden Growing Toward Official Green Space

Maple Street Community Garden, 237 Maple Street between Rogers & Nostrand Avenues. (Photo by Ali Jacobs)In just one year, the beloved Maple Street Community Garden [https://maplestreetgarden.org] could turn a completely new leaf. NYC Parks announced the completion of the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) certification for the

Arts & Culture

Movies And Live Music Are Coming To Nearby Community Gardens

Green Acres Community Garden (Courtesy Instagram/greeneacrescommunitygarden [https://www.instagram.com/p/uTK-USgL1h/])Community gardens are a place for gardening, getting to know your neighbors, and, it turns out, filmgoing. BAM [/?s=bam] and the New York Restoration Project (NYRP) are bringing the arts to community gardens [/blog/2016/03/

Arts & Culture

Tonight: Celebrate The Solstice With Shakespeare At The East 4th Street Garden

East Fourth Street Community Gardeners rehearsing their upcoming performance of “Scenes from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Summer Solstice celebration Monday, June 20 and Saturday, June 25. (Photo by Jole Carliner)Join local performers at the East 4th street community garden for an evening of family-friendly

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Bklyn Incubator Grant Funds Brooklyn Podcasting Club And Clinton Hill Library Garden

Image via CUNY.It’s good news for the mixtape and podcasting fans. Bklyn Mixtape Podcasting Club is being funded at Central Library. The podcast is an oral history project that will teach adult participants how to collect, adapt, record, edit, and produce people’s stories as radio-style podcasts that

Education

Bklyn Incubator Grant Funds Clinton Hill Library Garden And Brooklyn Podcasting Club

Photo by plherrin [https://instagram.com/p/2GLr0sRZZb/?taken-by=plherrin].A garden WILL grow in Brooklyn! More specifically, our own Clinton Hill Library will be launching an outdoor gardening program built from the ground up by students of PS/MS 492 Academy of Arts & Letters, in partnership with Teen Librarian

Education

Vote Now Through February 3 To Fund A PS/MS 492-Student-Run Outdoor Garden At Clinton Hill Library

Image via BPL Brooklyn Incubator [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynPublicLibrary/photos/a.10153748528380250.1073741836.8544515249/10153748836055250/?type=3&theater] .Get your vote on — for a student-library outdoor gardening program that needs our help in winning funding! We only have today and tomorrow to register our votes — via Facebook comments and

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Pumpkin Smash At Q Gardens On Sunday

Photo by Karen MerbaumNow that Halloween is over, what do you do with your rotting jack-o-lanterns? Bring them to Q Gardens [https://qgardenscf.wordpress.com/] this Sunday for their Pumpkin Smash! Q Gardens will smash and compost your old pumpkins for you while you sip hot apple cider and enjoy

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Photo Finish: Summer Learning Never Tasted So Good At PS 20

Nicholas Arnold and Laila Palmer with the latest PS 20 harvest. (Photo via Augusta Palmer [https://www.facebook.com/PS20kidsrock/photos/a.614790951917181.1073741836.115612408501707/962384073824532/?type=3&permPage=1] .Kudos to the PS 20 kids on their continued summer harvest! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.

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Things To Do In Kensington & Windsor Terrace This Weekend

Taylor Mac will perform at Celebrate Brooklyn on Saturday night. Photo courtesy of Celebrate BrooklynHappy Friday, everyone! This weekend, you can go to a free concert at Greenwood Playground [/art-music/concerts-movie-night-art-classes-more-to-do-in-greenwood-playground-this-august] , meet your best new furry friend at Adoptapalooza in Prospect Park [/animals/add-a-furry-member-to-your-family-at-prospect-parks-adoptapalooza-this-saturday-august-1] , and lots more. If you have

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Tomorrow, June 13: East 4th Street Community Garden Offers Free Terrarium-Making Class For Kids

The E. 4th Street Community GardenIf you’re looking for something to do with the kids this weekend, there’s a great (and free) event happening at the East 4th Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/calendar] (179 E. 4th Street, between Caton Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway) on

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Collect Your Scraps! Q Gardens To Launch Compost Project This Saturday, April 11

Volunteers carry the compost bin during the Q Gardens inaugural cleanup day. Photo by Nathan ThompsonThis Saturday, April 11, everyone’s invited to grab their kitchen scraps and head on over to the newly debuted [/blog/garden/years-organizing-neighborhood-volunteers-debut-q-gardens-inaugural-cleanup] Q Gardens (located behind the Church Avenue B/Q subway station on

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Bring Your Leaves To The East 4th Street Community Garden Starting In November

You know all those leaves starting to clutter up your yard? You can get rid of them and bring them to the East 4th Street Community Garden [http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com/] (between Caton and Fort Hamilton) each Saturday from 11am to 1pm, beginning November 8. You’ll be able to

Brooklyn Queens Land Trust

Free Plays & Movies At The Classon/FulGate Block Association Garden, Which Is Still Building Community After Decades In Existence

A series of plays will be staged at the Classon/FulGate Block Association Garden (474 Classon Avenue, between Madison and Monroe) over the next several weekends. Clare Barron’s Washougal My Heart, directed by Dina Vovsi, will be performed at 4pm, and Small Wars, by Madeline Chilese, will go on

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6/15 Green Spring Festival & Plant Sale This Saturday

The community garden 6/15 Green [http://www.615green.org/], located on the corner of 6th Avenue and 15th Street, is holding its annual Spring Festival and Plant Sale this Saturday, May 10 from 1-5pm (with a rain date of Sunday, May 11). Neighbors are invited to stop by and

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Coney Island Amphitheater Voted Down By Community Board 13

Source: NYC Preservation CommissionA blow came to Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz as Community Board 13 voted against the plan to convert the historic Childs Restaurant at West 21st Street into an amphitheater. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/community-board-knocks-concert-plan-historic-childs-restaurant-article-1.1467563] that board

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35th City Council District Candidates Discuss Citi Bike, Transportation Issues

Olanike Alabi, Laurie Cumbo, Ede Fox, F.Richard Hurley and Jelani Mashariki discuss CitiBikes at a candidates’ forum Thursday night. (Photo by Emily Field) At a forum on July 18, the five candidates running to replace Council Member Letitia James gathered to discuss transportation issues, such as cycling and street

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Sign Up For Fresh Vegetables

Garden of Eve [http://www.gardenofevefarm.com/csa_Kensington_Prospect_Heights.htm] Community Supported Agriculture registration is now open. [http://www.gardenofevefarm.com/csa_Kensington_Prospect_Heights.htm] New members can sign up to for weekly shares of locally grown, organic produce. The food will be harvested the day of

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South Slope Events Spotlight: October 18-21

From fall festivals to hilarious teenage angst, there’s plenty to do in South Slope this weekend, and these are our top picks. Thursday, October 18 If your parents ever said that one day you’d look back on your teenage years and laugh, the time has finally come. Stop