Announcements
Gowanus Canal, Photo by Nathan HaselbyNYC Council Member Brad Lander sent out a message today asking neighbors to get involved with Plan Gowanus [https://plangowanus.com/PlanGowanus], the digital community engagement platform where users can find information about and provide feedback to the Gowanus Neighborhood Planning Study [/gowanus-neighborhood-planning-study-collaboration-community/]. The mission
community
(Photo via Council Member Treyger’s office)It’s that time of year again! The annual 86th Street Festival is always the second Sunday after Memorial Day; and this year that falls on Sunday, June 11. For first timers, the 86th Street Festival is essentially a giant flea market, but
Announcements
NYC Neighborhood Library Awards recently announced the 2017 finalists [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/2017-finalists/] in the running for top honors and a $20,000 prize. Two of them are in Brooklyn—the Crown Heights and New Utrecht Libraries! The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards are known as the “Oscars of Libraries.
Arts & Culture
Photo by Anton Klepikov via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=558078610892057&set=br.AbpT52rZJvQzw7eGxl-KyQaHu5tkofrRvUHJCbjj9cFQwJq73WdFJsyqyMxhJlUwta7dD31OXqwU3Ld2a6jW2K9xezlcQsvWE9UjpkIKERL9IY-zPFSCwbB9uYDxz4S5ArJFsn8WooeNHJwegi5iL7GSsYaEw15icltSBtTVUDYzPoxyNeeYKEM6o-2Lqsu6kXDAowGQlrEczWjWx-FrDB5dfOdsJ_i9JS-jTkgcgrM-LJMKpPbVQEudYgNAupCYakY&type=3&theater] [Updated: Monday, June 12, 5:45pm] A representative of St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights has confirmed that the colle
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Nathan Thompson)Notice more flowers and fresh coats of paint in the neighborhood lately? The annual get together to clean up the neighborhood from Newkirk Avenue to Prospect Park earlier this month was deemed a major success, with volunteers of all ages repainting nearly 60 mailboxes and fire
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(Photo by Michael Sandy Claus Sciaraffo)“This is my personal nightmare,” said a straphanger sitting next to me yesterday evening on a Brooklyn-bound F train. He was taking shallow breaths, with beads of sweat dripping down his face. At that point we’d been stuck underground on a sweltering F
Central Brooklyn
Tzvi “Jack” Aron [http://karmabrooklyn.blogspot.com/2017/06/murder-of-child-murderers-brother-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/OruW+(KARMABrooklyn+Blog)&m=1] , brother of the notorious Levi Aron, who was was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison after confessing to the
Arts & Culture
In the world we live in now, there’s always a new fad—something that captures our attention, something we delve into. It can be as small as a Fidget Spinner [https://addictivefidgettoys.com/], or remember those skateboards [http://www.techdeck.com/] that could do tricks with just your fingers?
bath beach
There is a group of investigative journalists (editors, reports, producers), volunteers, and interns who report on Central Brooklyn— and only Central Brooklyn. Their analyses and stories “chronicle [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brooklyndeep/brooklyn-deep-reporting-our-truth/description] neighborhood change in Central Brooklyn and bring transparency to the institution of power.” They are
Arts & Culture
Craving a trip to the tropics? This Saturday, June 3, at 1PM, Brooklyn morphs into the Big Island when students from Lotus Music and Dance [http://www.lotusmusicanddance.org/], taught by Makalina, come to the East Fourth Street Community Garden. Born and raised in and around the Pacific Islands, Makalina
Bensonhurst
A common sight.Some neighbors no longer feel welcome at the Garibaldi Playground in Bensonhurst [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/garibaldi-playground/highlights/19654], and quite a few have emailed us expressing their concerns. While some of them relate to the Parks Department, others just highlight lack of care among its
Central Brooklyn
It’s too often the case that we Flatbushers (Flatbushnicks? Flatbushians?) are unaware of some stellar resources available to us right in our own neighborhood. Maybe even on our own block. Sure, we notice those quaint signs for doctors, dentists, or psychiatrists outside stately Victorians along tree-lined streets. But we