clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – Just about a month after opening its new location at 1083 Fulton Street [/greene-hill-food-co-op-new-location/], the Greene Hill Food Co-op is hosting an Early Harvest Open House this weekend to introduce neighbors to the new store. Photo courtesy of Greene Hill Food Co-opBoth members of the co-op and non-members
Announcements
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP) will host two “Pool Talks” this month to hear the public’s ideas on the new swimming area planned for Squibb Park. Rendering courtesy of Brooklyn Bridge Park“We want to hear about your experiences, your ideas and concerns and your perspective, to guide
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Arts & Culture
Once again, revelers took to the Brooklyn streets on Labor Day to celebrate J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day Parade with music, dancing and colorful costumes! For the second year, J’Ouvert began at 6:00 am, instead of during the pre-dawn hours, as a security measure aimed to
Announcements
SUNSET PARK – At a ceremony on Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams signed a formal agreement to receive NYC’s first “Friendship Archway” as a gift from China. “Friendship Archway” rendering via the Office of the Mayor [https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/692-17/mayor-de-blasio-borough-president-adams-that-new-friendship-archway-will-span-8th] Last October, Mayor Bill de
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH – I pass the Avenue H subway station every morning. There are always men who sit on the chairs in front of the station taking a hit of weed. Quite frankly, the area stinks. I’ve walked this way for over seven years. But today for the first time I
Announcements
70 Precinct. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)DITMAS PARK – People from the Midwood, Fiske Terrace, Ditmas Park, and Prospect Park South communities gathered at the Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS) office on Newkirk Avenue for the monthly “Build the Block” meeting with Sector C of the 70 Precinct. “Build the Block”
Announcements
(Photo via NYC Buildings/twitter)The National Weather Service [https://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=okx&wwa=heat%20advisory] has issued a Heat Advisory [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/em/resources/notify_nyc/weather-33.page] for New York City from 11am Tuesday morning through 9pm Wednesday night.
Announcements
Commissioner Bitta Mostofi. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – Commissioner for the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs spoke to Muslims about their concerns after the Jummah (Friday) prayer at the Beit el- Maqdis Islamic Center in Bay Ridge. Commissioner Bitta Mostofi came inside the mosque with her hair covered
Announcements
Zephyr Teachout, Cynthia Nixon, Kelly Baden, Julia Salazar & Jasi Robinson (from left to right). (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)GOWANUS – Four women, all running as progressive candidates for elected office in New York met at a panel in Small City, a co-working space in Gowanus, to discuss reproductive health, education,
Announcements
Photo via NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island.A ribbon-cutting ceremony officially marked the opening of the Outpatient Diagnostic Center/Women’s Health suite at NYC Health + Hospitals/Coney Island on Wednesday, August 23. “The opening of the Outpatient Diagnostic Center/Women’s Health imaging suite demonstrates our commitment to continue
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – One Brooklyn Health System [https://obhs.org/] at Brookdale Hospital & Medical Center [http://www.brookdalehospital.org/] is teaming up with the BIG3 Basketball League and The Ricky Davis Legacy Foundation to present the “Dribble Out Hunger” campaign on Friday, August 24, before Big3’s championship game at
Arts & Culture
With J’Ouvert fast approaching, the Brooklyn Arts Council [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/] (BAC) is hosting two events leading up to the annual “break of day” festivities. Via brooklynartscouncil.org [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/documents/2655] On Thursday, August 23, BAC’s Folk Arts Program [http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/folkarts]