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Labor Day Weekend NYC-cation: NYC Open, Bike Tours, Hikes, And More To Do Across The City

Few of us have ever fully explored NYC, and with all the travel restrictions in place this may just be the best time to discover something new. The US Open Tennis Championships are currently taking place in Flushing Meadows, Queens, but you can also playing tennis in the Bronx, take

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For Some Peace and Quiet, Escape To Governors Island

Governors Island in 2019 © Julienne SchaerGovernors Island, all 172 acres of it, will open again to the public for ‘passive recreation’ on Wednesday, July 15 with a daily ferry service from lower Manhattan. Brooklyn residents will be able to take a direct ferry from Red Hook’s Atlantic Basin rather

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Brooklyn’s Accidental New Town Square

MLK quote at Barclays center. Norman Oder/BklynerWhen the Barclays Center was designated one of “The New Shapes of New York” by the New York Times in 2016, Justin Garrett Moore, executive director of the city’s Public Design Commission, saluted the “pedestrian-oriented public spaces.” I scoffed, since the privately-controlled

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Brooklyn in Top 5 of Tripadvisor’s Trending Destinations in the US

Brooklyn Bridge, Dumbo. Photo by Miltiadis Fragkidis via Unsplash.Tripadvisor, the popular travel platform where people can rate their experiences, announced on Tuesday their winners of the 2020 Travelers’ Choice Awards for Destinations. Tripadvisor has an average of 463 million monthly unique visitors, according to their data from 2019.

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Brooklyn Chefs and Bakers Make it to the James Beard Awards Semifinals

Yesterday, The James Beard Foundation, a nonprofit organization who honors chefs and other culinary leaders in America’s food culture, announced their 2020 Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists. The 2020 James Beard Awards marks the 30th anniversary of the honors for America’s leading experts in the food and beverage

Arts & Culture

Teknopolis brings VR, Interactive Art, and Singing Clones to BAM

“Virtual Growth” lights up a cityscape. Photo—Mike Benigno/ BAM publicity photo.On Saturday, inside an exhibition hall at BAM Fisher, Lieven van Velthoven reached up over his head, grabbed a beam of light that was projected onto the wall behind him and handed it to an excited 6-year-old boy.

Arts & Culture

Miami Art Week: Brooklyn Shows Off Street Art, Pollution, and Tarot

Outside Aqua Art Fair venue during Miami Art Week. Photo courtesy of Nicole Crisonino/Aqua Art Fair.MIAMI — The first week of every December, artists, gallerists, critics, collectors, and art aficionados from across the globe make the pilgrimage to Miami Beach, Florida for Miami Art Week, an annual showcase of

Arts & Culture

Dyker Heights Lights Kicked off this Weekend

Dyker Heights Lights. Leonardo March/Bklyner.DYKER HEIGHTS — Just days after New Yorkers were finishing the last bites of their Thanksgiving leftovers, the holiday spirit was lighting up in Dyker Heights. In what has become a seasonal tradition, residents decorated their front yards with intricate installations of lights, gigantic nutcrackers,

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Brooklyn’s Public Pools Open for the Summer!

McCarren Pool/Courtesy of NY ParksGet ready to swim! Brooklyn’s outdoor public pools open for the summer on Thursday, June 27th. Thirteen of the borough’s fifteen pools will be open to all through September 8. The Jesse Owens Playground—JHS 57/HS 26 Pool at 117 Stuyvesant Avenue

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Twilight Stroll on Cortelyou: Eat Your Heart Out!

Join neighbors and come out to savor the flavors and diverse offerings from local businesses on Cortelyou Road in Ditmas Park on Thursday, May 9 from 5:00 – 9:00 pm Twilight stroll on Cortelyou includes the following: Cheese Tasting at the Flatbush Food CoopChocolate and Wine at the Brooklyn

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Stop what you’re doing. Poke is what’s new and hot in Sheepshead Bay

Whether you’re a self-proclaimed foodie or just someone who is looking for a good meal, Sheepshead Bay’s newest culinary experience “Poke Stop” will stop you dead in your tracks. Literally. The first of its kind, Poke Stop blends authentic Hawaiian poke bowls with a fully immersive handroll bar.

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Coney Island Cyclone Opens to Public, Official Opening April 14!

The historic Cyclone roller coaster in Coney Island opened Saturday for the season. Todd Maisel/BklynerCONEY ISLAND – The official opening of the Coney Island Cyclone Roller Coaster will occur on Sunday, April 14 with elected officials and local leaders breaking a bottle of Brooklyn egg-cream on the front car. But

Arts & Culture

Nightlife Is Thriving In Brooklyn, But Pay Is Less Than In Queens

Old-timers may lament the death of New York nightlife, however, those reports are, perhaps, just a bit, exaggerated. While Manhattan still dominates the industry, Brooklyn and Queens are growing into destinations of their own, with liquor licenses to prove it. Last week, the Mayor’s Office of Media Entertainment released

Bay Ridge

Industry City Maker Spotlight: Colson Patisserie

Hubert the Bear, Colson’s financier bear, at his Industry City home; Photo by Avi GlicksteinThere’s a word that comes up a lot in speaking with the people who run businesses operating out of Industry City: community. It’s no different with Colson Patisserie. “There are times when it’

Central Brooklyn

Surf’s Up: 5 Beaches In Brooklyn To Help You Beat The Heat

With temperatures skyrocketing and July 4th coming up, it’s time to hit the beach! All NYC beaches officially opened to the public on Memorial Day weekend and will remain open until September 9 (the Sunday after Labor Day). Lifeguards will be on duty throughout beach season from 10am to

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Coney Island Summer: Astro Tower, Parties, Events

CONEY ISLAND – Memorial Day Weekend marks the official start of the summer at Coney Island. The rides and attractions will be open every day of the week, and late into the evenings. This year there is a new ride – the “Astro Tower”. Inspired by the Coney Island icon, the 137’

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Landmarks Commission Votes To Approve Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk As Scenic Landmark

Now that the LPC has approved “scenic landmark” status, the Reigelmann Boardwalk’s look will be preserved (Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Committee voted unanimously to approve Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk as a scenic landmark, furthering the cause of preservation of the

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Will Landmarking Preserve Coney Island’s Boardwalk In Wood?

Riegelmann Boardwalk (Hugo Smith/BKLYNER)CONEY ISLAND – Last week, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission moved forward with the next step to recognize the Riegelmann Boardwalk (Coney Island Boardwalk) as a scenic landmark. Landmarking status would ensure the boardwalk is rebuilt in the event of another environmental crisis such as

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Lott House History Series Starts This Sunday

MARINE PARK – This Sunday, April 15th (@2pm), kicks off the first of three free Sunday lectures at the Hendrick I. Lott House. As recently as 120 years ago, most of current day Brooklyn was quite rural, and Lott House is one of last surviving farmhouses of the old Dutch families

Central Brooklyn

There’s Going To Be A New Jewish History Escape Room In Midwood And It’s Complicated

Photo Credit: BKLYNERMIDWOOD – The news of a Jewish-themed escape room opening in Midwood has been met with a good bit of snark lately on social media. That’s not really surprising – for fairly obvious reasons if you know anything about modern Jewish history. And an escape room in Prague called

Bushwick

Spring Events Come to Bushwick’s Evergreens Cemetery

Doing yoga on the lawn at Evergreens Cemetery (Via Evergreens Cemetery)BUSHWICK – Heading down to the cemetery on the weekend isn’t exactly something the average Brooklynite thinks about. To most, a trip to the cemetery is the last thing they’d like to do—literally. But the Evergreens Cemetery

Bed Stuy

New Bed-Stuy Bar And Restaurant Mama Fox Serves Up “Global Comfort Food” In Historic Spot

Mama Fox, located at 327 Stuyvesant Avenue, celebrated its soft opening Wednesday night. Photo: Greg Lewis/BKLYNER.BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – A long-vacant space that years ago welcomed the likes of Shirley Chisholm and Miles Davis will soon get new life when Mama Fox, a bar and restaurant serving up “global comfort

Central Brooklyn

A Break From Your Usual Break Is Just A Car Share Away

via ReachNowThe New York City public school system serves 1.1 million children and all of them will be on break between December 25 and January 2. It’s cold. Maybe snowy. Gets dark earlier. What’s a parent to do? If all the closer-to-home options have been played out,

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New Year’s Eve Fireworks in Prospect Park

Join Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Prospect Park Alliance Ring in the New Year with Brooklyn’s Most Spectacular Fireworks Display. Prospect Park AllianceOn December 31, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams and Prospect Park Alliance will present Brooklyn’s most spectacular New Year’s Eve Fireworks Celebration at

Central Brooklyn

Easy Holiday Travel Is This Year’s Must-Have Gift

via ReachNowThanksgiving is behind us and odds are that you did a little traveling last week. And even if you didn’t, you’re probably planning some later in December. You’re certainly not alone. I mean, check out these stats from AAA: 9 million Americans were predicted to travel