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Central Brooklyn

Council Member Jumaane Williams Sits Out The Pledge To Stand For Racial Justice

(Photo courtesy Jumaane Williams’ office)Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, District 45, took a ‘stand’ during Wednesday’s City Council meeting by sitting during the Pledge of Allegiance, to protest the treatment of black Americans by the NYPD. Williams’ nonviolent protest echoed 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who’s refusal to

Central Brooklyn

Greenmarket Recipe: Cool Cucumber Salad

Summer Cucumber Salad made with Salt and Pepper cucumbers, red onion, garlic, fennel, and olive oil.Cucumbers are a perfect snack for a hot New York City day. They are packed with beneficial nutrients that our bodies crave. Cucumbers are made of about 90% water so they’ll help keep

Animals

Adoptable Animal Of The Week: Bear The Dog

(Photo courtesy Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153979505521483/?type=3&theater] )Looking for a new companion? Bear is a loyal and friendly rescue waiting for a loving home. Sean Casey says: > Bear has the loyalty of a chow chow

Central Brooklyn

A Fantastical Stroll Through Ditmas Park With Namesake Jan Jansz van Ditmarsen

Cortelyou road circa 1916, still two full centuries after Ditmarsen’s day. (Photo courtesy Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/blog/2014/10/01/photo-of-the-week-transformation-discovery/] )You wait for him at the corner of Cortelyou and 16th Street— a timeless, local rendezvous spot to meet anyone. But this isn’t

Central Brooklyn

17 Apple-Picking Farms Within A Two-Hour Drive Of Brooklyn

(Photo courtesy white mountains / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKT8cyChafu/?tagged=applepicking])What better way to celebrate the beginning of fall than to get out of the city and enjoy New York’s state fruit right from the tree? We’ve rounded up 17 apple orchards within a two-hour

Central Brooklyn

Wanderlust Festival Draws More Than 8,000 Yogis To Prospect Park

(Photo by Dina Rabiner / Ditmas Park Corner)Sunday, September 11 marked the third annual Wanderlust Festival in Prospect Park [http://wanderlust.com/108-events/brooklyn-ny/], a “field day for your mind, body and soul” combining yoga, a 5K run, dancing, outdoor activities like hooping and slack lining, and a marketplace full

Central Brooklyn

[Update: Videos] Arsonist Caught Sparking Fire At Newkirk Medical Plaza Last Night

(Photo by Carly Miller / Ditmas Park Corner)Last night, an arsonist was arrested for sparking a fire at the Newkirk Medical Center, on Newkirk Avenue between Marlborough and Rugby Roads. “I was watching the live surveillance video and saw him moving from room to room,” said Yehuda Miller, executive director

Arts & Culture

Riviello And Big Band Bring ‘La Dolce Vita’ To Brooklyn Block Party

Mary LaRosa Lederer with the Brooklyn Real Big Band. (Photo: Benton Collins)The annual Reeve Place Block Party has always had something special — a 16-piece big band set up in the street playing classic jazz arrangements from the 40s through the 60s. But for the 10th anniversary, scheduled for September

Business

PLG’s Gratitude Cafe Reinvents Itself With Craft Beer, Dinner Menu & New Name

Gratitude Cafe, coffee bar interior. (Photo by Anni Irish / Ditmas Park Corner) PLG Coffee House and Tavern, previously known as Gratitude Cafe, recently celebrated its third summer in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Originally opened as a spot for baked goods, sandwiches and coffee [/blog/food/plg-bite-day-gratitude-coffee-croissants/], Gratitude Cafe is run by husband-and-wife

Central Brooklyn

Two People Hit By Cars In Separate Kensington Crashes

Dome Playground at Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road. (Screenshot via Google Maps)A 12-year-old student was hit by a car Wednesday morning, next to the Dome Playground in Kensington. The boy was riding his bicycle to yeshiva, and was struck by a Lexus near Cortelyou Road and Dahill Road, just

Central Brooklyn

Here’s A Breakdown Of Your Local Primary Results

Photo via e.ann.s [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKUMkEzB0rrGRKm9BYJDdzW0BaGEqwm8IwBXfs0/?tagged=ivoted&hl=en] The election results are in for the primary elections which took place on Tuesday, September 13. All races in our immediate neighborhood involved Democratic candidates. Republicans in our area are running uncontested, so they

Central Brooklyn

NYC’s First 2016 Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Brooklyn

(Mosquito — identified as an “ochlerotatus notoscriptus.”) Photo: JJ Harrison [http://jjharrison89@facebook.com] via Wikimedia Commons.The City’s Health Department confirmed yesterday that a Brooklyn man has been diagnosed with the year’s first human case of West Nile virus. The man, who has developed encephalitis [http://www.mayoclinic.