Arts & Culture
via Kings TheaterLiving comedy legend, JOHN CLEESE, is heading in your general direction for a live and truly unforgettable evening of conversation and audience Q&A on July 22 at Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/calendar/john-cleese-with-monty-python-the-holy-grail/] . Absurd and/or ridiculous questions only, please. A limited number of
Central Brooklyn
The NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) has released the 2018 edition of its Zoning Handbook, a practical guide to help the public “understand zoning rules that govern our growing City.” Via www1.nyc.gov [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/zoning/
Announcements
Last week City Parks Foundation [https://cityparksfoundation.org/?utm_source=Press&utm_campaign=373441d447-AdventureRaceRelease_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_13a10737d1-373441d447-208307409&mc_cid=373441d447&mc_eid=7a4d63109b] kicked off the CityParks Play [https://cityparksfoundation.org/play/] program, providing sports instruction, coaching, and equipment
Central Brooklyn
Prospect Avenue, Windsor Terrace (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story ideas,
Central Brooklyn
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Bushwick
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BUSHWICK – Police have made an arrest in the shooting death of William Fernandez [/weekend-gun-violence/], who was killed at Bushwick Avenue and Beaver Street last month. Yesterday, NYPD arrested David Hall, 46, a
Central Brooklyn
Taking advantage of a red light, skater and camera crew work to get the shot under the BQE in East Williamsburg (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Sure, Joey Chestnut gorged on Nathan’s famous hotdogs yesterday at the big-time Coney island bash, but don’t forget Feltman’s original frankfurters… [https://www.
Arts & Culture
The weekend will be a bit on the quieter side for those who didn’t go away for the 4th of July, but Pioneer Works is presenting Software For Artists Day, the Brooklyn Museum is hosting its Target First Saturday, and the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival continues with dance and
Central Brooklyn
Via Coney Island (Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/coneyislandfun/photos/gm.176872999695508/10155856357314514/?type=3&theater] )Happy Independence Day! If you’re staying in NYC today, here’s everything you need to know for the July 4th holiday. The 4th of July means fireworks, and Brooklyn has some great
Central Brooklyn
Bright lights in Luna Park after dark (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Look out below! A sign tumbled from a dentist’s Bay Ridge storefront [https://brooklynreporter.com/story/signage-bay-ridge-dentist-office-falls-injuring-two-elderly-women/] and struck two elderly women yesterday afternoon, but luckily, the injuries weren’t serious. The weekend also had a long, strange list
Bed Stuy
Salazar, center, will be interviewed tonight in Bushwick about her primary challenge for State Senate (Via Salazar for Senate [https://salazarforsenate.com/])BUSHWICK – Following the success of Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s upset win in New York’s 14th Congressional District, attention is suddenly on upstart primary challenges from Democratic Socialists—like
Announcements
CADMAN PLAZA – Thousands of people marched from Foley Square in lower Manhattan across the Brooklyn Bridge to Cadman Plaza on Saturday, June 30 to demand that the Trump administration end family separation at the border. The “zero tolerance” policy, introduced by Trump, calls for the prosecution of anyone who illegally