Business
A new store dispensing CBD products is coming to Brooklyn and will open at 195 5th Avenue in Park Slope, between Union and Sackett. Owner Dominique Pastorello hopes to focus on educating consumers on the potential benefits of CBD products and opening the first ‘Your CBD Store’ in the 5
Announcements
Photo byEiliv-Sonas Aceron [https://unsplash.com/@shootdelicious?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash [https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] .BUSHWICK — The 17-year-old Brooklyn-based cooking competition, The Takedowns, returns with its flagship challenge — the Chili Takedown. On
Central Brooklyn
CAMBA volunteersEvery November we have been asking you, our readers, to open your hearts and your wallets and to give as much as you can to help those less fortunate in Brooklyn. This year, as for the last 6 years, we are raising money for CAMBA’s Beyond Hunger Emergency
brownsville
Kwesi Ashun’s sister Ama Bartley, wearing a red coat, sheds tears as she speaks about her brother’s death. Nigel Roberts/BklynerBROWNSVILLE – Dozens of Brownsville community activists, friends and neighbors held a vigil on Monday, Oct. 28, to remember Kwesi Ashun. Police Officer Lesly Lafontant fatally shot Ashun, 33,
Announcements
Abdul Latif with Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez speaking to his family on FaceTime. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – Nearly three years since the Muslim Ban, another family has been reunited. It wouldn’t have been possible without Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez’s office or the Yemeni American Merchants Association (YAMA), neighbors
Events
GOWANUS/PARK SLOPE – Make dinner or drink plans Tuesday night at a local restaurant or bar and support CHiPS [http://chipsonline.org], the 4th Avenue soup kitchen and shelter for homeless moms. CHiPS, 200 4th Avenue (via Google Maps)Eleven restaurants in the Gowanus/Park Slope area will participate in
Arts & Culture
Courtesy of the Brooklyn Public Library.This Saturday the Brooklyn Public Library will mark the 400th anniversary of slavery in America with an “extended teach-in” aimed at providing participants with a fuller understanding of both its history and its legacy on the country up to the present. The teach-in, called
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – Coney Island USA [https://www.coneyisland.com], the non-profit arts organization dedicated to the revitalization of the beachfront neighborhood, will host its 2019 fall fundraiser, “Creeptacular,” on Saturday, November 2. Proceeds from the event will support off-season programming, institutional development, and renovations to Coney Island USA’s landmarked
Events
Argyle Street, Ditmas Park (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Saturday, October 26 3RD ANNUAL KIDS HALLOWEEN PARADE + SCAVENGER HUNT [https://industrycity.com/event/ic-beyond-kids-halloween-parade/] Industry City, 274 36th Street, Sunset Park, 10am-4pm The third annual Kids’ Halloween Parade + Trick-or-Treat Scavenger Hunt will include mural painting, a pumpkin patch, and other family-friendly activities.
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – Thousands flocked to Gowanus over the weekend to check out the largest Gowanus Open Studios yet. Now in its 23rd year, the Arts Gowanus [https://www.artsgowanus.org] event presented work by more than 400 artists in and around the neighborhood. “It’s been great so far. Tomorrow it’
Dyker Heights
Photo by Mary Bakija/BklynerUPDATE: The bill passed City Council today. It designates a vendor-free zone from Thanksgiving to December 31 in the area surrounded by 81st Street & 86th Street and 10th Avenue and 13th Avenue. No food vendor be allowed to park a truck or set up for
Coney Island
Breast Cancer Awareness. Courtesy of Salman Asif. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/unwomenasiapacific/10801184393/in/photolist-hssTP8-dtbCrk-pzFq8N-8FG4ae-76eePY-5noK6i-5voxvm-7cfqJM-hsrY3x-5rdFU5-5r1ekE-pcBNdP-6eb4z7-pK1zEd-dijxsa-fhAkFz-5uSUwU-dHwj7D-avuYoB-ZjQa4G-ZHzaEz-pTq4eo-38ueVL-iJriT-9LUPP7-CiJt9-ncXkY1-iJqLV-3fv5ve-4ssPBV-5FnMq6-5k2U9n-75Snqx-75Snqk-aCwUxY-7wcqXy-avciBt-5GeSQK-arxhNL-9psUTe-7aEY78-7S9HRn-8MGy6x-iJqLS-ayuPVh-gs87ZB-5xxsQ5-8MGi3P-aoeTha-7aEYf4] BROOKLYN – More than 30,000