Business
On a recent Saturday afternoon in mid-May, the corridor in Industry City’s Building 6 connecting 34th and 35th Streets was abuzz with activity. Fueled by a table full of homemade tamales, a group of Sunset Park middle school students were in the midst of their final push to finish
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PARK SLOPE – What a drag it is walking 15 blocks on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope unless you are “in drag” marching in the 23rd annual Brooklyn Pride Parade celebrating sexual identity, diversity, and tolerance. Joe Russo with his daughter Annika, 3, of Park Slope watch the parade. Photo by
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Photo Credit: Erica Krodman/Brooklyn BP’s OfficeBOROUGH HALL – On Wednesday afternoon, Borough President Eric Adams recognized four Brooklyn residents – State Trooper Joshua Kaye, Jacob Abraham, Hopeton Kiffin, and Obocho Peters – with awards for exceptional, heroic behavior. The ceremony was held in the marbled Borough Hall rotunda, decked out in
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerGERRITSEN BEACH – “Drag queens are robbing children of their innocence,” people shouted outside the Gerritsen Beach Brooklyn Public Library branch on Thursday. Inside, a small room was packed with children listening to a drag queen read It’s Okay To Be Different by Todd Parr. Everyone was
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – After 11 years at 45 4th Avenue, the non-profit community dance and youth development center Dancewave [https://dancewave.org/] has moved a few blocks south and will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and block party to celebrate its new home. Dancewave, 182 4th Avenue, via Google MapsLocated at 182 4th
Arts & Culture
No matter what you’re in the mood for, there are events for everyone this weekend throughout Brooklyn! Learn a new skill at Blick Art Materials with their Golden Silhouette workshop or go back in time with New York Transit Museum’s annual Bus Festival. Plus, this is the last
Events
NYCEDC/Kreg HoltSUNSET PARK— The Brooklyn Army Terminal is holding a series of events this summer. Starting today, the 4 million-square-foot former military supply center by the Sunset Park waterfront at 80 58th St. will in the coming months hold events like concerts and movie viewings. Here is the summer
Events
FORT GREENE – Get ready to party under the stars! Fort Greene Park Conservancy [http://www.fortgreenepark.org/2019fling] is hosting the second annual Fort Greene Park Fling to benefit the beloved green space. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/274469540126346/]“Come celebrate summer with your neighbors and support our
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Eid 2019 Todd Maisel/ BklynerRamadan, the month of blessings [/ramadan-2019/], has come to an end. Today (and tomorrow depending on whether or not the moon was sighted in other parts of the world, and in this city), Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr. > It was great to join with thousands
Bushwick
The 23rd annual Brooklyn Pride Week [http://brooklynpride.org] kicks off Monday, June 3, offering six days of events celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride in Brooklyn that culminate with Pride Day on Saturday, June 8. Via brooklynpride.org [http://brooklynpride.org/meet-them-at-brooklyn-pride-saturday-edition/]2019 marks the 50th anniversary
Arts & Culture
Photo provided by Dumbo.is [https://dumbo.is/]June INDUSTRY CITY SUMMER SERIES [https://www.cityfarmpresents.com/summerseries] at Courtyard 1-2, June 5 through Sept. 28 [Various prices]: This year’s summer series features an expanded schedule with more than 35 concerts and dance parties. Audiences will discover a diverse
Arts & Culture
The Katra Film Series [http://www.katrafilmseries.com]returns to the Alamo Drafthouse Theater for its annual Summer Series, featuring original female-driven content highlighting the current political and sociological climate including a single mother running for office in Liberia, a dark comedy about gender in the workplace and a 1940s