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Where to Grab the Best Blooms in Brooklyn

Valentine’s Day is coming and Brooklyn is teeming with flowers. You’ll find daffodils and tulips on the sidewalk, crowding outside of your cornerstone deli. But, if you want something special for the occasion, we have some suggestions. There’s an enchanting world of whimsical, lovingly curated flower shops

Arts & Culture

Morning Mug: “On Earth There Is No Heaven, But There Are Pieces Of It.” — Jules Renard

Photo by Kathy Kalayci.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram

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Photo Of The Day: The Cherry Blossoms Are Back!

Photo by Warren TangSpring is in the air! We can tell because the cherry blossoms are a’ bloomin’ all over the neighborhood these days. Neighbor Warren Tang sent us this lovely photo of the pretty pink blossoms sprouting on his block. We want to see your photos! Send them to

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See The First Signs Of Spring At Brooklyn Botanic Garden

New crocuses at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Photo: Sarah Crean)It’s a windy, chilly day today but Spring is coming. On a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [http://www.bbg.org] today, we were excited to see that lavender crocuses and snowdrops had made their arrival in spite

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See The First Signs Of Spring At Brooklyn Botanic Garden

New crocuses at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. (Photo: Sarah Crean)BY SARAH CREAN It’s a bleak, raw day today but Spring is coming. On a visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [http://www.bbg.org] today, we were excited to see that lavender crocuses and snowdrops had made their

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Photo Finish: Purple Blossoms And Leaf Hearts

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Autumn doesn’t mean all the flower blooms are gone. Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/], or tag them #ftgfocus on Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and we’ll

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Congratulations, Cortelyou Road Merchants Association! Group Lands Third Place In Greenest Block In Brooklyn Contest

Photo via the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [http://www.bbg.org/greenbridge/greenestblock#/tabs-1]While Ditmas Park’s tree-lined streets [/blog/photos/our-cathedral-of-trees]can often be the star of the show around our neighborhood, we also have a ton of lush greenery on one of main commercial drags — which just landed

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Photo Of The Day: Blooming

Photo by ivonarayne [https://instagram.com/ivonarayne/]Beautiful flowers blooming on a beautiful June day. Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag them #parkslope on Instagram, and

156 7th Avenue

New Apple Tree Now Open On 7th Avenue

A new grocery and flower shop has opened on the corner of 7th Avenue and Garfield, where a string of similar businesses have operated for years. New Apple Tree and the adjacent New Apple Tree Flowers opened recently at 156 7th Avenue, calling back the name of the business that

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Photo Of The Day: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Photo by Carmen M. TamacasBouquets of fire at Puebla Market (86th Street & 19th Avenue). Submitted by Bensonhurst Bean contributor Carmen Molina Tamacas. [/a-little-guatemala-grows-in-bensonhurst/] Take any photos in Bensonhurst recently? Send them to editor@bensonhurstbean.com , or tag them #Bensonhurst on Instagram, and we’ll post them here. Also, follow us

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Photo Of The Day: Rose Of Sharon

Also known as Hibiscus syriacus, and plenty in bloom around our area at the moment. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag it #southslope on Instagram, or email it to editor@bklyner.com,

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Photo Of The Day: Coordination

In full bloom on Sterling Place. Take a photo in Park Slope recently? Send it to editor@bklyner.com, add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/] , or tag it #parkslope on Instagram, and we’ll post it here. Also, follow us on

A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll Redemption and the Life of Leonard Cohen

Crime Report: Thefts from Restaurants, Street Assaults and Robberies

Two neighboring restaurants on DeKalb Avenue were burglarized during the night of March 19. A worker at Hot Chix, 110 DeKalb Avenue, said he found the register was broken and $400 in cash was missing. He said the rear door was unlocked when he came in at 8 a.m.

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The Day: City Election Results, a Former Seminary on the Market and a Coat Drive

The fall foliage in the nabe may be beautiful, but it’s getting cold out there. Consider donating any spare winter coats, hats or scarves to Zion Baptist Church’s coat drive. (Photo by Oswaldo Cabrera)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Bill de Blasio has been elected the

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Photo Of The Day: Flowers At The Windsor Terrace Library

Fall showcase as Sue Braverman’s work with the kids at the Windsor Terrace Library [http://www.bklynpubliclibrary.org/locations/windsor-terrace] (160 E 5th St) hits its high notes. Sue is a Kensington resident and horticultural therapist in charge of the plantings and vegetable gardens at back of the library.

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Plant Life About Town

John Komar [http://www.flickr.com/photos/29731357@N05/9488064541] spots a cucumber blossom on Argyle… … Marcia Van Wagner spies one enormous mushroom… … and Marketa Jefferson [http://www.marketasart.com] captures a crape myrtle. How are your local plants faring? Share with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas

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Flowers Of The Day

Growing in a terrific garden on East 3rd Street between Caton and Albemarle. Are these golden asters? If not, can anyone identify them? Taken any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@kensingtonbk.com and we’ll post them on the site. Find us on Facebook [https://www.

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Photo of the Day: Tulips for Sale

One of our favorite signs of spring: when tulips start popping up for sale at all the bodegas. Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to editor@bklyner.com, add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/] , or tag it #parkslope

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October Rose

Photo by vermilionink [http://www.flickr.com/photos/vermilionink/8060310552/in/pool-parkslopestoop/] Captured a Park Slope moment on camera? Send it to editor@bklyner.com or add it to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], and we’ll post it on the blog.

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Fire Flower

Straight from Super Mario Bros. [http://www.mariowiki.com/Gallery:Fire_Flower] circa 1985 to your neighborhood. Take any photos in the neighborhood recently? Send them to ditmasparkcorner@gmail.com or add them to the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner] and we’ll post

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Wednesday What The What: Stop And Smell The Illegal Roses

Apparently, the police have been cracking down on illegal flower vendors throughout Brooklyn. Florists complained that unlicensed flower stands were costing them between $5,000 and $10,000 a week, according to TLJ-News [http://www.tlj-news.com/2012/05/25/exclusive-%E2%80%93-nypd-confiscating-flowers-from-illegal-vendors-in-borough-park/] . Around holidays, that number skyrockets. The

16th avenue

Homeowner Wins Grant For Benson Avenue Block

Front yard with vegetables by Violette 79 via FlickrA Bath Beach homeowner has been awarded a grant from the city in order to help make her beautiful block look even better. Sonia Valentin and her husband have been residents of their stretch of Benson Avenue, between Bay 11th Street and

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V-Day In The Bay – Last Minute Ideas

First of all, go and hit play on that video, so the music plays as your read. Supposedly, it’s written by a Sheepshead Bay native [http://brooklyn.about.com/b/2011/02/12/hate-valentines-brooklyn-14-alternative-things-to-celebrate-nb-tomorrow-is-national-tortellini-day.htm] , though we can’t confirm that. Ah, that’s better. Now, are you just