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Image courtesy of Fort Greene Park Conservancy.Parks-lovers have until this coming Monday, February 29 to vote for their favorite park to get $5 million in funding through the city Parks Department’s $50 million Parks Without Borders initiative [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning- and-building/planning/parks-without-borders] — and Fort Greene
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Fort Greene Park, Photo by Mitchell J. Silver.Fort Greene Park is one of the most photographed places in the neighborhood and borough, by both amateur and professional photographers. Among those shutterbugs is NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver, a Fort Greene resident and Brooklyn native who is also an avid
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Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC Parks.Mulchfest 2016 was a big success, with 1,107 trees mulched this past weekend at Fort Greene Park! That news is bittersweet, though: it only put us in third place citywide, although we still hold the record — earned last year! — of 1,743 trees
Arts & Culture
With help from residents, local artist Amanda Patenaude is crafting a community mosaic of broken glass salvaged from Fort Greene Park. (Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus)Glass is one of those materials that is endlessly changeable, able to be both beautiful and deadly, a masterpiece or mundane or
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Photo courtesy of Fort Greene Park Conservancy.It was a Christmas miracle! Late on Christmas Eve, the Willoughby Avenue entrance [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/1460] to Fort Greene Park reopened after over a year of construction and delays [/blog/2015/08/07/update-willoughby-avenue-park-entrance-is-still-slated-for-a-november-open/] , and even more years
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Photo via parkservice [https://www.instagram.com/p/xof8_tqE3W/?tagged=mulchfest2015]Fort Greene Park holds the record for most trees mulched at a single site in Brooklyn — last year our team mulched 1,743 trees! [/blog/2015/01/13/fort-greene-parks-mulchfest-2015-sets-record/] — so let’s see if we can meet or
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Image via Drew Avila [https://www.instagram.com/p/_HbcNfTOkr/?taken-by=drewavila].Autumn leaves and sunlight are out in full force this week. Enjoy it before winter comes! Keep on sharing photos with us at editor@bklyner.com, add them to our Flickr group [https://www.flickr.com/groups/thelocalfgch/
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Photo via Fort Greene Park Conservancy.If you’ve ever wondered what happens to the small boulders and other chunks of rock unearthed during construction projects such as the excavation at the Willoughby Avenue entrance to Fort Greene Park, here’s your answer: in many cases, they’re recycled. In
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Photo by Megan McGibney/Fort Greene Park.BY MEGAN MCGIBNEY The second annual Fort Greene Park holiday tree lighting festivities returned at dusk this Sunday, December 6, for an even larger celebration of community and fun. About 400 people, mostly young families, gathered at the corner of Washington and Myrtle
City Kid Corner
Photo by Michael Daddino [https://www.flickr.com/photos/epicharmus/8411852707/] If you’re looking to meet Santa Claus this December, forget the stress of Macy’s — Brooklyn has got you covered. The big guy will be making a bunch of stops around our borough this month, so you’ve
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Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.instagram.com/p/-zC0rHpox-/?taken-by=cisc1970].It’s the holidays! 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’
City Kid Corner
Photo by Fort Greene Focus [bklyner.com/blog/2014/12/09/fort-greene-park-holiday-tree-lights-community-spirit/] This Sunday, December 6 at 5pm, make sure to make your way to the Myrtle Avenue/Washington Park entrance of Fort Greene Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/fort-greene-park] for the second annual holiday tree lighting [http://www.