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Photo by Thea Grant Design [https://www.instagram.com/p/-eP-CvFoXN/?taken-by=theagrantdesign].After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Park
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Photo courtesy of Waye Realty [http://www.trulia.com/property/3212173012-158-Carlton-Ave-Brooklyn-NY-11205#photo-7] We’ve rounded up some of the more interesting Fort Greene open house listings for this weekend. Any thoughts on these places? 158 Carlton Avenue [http://www.trulia.com/property/3212173012-158-Carlton-Ave-Brooklyn-NY-11205] List Price: $2,200,000 Size: Eight
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Image via Brownstone Detectives via Brooklyn Historical Society [https://twitter.com/BrownstoneDetec/status/671791435021176832/photo/1].The Fort Greene Houses — now known as the Ingersoll and Walt Whitman Houses — were completed in 1944 and considered a pioneering development for urban renewal and addressing the housing crisis. Nowadays, of course, the
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Photo by Mandy Jansen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/drh/2135841707/]The annual Toys for Tots [http://www.toysfortots.org/default.aspx] drive is currently underway, and there are a lot of local drop-off locations where you can donate a toy, helping to ensure that so many Brooklyn children have
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Photo by latonyayvette [http://instagram.com/p/xhjqmWtaxx/?modal=true].Clinton Hill got highlighted in the [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/realestate/clinton-hill-brooklyn-a-neighborhood-in-transition.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0] New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/realestate/clinton-hill-brooklyn-a-neighborhood-in-transition.html?smid=fb-nytimes&
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Image via NYPD.We see-sawed back up in reported crimes Thanksgiving week compared to the week prior, with 22 total incidents in major crime categories, compared to last week’s 14 [/blog/2015/12/01/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-november-16-22/] and the previous week’s 19 [/blog/2015/11/20/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-november-9-15-reduced-crime/]. This was also
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Image via NYPD.Surveillance images have been released by the NYPD of a suspect in the knife assault [/blog/2015/12/03/blood-splatter-victim-identified-playwright-david-henry-hwang-is-recuperating-after-seemingly-random-slashing/] on Fort Greene resident and prominent Broadway playwright David Henry Hwang. Seen above and in the Wanted poster below, the suspect is shown crossing the street in
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Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [https://www.instagram.com/p/-uDPy2mqVq/?taken-by=myrtleavebklyn].Gearing up for 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/
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Bucatini Alla Siciliana at Scopello. (Photo by Fort Greene Focus.)If you’re in the mood for a relaxing sit-down dinner for one that’s a little fancier than the [awesome] corner pub, then Scopello Ristorante [http://www.scopello.net] (63 Lafayette Avenue) should be on your go-to list. The
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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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FAMILY-FRIENDLY KIDS events, see this week’s (through December 8) Kid Calendar [/blog/2015/12/01/things-to-do-with-the-kids-through-december-8/]. WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/14/seven-places-to-enjoy-wine-tastings-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/] weekly options! Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE [http://myrtleavenue.org/kids-guide-to-myrtle-avenue/] also has great listings. Submit your event listing [/calendar/
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Photo by nonsequiturious [http://websta.me/p/984303111287598514_1470991786]Below you’ll find Fort Greene and Clinton Hill subway changes over the weekend on the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, B, C, D, G, N, Q and R lines in Brooklyn, plus the Franklin Avenue. Check back here Monday to