Arts & Culture
Pearl Necklace. (Photo by Doreen Garner)Because of the distortions introduced when you try to depict a round globe on a flat sheet, most world maps show the continent of Africa as much smaller than it really is, relative to other places in the world. The same thing can happen
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The intersection at Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene tops the list [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170216/REAL_ESTATE/170219909/cultural-hub-near-brooklyn-academy-of-music-becomes-nexus-of-retail-and-residential-development-and-a-place-to-buy-condos-in-brooklyn-near-parks] of six retail areas poised for growth in CPEX Real Estate’s eighth annual Brooklyn Retail Report.
fort greene
Photo via NYPDPolice are searching for a man who reportedly tricked a 66-year-old Clinton Hill woman out of $9,500. On the afternoon of Friday, October 21, 2016, police report that the suspect called the victim at her home posing as a friend. The suspect reportedly told the victim that
Food & Drink
Photo via Putnam’s Pub & Cooker via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQBq67AgQIy/?taken-by=putnamspub]Neighbors, patrons, and fans of Clinton Hill’s beloved Putnam’s Pub & Cooker [http://putnamspub.com/] are pitching in to help out the bar’s staff while the building undergoes extensive repairs
fort greene
Police are searching for the three men seen in the above surveillance video and below photos in connection to an armed robbery of a T-Mobile store located at 436 Myrtle Avenue. Police report that the 3 suspects entered the Clinton Hill T-Mobile location at 5:40pm last Thursday, February 16th,
Central Brooklyn
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Events
Photo via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/black-artstory-month-2017-photos/?utm_source=Myrtle+Minutes+E-Newsletter&utm_campaign=9af47a2970-Tree+Lighting+in+Fort+Greene+Park+%26+more&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_942e880905-9af47a2970-74753449] February is Black History Month and there are a variety of events happening all around
Food & Drink
Fort Greene’s Pink Tea Cup will be the focus of the upcoming docuseries Hustle & Soul (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)I used to visit the iconic soul food restaurant Pink Tea Cup [http://thinkpinkteacup.com/site/index.php] when it was still located at its original location in
fort greene
Photo by Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/MyrtleAveBrooklyn/photos/rpp.156063095280/10154883270805281/?type=3&theater] The fire that tore through the first two floors of 419 Myrtle Avenue (on the corner of Clinton Avenue) Tuesday morning left one firefighter injured and major damage to
Arts & Culture
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Photo by bam_brooklyn via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQTKHo8lFrz/?taken-by=bam_brooklyn])Harvey Lichtenstein, the former President and Executive Producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music [http://www.bam.org/], passed away on Saturday at the age of 87. The New York Times
community
Fort Greene Park (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Fort Greene Park is one of eight city parks selected for redesign and improvements as part of the $50 million Parks Without Borders Program [https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/planning/parks-without-borders] . A part of OneNYC [http://www1.nyc.gov/html/onenyc/index.