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(Courtesy Twitter/Fort Greene Park [https://twitter.com/fortgreenepark/status/747858391922540544])Trash is being turned into treasure in Fort Greene Park [/?s=fort+greene+park], as broken glass is being recycled into a community mosaic map. Artist Amanda Patenaude and the Fort Greene Park Conservancy [/?s=conservancy] are inviting community
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Patrons of Greenlight Bookstore (Photo by Menglin Huang)Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. WEDNESDAY JULY 6 Gymnasts often start
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(Courtesy Flickr/55thstreet [https://www.flickr.com/photos/10613660@N04/2278672634/in/photolist-4BNVTK-64Tsbe-9158iL-nPVXSK-beyB9Z-6B5Bus-ngGKzc-SXGwz-ub4qo-4tmMZd-4QnU8K-H4zpXZ-9HtFA2-4BhF4D-9HwxiN-du8VAu-mg5TzZ-4RLXhu-dAz9JL-4etS6h-j1VSAp-8R21Jk-4K1g1d-eE3ZBH-83hquQ-88v1Hf-eReG1R-Fa3G7i-5VYXsW-gT99rn-9L4c97-brfNY5-ng76Gk-akzxDt-9kzPVH-etNE8h-ocSHCQ-nYmzQq-53AoRb-5yrfn8-du8Vty-mg5NpP-oLEAKm-5kUBsh-dCFeMa-keEsX-5ko56R-5VUBZa-nPVDGs-3aWxs1/] )We want to wish a happy and healthy Independence Day t
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The Burger Paulette. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus)Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and subscribe to our newsletter [http://eepurl.
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The sun sets on a summer night in Fort Greene. (Photo by Francisco Daum)It’s summer in the city: the back of your neck is feeling hot and gritty but the living is easy. This weekend will be a long one and filled with fireworks, so get into the
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A waterspout off the shore of Plumb Beach in 2012. (Photo by Bill Woodroffe)Time to dust off those ruby slippers! The National Weather Service [http://www.weather.gov/okx/#] has issued a tornado watch for New York City until 10pm tonight. Neighbors are advised to be on the lookout
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Today, we celebrate our Independence Day! (Courtesy Flickr/Dan Nguyen [https://www.flickr.com/photos/zokuga/14613293893/in/photolist-ocwdk5-oegbZ2-ogjX9Z-4mRqRe-rRpmAh-4mRiQM-4mDo9V-vFsBz4-vFQWjR-voTqMQ-53PvZG-53Pyo9-53KksM-53Khzz-53Pwvh-6AnaGw-52Cjum-ndXXeF-ndXTzM-37rXZ-nbVcoj-nbV5ka-6waQCg-fGZH5X-oe1vJF-obYtvj-52fAG9-6wf3wo-obYCAU-nWw1ix-odRdzh-nWvSsc-nY9RtD-27e3Ng-ofhajb-nWwxCg-odHmwc-odWz3j-oegTCE-6waRH8-odtdap-4mVw53-4mVwkW-4mVkNj-4mRsc4-66WJV3-4mVpKG-4mVu29-ocTJtY-4mRqhz/] )WINE TASTINGS:
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> The journey continues…thankful for the next chapter!! #Godisgood [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Godisgood?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/1PLutlFbyO [https://t.co/1PLutlFbyO] — Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) July 1, 2016 [https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/748879457411174400] The Brooklyn Nets merchandisers just got a huge shot in the arm after
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Are you sick of paying too much for too little? Do you want to live in a place so patriotic, it’s literally named after a Revolutionary War hero [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathanael_Greene]? Are you just plum sick of the Stamp Act [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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Ingersoll Senior (Courtesy NYCHA)The planned LGBTQ-friendly senior residences at the Ingersoll Houses [/?s=ingersoll] is starting to come into focus. The planned building, to be known as Ingersoll Senior, is to be built on an unused grassy area at Myrtle Avenue between St. Edward Street and Portland Avenue and
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Rihanna steals the show in Calvin Harris’ new music video — well, her jumpsuit does anyway. And there’s a Pratt [/?s=pratt]grad to credit for it. 2016 Pratt Institute grad Isabel Hall [http://www.isabelhall.com/] designed the dress for her senior thesis project and not long after the
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Independence Day fireworks at Coney Island (Courtesy Flickr/Bob Jagendorf [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobjagendorf/7908292098/in/photolist-d3Q4HL-crae1o] )Ready to fire up the grill, catch some fiery sun, and see some fireworks? The Fourth of July falls on a Monday this year, so gear up for a long weekend.