Arts & Culture
Screenshot of the WNYC map of film shoots in Brooklyn.Do you ever feel like you’re living in Hollywood? Probably not (the weather certainly destroys that illusion), but Brooklyn is often called Hollywood East, what with the filming boom for TV shows and movies across the borough and particularly
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Are you good with bike mechanics or don’t mind answering questions and troubleshooting problems over the phone? Then Citi Bike’s job fair [https://www.citibikenyc.com/jobs] with the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation could be for you. The job fair is TOMORROW (Wednesday, March 2) from 12:30-2pm
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Image via NYPD.Have you seen 75-year-old Angel F. Diaz? He was last seen last Thursday, February 25 inside his Hoyt Street home at around 3pm, but wasn’t there later when family and friends checked on him. Diaz stands around 5-feet-7-inches tall, weighs 120 pounds, is thin, and has
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Photo courtesy of Joshua Stulman.Joshua Stulman is founder of the Brooklyn Comic Shop — a stand near local arts favorite Apple Arts and his alma mater Pratt Institute — and, most recently, its online presence, BrooklynComicShop.com [http://www.brooklyncomicshop.com]. A Fort Greene resident who grew up outside of Philadelphia,
Events
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/]. ONGOING Book Sale Donation Collection When: Through Friday, April 8 Where: Clinton Hill Library
Business
Popular photography retailer B&H is being sued by workers who allege discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, ethnicity, and gender while working in the company’s Brooklyn Navy Yard warehouse. According to the workers, B&H Foto and Electronics Corporation routinely promoted and paid higher
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Police have arrested a homeless man for allegedly slashing a man across the face with a boxcutter on the Classon Avenue G train Queens-bound platform at around 2:50am this morning (Monday, February 29). According to PIX11 [http://pix11.com/2016/02/29/homeless-man-slashes-subway-commuter-who-woke-him-up-in-brooklyn-nypd/] , police say that after being roused
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Image via NYPD.The man pictured above is wanted for allegedly punching and robbing a 35-year-old woman near the Clinton Hill-Bed Stuy border last Sunday, February 21, at Classon and Lafayette Avenues. According to police, it was 7pm when the suspect approached the victim, punched her in the face, demanded
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Image via Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp.Missed this week’s neighborhood news? We’ve got you covered. And don’t forget to list local events in our Brooklyn-wide Calendar [http://http//www.bklyner.com/calendar]! TOP NEWS * Get out the vote: 19 participatory budgeting projects will be on the
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Photo by Sarah Crean.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. How did a booming real estate market create a deadly
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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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Image via Zillow.Looking for a new place to call home? We’ve rounded up a bunch of intriguing Fort Greene apartment listings. Take a look at the details, and let us know what you think. Lots of luck and happy hunting! Nassau Street 1-Bedroom [http://www.zillow.com/homes/