Education
An official ribbon-cutting inaugurated the Edward R. Murrow High School’s greenhouse (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)MIDWOOD – In a hot, brightly lit greenhouse on the roof of Edward R. Murrow High School [http://www.ermurrowhs.org/], vegetables—and possibly careers—are growing in Brooklyn. A new greenhouse, part of the $10
Announcements
New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito unveils a six-foot high water mark sign, Wednesday, October 26, 2017, at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Coney IslandCONEY ISLAND– As the time passes, it’s easy to forget just how much water came into the city during the storm surge.
environment
Local political leaders ceremoniously broke ground for the new library at Norman Ave and Leonard St yesterday (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)GREENPOINT – Local leaders broke ground yesterday on the new Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center, surrounded by North Brooklyn Community members, builders, and schoolchildren from nearby PS 34’s Green
Central Brooklyn
EAST FLATBUSH – Junior troops of the Saint Vincent Ferrer Girl Scouts helped members of the Tilder Block Association [https://www.facebook.com/TilderBlockAssoc/] plant over 1,000 flowering bulbs along East 31st and East 32nd Streets this Saturday. Come next year, daffodils, iris, crocus, hyacinths, tulips, and gladiolus will delight
brownsville
BROWNSVILLE – A community that harvests together, grows together. In Brownsville, the urban farming network continues to expand, week after week – as more local residents continue to visit, shop for produce, and eat at one of the biggest farms in their neighborhood. Over 50 Brownsville community members stopped by Project EATS
Central Brooklyn
Tree falls at 27 DeKoven Court (Photo Don Loggins)DITMAS PARK – The wet and windy weather is not going easy on the old trees in Victorian Flatbush. One century-old London Plane tree on DeKoven Court cracked and fell this afternoon, damaging a car and ripping the gutters of the roof
Central Brooklyn
Jabari Brisport (l), Green Party candidate for New York’s 35 th City Council District, gives his campaign flyer to Alex Asher (r) as Gabriella Agranat-Getz looks on at the Fort Greene Park Greenmarket on Sept. 30, 2017. (Ben Foldy / BKLYNER)On a fall Saturday at the Greenmarket in Fort
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK – Neighborhood parents are not happy with how long it is taking NYC Parks Department to fix the play equipment at the Cortelyou road Tot Lot. The small playground aimed at toddlers is located across the PS139 in Ditmas Park, and serves a large and diverse community, which — like
Announcements
PROSPECT PARK – On Friday, September 22, Prospect Park Alliance President Sue Donoghue and Council Member Brad Lander hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially reopen two newly restored ballfields [https://www.prospectpark.org/news-events/news/ballfields-6-7-reopen-after-restoration/] on Prospect Park’s Long Meadow. Left to right: Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Maher, Council
Arts & Culture
From Among Trees and Stones by Matthew JensenGREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com] is an iconic site both because of its scenic beauty and the histories of many famous New Yorkers buried there, including Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Boss” Tweed and more than 5,000 veterans
Downtown Brooklyn
Willoughby & Pearl Streets (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/] and NYC DOT [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] are temporarily closing off two busy streets in Downtown Brooklyn and converting them into public playgrounds for two Wednesdays
Central Brooklyn
Bountiful baskets (Photo Esther Shittu / BKLYNER)Last Saturday’s GreenThumb Harvest Fair [http://www.greenthumbnyc.org/]gathered community gardeners from across the city at the Brooklyn Bears Pacific Garden [https://brooklynbears.wordpress.com/] for a chance to celebrate the end of the growing season, connect with each other, and – of