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Phase II Expansion of Park Slope Historic District. (Via Park Slope Civic Council)Nearly 300 buildings have been added to the Park Slope Historic District [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/historic-district/] (PSHD) as of last Thursday when the New York City Council voted to approve the second expansion since the district’s
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What’s better than a movie on a hot summer night? (Courtesy FAB Alliance)WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven weekly options! Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE also has great listings. Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR or by emailing editor@bklyner.com. FRIDAY JULY 15
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Blue tarps still dangle from the Lundy’s Building on Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Ed Cheney / Sheepshead Bites)The historic Lundy’s Building on Emmons Avenue continues to deteriorate, despite promises from the owner to patch up the property. We reported in March [/lundys-building-real-fixer-upper/] the landmarked building, constructed in the 1930s,
Business
The Shore Theater at the corner of Stillwell and Surf avenues in Coney Island. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The developer who purchased the landmarked Shore Theater in Coney Island earlier this year is considering converting the building into a hotel with a rooftop pool, according to sketches sent to
Central Brooklyn
Travelers on their way to Coney Island in the mid-19th century could stop at road houses like this for meals, drinks and care of their horses. Mort Tunison’s Road House, seen here in the early 1860s, was located along the Coney Island Plank Road (now Coney Island Avenue), near
Events
Sunset Park Pool. Courtesy: Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/atomische/6666774409/in/photolist-ba7XLn-914ViG-732GAh-a7r6TT-7jiRTw-h1WEd-a7HG3R-h1YzZ] This weekend, enjoy some family fun at Green-Wood’s nature tour, take a dip in Sunset Park’s pool, get creative during arts and crafts at the Dedalus Foundation, or take a knitting class at the
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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
Business
The restored Coignet Building. (Photo via katoleary [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEdusRmKx89/?tagged=coignetbuilding&hl=en])Now that the landmark Coignet Building on 360 3rd Avenue (at 3rd Street) in Gowanus has gotten its 21st-century makeover from Whole Foods Market, could its space be used for retail? “We
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Jamie Courville (left) and Chris Reynolds, creators of ‘Gowanus Current’. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Sifting through the stories of the Gowanus neighborhood often seems murkier than the toxic canal itself. Stitching together the patchwork of environmental, legal, historical, savagely political, communal, artistic, fiscal, real estate-laden topics and
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Be a cool cat and take a free bike ride this weekend. (Courtesy Brooklyn Bridge Animal Rescue Coalition.and Who’s Your Doggy)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
Education
The old 68th precinct. (Source: wikimedia commons)Sunset Park might lose a piece of its history to make room for school children. As we reported [/education/historic-sunset-park-castle-eyed-department-education/] last week, the castle built in 1886 that once housed NYPD precincts, is being considered by the Department of Education [DOE] as a
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Photo by Daniel MyersWalk a few paces up Garfield Place from 5th Avenue and take a peek into the alley behind newish restaurant Brooklyn Burgers & Beer [http://www.brooklynburgersandbeer.com/] (295 5th Avenue at Garfield Place), and you’ll come face to face with one of the Slope’s