Bensonhurst
Reaching-Out Community Services’ 7th Annual Operation Christmas Smiles brought joy to 700 Brooklyn kids. (Photo via RCS-Reaching Out Community Services [https://www.facebook.com/ReachingOutCommunityServices/photos/a.425349337190.206475.349822832190/10151150093582191/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)As great as it feels to get, it feels even better to give. While
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(Photo via the Everfest event page for this year’s Santa Con NYC [https://www.everfest.com/e/santa-con-nyc-new-york-ny])Marketed as an “alternative” to Santa Con — the notorious drunken bar crawl where an army of trashed frat bros descend upon a neighborhood of their choosing (this year, it’s the
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Brooklyn Cat Cafe at 149 Atlantic Avenue. (Photo by Nathan Haselby)It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! For over 30 years, the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation [http://atlanticave.org/] has presented a variety of events and promotions during the holiday season, including the Annual Atlantic Avenue
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via 3bulldogges)Holiday donation drives are in full swing, but there’s still time to contribute to these five local toy drives to brighten the holidays for kids — and families — right in our neighborhood. Council Member Jumaane Williams’ Holiday Toy Drive [http://myemail.constantcontact.com/WILLIAMS-INVITES-COMMUNITY-TO-PARTICIPATE-IN--DISTRICT-45-s--HOLIDAY-TOY-DRIVE.html?soid=1102557709761&
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Photo via Flickr/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/europedistrict/11351076073/in/photolist-ii4esa-qoighm-i3PqmY-qwvcWz-7v5HET-qe9bUN-aT96FP-qeJyGE-aT96e6-aT963F-dzsRTR-dukstv-ii4gNc-ibvT9q-ii4eEz-qrccfM-6f3P9m-Fps2eM-qbnrq3-aT96Lk-7Nqw9-dy8oq8-dy8bg2-5NAkh7-dzsSJr-dzsSRk-ii3tke-dur3Ay-4hnQf8-dzsGxn-imVGK9-dC88zP-4cjZbA-aVQXPr-aVQXUK-pHsgoh-7piv5V-5RBrPy-7xfQD-7i2mni-BusbsM-aT96uR-cb6E33-5Jpw4d-91GX4c-tzBDB-4V7Hw-aZP7ue-77nzeB-eujB3M] It’s the time of year where we show
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Photo via lollisltdDonation drives for the holidays are in full swing, and there are many ways to help ensure that so many Brooklyn children and other community members have a bright holiday. Some donation events take place on a particular day, while others last throughout the entire month, and even
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Photo via Christmas Presents [https://www.flickr.com/photos/blackunigryphon/15878989657/in/pool-christmas_present/] Want to help make a child’s holiday a bit brighter this season? Council Member Stephen Levin [http://council.nyc.gov/d33/html/members/home.shtml], whose district covers parts of our area, and the Atlantic
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Santa’s rightful place on the lawn, and security footage of the intruder. (Photos via resident)A Dyker Heights resident reached out this morning with the sad news that a man had stolen the inflatable Santa from his lawn’s Christmas display. “Yesterday, at around 5:45 p.m., a
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Photo by Johnny Lai/Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnylcy/8523952442/in/photolist-dZeu6h-7dchS-97625h-dFww2Q-7pDoYF-4g5Zu2-bg6FiD-7pHfJj-949veL-bg6EU2-dxWy8B-qwR1WF-7hkwZv-voiHn-f3sztV-5FD32p-4fJNYi-tkbj8-5QzLpq-8zMUTJ-95V2bM-5SfiBm-bg6EZP-bg6EPK-imig5J-95vZCr-puUsZE-8Yr4jh-5QvtGp-dRYuqa-bg6ERK-bzPS8Z-7shw7f-94EZBY-awZ7vV-6Lc1HA-5MsrQy-bg6EWn-bg6EUZ-7tiDiz-4cCEL7-7oUD8x-4jkQkJ-imkmqF-qHexFo-7kiPP9-bg6EVR-aW7sMV-5G3W9E-pzEU3c/] It’s that time of year again when you get the family out t
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Photo via porterhovey [https://www.instagram.com/p/_YFrULLrjI/?tagged=parkslope] The pine needles are beginning to fill our sidewalks with their holiday scent, so it must be that time of year. And it’s pretty easy to pick up trees, wreaths, and other holiday accoutrements throughout the area. Beyond
Central Brooklyn
A small forest has sprung up on Cortelyou Road, 2015. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Even though we’re still eating turkey and pumpkin pie leftovers, the pundits agree: It’s time to start hunting for the perfect Christmas tree. Here’s your list of the best spots
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Photo via dave.pontious [https://www.instagram.com/p/-ctbnLE03N/?tagged=charliebrownthanksgiving]Our readers mean the world to us, and we want to wish all of you a healthy and peaceful Thanksgiving. We want to thank our neighbors and advertisers for their continued support. We will return on Monday, November