Central Brooklyn
So, the weather might not have seemed much like it lately, but Spring is here! We’re through the vernal equinox, people! It’s time to clean up your apartments or, even better, get brand new digs. (Courtesy Street Easy/Fumiko Akiyama of Corcoran [http://streeteasy.com/building/1813-78-street-brooklyn/2]
Business
Der Pioneer, 737 Church Avenue between East 7th & East 8th Streets. (Photo by Carly Miller)After months of waiting [/der-pioneer-european-bakery-cafe-opening-soon-church-avenue-ditmas-park/], Church Avenue finally has a new spot for European pastries and fine cafe food on the newest destination stretch between Ocean Parkway and Coney Island Avenue. (See Hinterlands [/hinterlands-bar-now-open-church-avenue-ditmas-park/
community
Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 18 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Brad Lander’s District 39 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-39/] (Borough Park, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Waterfront, Gowanus, Kensington, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace). With
Announcements
(Photo by Carly Miller)Construction started today on the green roof at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Windsor Terrace branch, a project neighbors voted on through participatory budgeting in 2014. The branch, at Ft. Hamilton Parkway and East 5th Street, will get a 7,500-square-foot green roof [http://ecobrooklyn.com/
Central Brooklyn
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Arts & Culture
Flatbush Jewish Center. (Photo by Carly Miller)Inspired by a growing number of New York synagogues showcasing musical performances, guitarist and composer Yoshie Fruchter [https://www.yoshiefruchter.com] launched Church Avenue Sessions, a monthly series of concerts at Kensington’s Flatbush Jewish Center. The debut performance on Thursday features two
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Kettle & Thread, 1219 Church Avenue. (Photo by Nathan Thompson)More events inspired by the call to political activism are popping up along Church Avenue. Kettle & Thread is hosting #resist nights every Tuesday from 6pm to 9pm [http://www.kettleandthreadbrooklyn.com], and owner Beth Barraclough is keeping the doors
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Central Brooklyn
Captain David Wall, NYPD 66 Precinct Commander, addressing the Community Council on Thursday, February 16. The audience sat in clumps of Bangladeshis, Shomrim, Shmira, and BACOP (the Brooklyn Asian Civilian Observation Patrol); while assorted electeds’ reps, precinct residents, the head of the Kensington Shelter, and a DA fitted themselves in
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Kensington Stables (Photo by Melissa Akar/Corner Media)This Thursday, the last horse stable near Prospect Park is set to be auctioned off in a bankruptcy sale. But City Council Member Brad Lander is trying to keep the Kensington Stables [http://kensingtonstables.com], built in 1930, from becoming just another
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February 19, 2017 (Photo submitted by reader)Last night, firefighters stamped out a house fire on the border of Ditmas Park and Kensington. The all-hands fire started on the top floor of a residential building at 735 Coney island Avenue near Cortelyou Road, around 5:30pm on Sunday, February 19,