Kids & Family
SUNSET PARK – Prospect Park’s popular attraction, Lola’s Dreamland Roller Disco [https://www.prospectpark.org/visit-the-park/places-to-go/lefrak-center-lakeside/roller-skating/lolas-dreamland-disco/] , will roll over to Sunset Park for the winter months. Industry City will be home to Dreamland Roller Disco’s 15,000-square-foot indoor roller rink Thursdays through Sundays from
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – Dozens of fourth graders at Success Academy Cobble Hill participated in the school’s first-ever Empty Bowls fundraiser to help feed hungry New Yorkers. Success Academy Cobble Hill Empty Bowls Event (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) Success Academy Cobble Hill Empty Bowls Event (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) Success Academy
Central Brooklyn
Most of us will never experience the extreme hunger that millions of Americans face, but every day, CAMBA’s Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry helps hundreds of our neighbors get the emergency food they need [https://www.camba.org/programs/health/nutritionalservices/beyondhungeremergencyfoodpantry] . Families, elderly people and those simply struggling
Borough Park
BOROUGH PARK/WILLIAMSBURG – NYC Department of Health reports that the number of measles cases has risen to 17, up from 7 last week, and that the highly infectious disease has spread from the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg to Borough Park. The children affected range in age from 7 months
Business
Patrons attend Socceroof’s opening party on November 1 in Sunset Park. (Justin Mitchell/Bklyner).SUNSET PARK – Socceroof [https://www.socceroof.com] threw its grand opening party in Sunset Park Thursday night. The brand new facilities feature 10 fields, a bar and a rooftop view of the Statue of Liberty
Animals
FORT GREENE – Despite being rescheduled from Saturday due to the Nor’easter, Fort Greene Park was packed on Sunday for the 20th annual Fort Greene PUPS Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest [http://www.fortgreenepups.org/copy-of-events]. Winners of the 2018 Great PUPkin: Kody “Oscar the Grouch” and Kara Pezzillo-Foldes (Photo:
Central Brooklyn
FLATBUSH/DITMAS PARK – This is the 6th year we are asking our readers to donate to CAMBA to fund holiday meals for 500 families that rely on the non-profit’s food pantry on Church Avenue. What we started as 500 Turkeys For 500 Families has become more inclusive of vegetarians.
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Central Brooklyn
Here’s BKLYNER’s updated list for spooky Halloween fun across the borough. Happy Halloween! PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The NYPD’s Haunted House returns from Friday, October 26 through Tuesday, October 30 (4pm to 9pm). Bring the whole family to this free house of horrors. Check out photos from last year
environment
PARK SLOPE – Dozens of P.S. 282 students and Principal Rashan Hoke joined Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) Commissioner Vincent Sapienza, and NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org] Borough Commissioner Martin Maher Monday morning to
Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – Christmas has been the inspiration for hundreds of memorable songs and scores of pop hits since “Silent Night” was composed in 1818. Halloween has been left to make do with endless replays of 1962’s “The Monster Mash,” but for the last seven years, the Brooklyn Music School
community
PARK SLOPE – On Saturday, schools across Brooklyn’s District 15 [https://insideschools.org/districts/15] opened up their gardens to the public for a celebration of experiential learning, food justice and creativity for the first annual Brooklyn School Gardens Crawl [https://gardentrain.wixsite.com/gardentrain/programs]. Kickoff event for the
community
DUMBO – With all the development happening in DUMBO over the years, it’s surprising that the waterfront neighborhood does not have its own public library branch. That will soon change as the Brooklyn Public Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/] (BPL) announced on Thursday that it will debut a branch at