Business
SUNSET PARK – The Brooklyn Army Terminal [https://www.bklynarmyterminal.com] (BAT) celebrated its 100th anniversary on Saturday with a day-long block party, inviting locals to enjoy its sprawling campus and waterfront views. Brooklyn Army Terminal Celebrates 100 Years with BAT Block Party (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Brooklyn Army Terminal Celebrates 100
Announcements
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy is celebrating the third anniversary of its Environmental Education Center [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/activities/classroom] this Sunday with a series of free environmentally-themed activities, including a guided nature walk. Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) The Environmental
Arts & Culture
Book lovers will be thrilled next week when the 13th annual Brooklyn Book Festival [http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/](BKBF) returns with a litany of literary events across the city that lead up to the Festival Day & Literary Marketplace next Sunday (September 16) featuring more than 300 authors and 250
Central Brooklyn
Daydreaming about fall and perfect running weather? Register for 2018’s BEST fall half marathon: the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon and Half Marathon [https://nycruns.com/races/?race=nycruns-brooklyn-marathon--half-marathon] on October 20. via NYCRUNSChanging fall leaves, crisp air, and a perfect Brooklyn course will make this a weekend to remember. Your
Arts & Culture
via ALDEN MOVES Dance TheaterThe animated film LEAP! nailed it—we dance because it’s a part of us; it allows us to live, to be free, to be ourselves. At ALDEN MOVES Dance Theater [https://www.aldenmovesbk.com/], you’ll find all the charm and personalized attention you look
Central Brooklyn
Photo via the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, one of the schools in District 20By Christina Veiga and Sam Park, Chalkbeat New York [https://www.chalkbeat.org/ny/] The New York City education department on Friday released a report detailing per-student funding at every public school across the district, data that
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE – Mayor Bill de Blasio, Schools Chancellor Richard A. Carranza, and Council Member Justin Brannan toured a brand-new pre-K center in Bay Ridge yesterday. The new three-story building will offer seats to more than 250 pre-K students starting this September. Located at 369 93rd Street, the new early childhood
Central Brooklyn
Richard Carranza. By Christina Veiga/ChalkbeatBy Christina Veiga, in partnership with Chalkbeat Richard Carranza jokes that his colleagues must be tired of hearing him ask the same questions. Four months into his role as New York City’s schools chief, Carranza has had a chance to get under the hood
Borough Park
BORO PARK/WILLIAMSBURG – This week Monday through Thursday Met Council will be giving away nearly 5,000 free kosher lunches for kids in Boro Park and Williamsburg. “Met Council is proud to have the only free kosher summer lunch program for kids in New York,” said David G. Greenfield CEO
Central Brooklyn
New Chancellor Robert Carranza and Mayor Bill de Blasio (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)By Christina Veiga Ever since the city launched a push to scrap the entrance exam for its vaunted specialized high schools, Chancellor Richard Carranza has made it clear that he doesn’t believe a single test
Bay Ridge
Looking for something to do with the kids during the final weeks of summer vacation? City Parks Foundation’s PuppetMobile [https://cityparksfoundation.org/puppetmobile/] is presenting free performances of The Big Good Wolf at local parks. The “modern-day fairy tale” features characters from Goldilocks and The Three Bears, transporting viewers
Coney Island
CONEY ISLAND – A beloved summer tradition returns to Coney Island Beach on Saturday—the 28th Annual Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest [http://wearebcs.org/home/sand/]. Coney Island Sand Sculpting Contest via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ConeyIslandSandSculpting/photos/pcb.787149448050534/787148748050604/?type=3&theater] Presented by the Alliance