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Kids Restore Vandalized Mural in Windsor Terrace

Brooklyn Arts for Kids participants restore the Community mural. Courtesy of Brooklyn Arts for Kids.At Brooklyn Arts for Kids [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9MbJICfyJ0oJ:www.brooklynartsforkids.com/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us] , a visual and performing arts program for children run by co-directors

Arts & Culture

A Mural For Kids: “Bloom Where You’re Planted”

Volunteers working on the octopus mural at P.S. 54 in 2019. Courtesy of Lauren Cawdrey.Two years ago, on a whim, Bed-Stuy resident Lauren Cawdrey decided to buy Willoughby General [https://www.willoughbygeneral.com/], a small storefront near the Myrtle – Willoughby subway station. The space had been left suddenly

Arts & Culture

Essential Workers, Neighbors, Life In Brooklyn – Reflected In Two New Murals in Williamsburg

Portrait of Mayo Orozco by artist Nadia Westcott. Courtesy of Joe Matunis.Two new murals in Williamsburg – one at the event space 74Wythe [https://www.74wythe.com/], the other right inside the South 4th Street entrance to Domino Park – pay tribute to the people holding New York together. Just inside

Arts & Culture

Paint a Community Mural this Week in South Williamsburg

Community mural painting project in 2018. Courtesy of SARF.SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG – This week you can try your hand at painting a street mural in East Williamsburg. Ten years ago, a mural reflecting the local farmers market was painted on the wall at 46 Graham Ave. Over the years it became

Crown Heights

A Mural On Mental Health Comes to Crown Heights

A Crown Heights mural on mental health awareness on Troy Avenue and Park Place outside of MS354, The School of Integrated Learning.CROWN HEIGHTS – The New York City Mural Arts Project [https://www.muralartsproject.cityofnewyork.us/] made its mark on Brooklyn this year with a four-story mural on mental health

Events

Sheepshead Community Gathered In Bill Brown Park For Heartfelt 9/11 Memorial Service

Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.It was a night of music, joy, remembrance, and pride. The Sheepshead Bay community congregated in front of the 9/11 mural in Bill Brown Park, also known as Bedford Park, to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the terror attacks that shook our city

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MTA Searching For Artists To Design Murals For Five Brooklyn Subway Stations

(Courtesy:Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/7488701704/in/photolist-cpKy7C-mXEwG9-fr7WZ-aFxKme-gVo4MU-dCaifZ-8hwxkh-kAoV6H-8svPsD-ftTdFM-7vkab8-f7znz-bkWF4r-9bKBwQ-6Hf8g7-8hwxeu-bDx9b2-pVZiby-4F7atP-8AzhB4-asdxZx-HbzHM-8hwxhd-6z2eiq-dwBx7C-asfWX5-8J3Zsq-DcLD7b-bDx9bg-asgaNY-9KWoJK-7zBkMv-83zxqq-asdx84-frbku-xdX6u-asdmtR-asg9Yb-asdggR-dq1s4F-6Wzo2q-e9vUfD-zoFqD-5eAmgo-5evX1c-e9vUpR-XhqEQ-c2bF27-hw8xD-asdyh4] )Do you have what it takes to have

Arts & Culture

A Mural Grows In Brooklyn

> ? Mural in progress at Laundercenter in Windsor Terrace! One of my favorite signs in the neighborhood. pic.twitter.com/xC9GYdjVFk [https://t.co/xC9GYdjVFk] — Leslie Albrecht (@ReporterLeslie) April 21, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ReporterLeslie/status/723169258247741440] Better weather means brighter colors for the neighborhood. The Laundercenter [https://www.yelp.com/

Central Brooklyn

Photo Of The Day: Why?

Photo by Lou HowortNeighbor Lou Howort sent this in to us. “A question well worth asking..and answering,” he says. Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or tag them #ditmaspark on Instagram, and we’ll

Brooklyn Recycle Project

Tribeca Pediatrics Says It Will Keep The Mosaic Mural On Cortelyou Road

Photo by Juan Carlos Pinto [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153336308406749&set=p.10153336308406749&type=1&theater] After urging from the community, Tribeca Pediatrics [https://www.tribecapediatrics.com/] says it will keep the mosaic mural on Cortelyou Road [/blog/art-music/installing-a-mosaic-on-johns] near Rugby Road. Tribeca Pediatrics started work

5th Avenue 138 5th Avenue

Students Paint Mural To Bring Awareness To Traffic Dangers

Students painting mural at 138 5th Avenue (Photo via Groundswell)If you’ve walked along 5th Avenue past the Key Foods parking lot between Sterling and St. John’s Place, you might have noticed students on scaffolding painting the wall. The college students have been working all summer to paint

1103 Cortelyou Road

The Finishing Touches

Photo via Bar Chord [https://www.facebook.com/BarChord/photos/a.143262649164577.32453.142374215920087/461469530677219/?type=1&theater] Artist and neighbor Juan Carlos Pinto [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Juan-Carlos-Pinto-Artworks/185023554861846] — who’s well-known for his area installations like the enormous pixelated portraits at the corner of Cortelyou and Marlborough

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New Mural Will Celebrate Biggie Smalls’ Life For Anniversary Of His Death

Photo by iamsafaree [http://www.instagram.com/iamsafaree].Yesterday was the 18th anniversary of Biggie Smalls’ (aka Notorious B.I.G. or his birth name of Christopher Wallace) murder and instead of mourning, the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill/Bed-Stuy community he grew up in is celebrating his life the same

South Slope

Photo Of The Day: Unity

Last month we suggested the Mexican coat of arms mural [/blog/photos/photo-of-the-day-the-golden-eagle-of-5th-avenue] was one of our favorites in the neighborhood, and a neighbor cast his vote [http://instagram.com/p/t6DC-tSoxu/?modal=true] for the one [http://pauldeo.com/images/1-world-unity] in this photo by tanjalands [http://instagram.com/

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Photo Of The Day: Birds Of A Feather

Neighbor Tom Prendergast [/?s=tom+prendergast] shares this photo of a great mural on 14th Street just off 2nd Avenue. Snap any neighborhood photos lately? Share them with us! Add them to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag them #southslope on Instagram, or email them to

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Photo Of The Day: Santa Needs A Beer Break

Neighbor amberala [http://instagram.com/amberala] spotted a new St. Nick mural going up outside of Greenwood Park [https://www.facebook.com/greenwoodparkbk] last weekend. Snapped any photos in the neighborhood lately? Share them with us! You can add photos to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group,

84th Precinct

Community Board 2 Executive Committee Recommends Approval of LIU Athletic Field Expansion Proposal

The Community Board 2 executive committee voted this week, recommending that Long Island University Brooklyn go forward with its planned athletic field expansion. (Photo by Antonia Massa)Community Board 2’s executive committee expressed its approval of a contentious proposal to expand Long Island University Brooklyn’s athletic field, voting

Hadas Gallery

The Day: An Atlantic Yards Lawsuit, a Specialty Food Store Opening and a New Greenmarket

A bright flash erupted from rain-carrying clouds over the city. Here’s hoping the torrential rain stays to a minimum today. (Photo by Brien Foy)Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Make sure you have your rain gear with you while traveling throughout the nabe today. The National Weather

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Photo of the Day: No Filter

Nice shot of the mural outside of Eagle Provisions [http://www.yelp.com/biz/eagle-provisions-brooklyn] by Instagram user (and new neighbor) mallorymturner [http://snapwidget.com/view/?id=429091053803783654_30659464#.UWX60jkUnIo]. Welcome to South Slope! Keep up with the neighborhood all week by subscribing to our newsletter [http://southslopenews.us6.list-manage.

23rd Street

Photo of the Day: The Cats of 23rd Street

Have a stellar photo to share? Send it to editor@bklyner.com or add it to the South Slope News Flickr Group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope/], and we’ll post it to the site.

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Photo of the Day: We’re Tiny, We’re Toony…

…We’re all a little loony! Taken on 12th Street and 5th Avenue. Have a stellar photo to share? Send it to editor@bklyner.com or add it to the South Slope News Flickr Group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope/], and we’ll post it to the site.