Events
The community lighting will take place at Park Slope Playground after menorahs were vandalized. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6772822,-73.9785075,3a,75y,213.11h,93.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxBUoiKG-8zS4FiTVqru9CA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )After two menorahs were vandalized in area playgrounds, Borough
Holidays
Images via dover1185 / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BOHqT4VDrSH/?tagged=charliebrownchristmas&hl=en] and Anna Banana / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tannesphotos/5225453389/in/photolist-8XKPeX-q2Yowd-puiA6T-qf8mdU-BSPLr7-dzSWjs-8Z3bVf-5LUbt4-dBhWHg-q9CgmD-7QwjHg-hVvqNi-4eNBzv-b91Tdz-dJUXKF-pukAv7-3yoxJH-fN9XX2-dyQ1et-q2w6sz-qrdeKp-98wWcn-dsLgEm-5GwByM-aY5cCp-otyZyT-hUPSZM-dySrNC-5LEBUb-qfVKwi-qiUamu-qcCAu3-bDMyQz-naZHWp-79H8fS-dwFxS9-irfGt4-5Lm5wJ-ehmXGe-bHcbvt-92Ssyr-ehgehu-9
Neighbors
Apartment photo via Corcoran, photo of Chloë Sevigny by Arthur Kade via WikipediaActress Chloë Sevigny is selling her apartment just three years after moving to what she once described [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/24/chloe-sevigny-on-the-cosmopolitans-new-york-s-frat-boy-takeover-and-asshole-michael-alig.html] as the “dorkiest, hokiest” neighborhood in Brooklyn. The 42-year-old actress’ Brooklyn
Business
Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNERCreature comforts and annual rituals serve as the foundation to the holidays. And sometimes the simplest ones are the most appreciated. Angelo Fiumefreddo knows this well. As owner of the Park Slope Barber & Hair Stylist [https://www.yelp.com/biz/park-slope-barber-and-hair-stylist-brooklyn] (223 7th Street between
Holidays
Gif via Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz’s office.Our beloved Sheepshead businesses joined together to pitch in and install holiday lights above Sheepshead Bay Road and Emmons Avenue. This is the first time Sheepshead Bay has had holiday lights in the center of town in 15 years, according to State Assemblymember
Business
Protest outside Errol’s Caribbean Bakery, Saturday, December 17. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)‘Errol’s bakery has to stay! Errol’s bakery has to stay!’ chanted 20 longtime and new neighbors, who trudged through the slush to protest the eviction of a beloved, 15-year-old Caribbean Bakery on Flatbush Avenue.
Business
Protest outside Errol’s Caribbean Bakery, Saturday, December 17. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)‘Errol’s bakery has to stay! Errol’s bakery has to stay!’ chanted 20 longtime and new neighbors, who trudged through the slush to protest the eviction of a beloved, 15-year-old Caribbean Bakery on Flatbush Avenue.
Bensonhurst
(Photo by plezrock [https://www.instagram.com/p/pXDB_vjTs1/] / Instagram)“Every neighborhood has its own unique character. Likewise, every neighborhood has its own unique characters,” begins proudly born and raised Bensonhurst native Barry Jacobs’ thorough description of the area’s famed Backwards Wheelchair Lady [/40072/]. Barry goes on: >
Neighbors
(Photo by plezrock [https://www.instagram.com/p/pXDB_vjTs1/] / Instagram)“Every neighborhood has its own unique character. Likewise, every neighborhood has its own unique characters,” begins proudly born and raised Bensonhurst native Barry Jacobs’ thorough description of the area’s famed Backwards Wheelchair Lady [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/
Arts & Culture
(Photo via Tabir Akhter)Election night was an emotional moment for Kensington resident Tabir Akhter, Buzzfeed’s deputy social media director and producer of a podcast about being Muslim in America. Like many in the media world, Akhter worked long into the night, as she watched America elect a president
Neighbors
Photo via Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/bd1T6qj8RN/?taken-by=sharonjonesandthedapkings&hl=en] A memorial to “celebrate the life” of funk and soul singer Sharon Jones will be held tonight at Brown Memorial Baptist Church [https://www.facebook.com/brown.memorial.bc/?rf=116285168396440]
Business
Barber Ruthie Boirie, owner of Ruthie’s Neighborhood Barber Shop. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER)Ruthie Boirie has been cutting the hair of Park Slope residents at her small, eponymous shop for 20 years. At Ruthie’s Neighborhood Barber Shop [https://www.facebook.com/ruthiesbarbershop/posts/], located at 66 Saint