Arts & Culture
Jeff Lederer. (Courtesy of the musician)Stop me if you heard this one before: Popeye the Sailor, Herman Melville and jazz legend Albert Ayler [http://www.ayler.co.uk/] walk into a bar. Actually, that’s not the set up for a joke but a shorthand description for a recent
Business
Mother and son team Narvin and Suzy Seemungal. “My vision is to simplify; people will be able to pick roti types, with a meat, a veg, and a couple of sides,” he said, pointing at the soon-to-be chalkboard above the counter. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Narvin Seemungal dreamed of
community
Natasha Wozniak, a jeweler who also runs a non-profit dedicated to raising funds for Nepali villages hurt in the 2015 earthquake, in her Boerum Hill studio. (Photo Credit: Aliza Chasan)Natasha Wozniak may live in Park Slope, but she takes the slow, measured steps of a Nepali. Her time studying
Events
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com], a group of more than 55 active tenant associations, hosted its third annual open-forum for political candidates and community members to discuss the neighborhood’s critical challenges: rapid gentrification, escalating rents, predatory equity corporations, and criminal justice
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com], a group of more than 55 active tenant associations, hosted its third annual open-forum for political candidates and community members to discuss the neighborhood’s critical challenges: rapid gentrification, escalating rents, predatory equity corporations, and criminal justice
Neighbors
Board of Standards and Appeals Chairwoman Margery Perlmutter delivering the Mayor’s proclamation. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In recognition of the obstacles overcome to build their mosque, Mayor Bill de Blasio named a day in honor of Thursday’s opening ceremony for the Muslim American Society’s [http://www.
Animals
A Doggie Fashion Show and Empanada Eating Contest on Saturday, July 16 kicks off four summer strolls. (Photo via freddysbrklyn [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHQI78vhyEb/?taken-by=freddysbrklyn&hl=en])The streets aren’t just for the cars. After all, there’s Shakespeare, canine beauties, carnivals, eating contests, and
Education
Pung Ping Chan of Sunset Park says she wants to go back to school to improve her English skills. (Elizabeth Elizalde / Sunset Park Voice) For Sunset Park resident Pung Ping Chan, an undocumented immigrant from Hong Kong, living the American Dream has brought challenges — but with help from city services,
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by John Epstein)This garden looks like a leafy haven one might find in Savannah, Georgia or the New Orleans’ Garden District, but it’s here in the heart of Ditmas Park, on the southwest corner of Marlborough and Dorchester Roads. Framed by a pair of forty-foot weeping willow
Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams stand with police and religious leaders to pray for shooting victims in Grand Army Plaza. (Elizabeth Elizalde / Sunset Park Voice)People of different faiths held hands in prayer to honor victims of last week’s Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas
Neighbors
> Missing person alert! Juan Astol DOB 11/15/51 last seen at 60st & 8 Ave in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash]. If seen call 911 or 72 Pct! pic.twitter.com/qfLJBa11KD [https://t.co/qfLJBa11KD] — NYPD 72nd Precinct (@NYPD72Pct) July 11, 2016 [https://twitter.
Neighbors
Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams stand with police and religious leaders to pray for shooting victims in Grand Army Plaza. (Elizabeth Elizalde / Sunset Park Voice)People of different faiths held hands in prayer to honor victims of last week’s Louisiana, Minnesota, and Dallas