Central Brooklyn
Espo on 4th Avenue (Photo by rosellapix via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQTRwbOgQru/?tagged=brooklyn])Brooklyn is pretty photogenic to begin with, but cover it in a blanket of fluffy, white snow and suddenly the camera phones come out and the Instagrammers go wild. Below is a selection
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Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)For the past two weeks, Brooklyn has been peppered with Trump resistance events, from parent-led immigrant support rallies [/belong-parents-stage-immigrant-support-rallies-outside-ditmas-park-schools/] to bodega strikes [/thousands-yemeni-americans-supporters-rally-trumps-muslim-ban/] to hand-delivering power bars to Senators [/thousands-brooklyn-send-senator-schumer-message-resist-trump/]. For those of you seeking to keep the momentum alive or make your voice h
Events
Sledding in Prospect Park (Photo by emmmparker via Instagram [http://instagram.com/p/it8pIoyEwQ/])Happy Snow Day! As the northeast continues to get pummeled by a snowstorm, NYC Parks posted a message to Twitter [https://twitter.com/NYCParks/status/829699236027568128] this morning urging New Yorkers to stay out of city
Events
Your Love, Our Musical Flyer (Photo by evankaufman via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQRBoeaBnQH/?taken-at=54373])For all those looking for a way to avoid amorous couples making goo-goo eyes at each other this weekend, BKLYNER’s compiled a list of 9 anti- or alternative Valentine’s Day
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Nicholas Peacock-SmithThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Whole Foods Got $12.9M Tax Credit For Building in Polluted Gowanus: Data. [ DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170207/gowanus/whole-foods-third-avenue-street-tax-breaks] ] Contract for N.Y.P.
Business
Park Slope 5th Avenue BID Meeting at Pinot’s PaletteThe Park Slope 5th Avenue Business Improvement District [http://parkslopefifthavenuebid.com/] held its first meeting of the year yesterday morning at Pinot’s Palette [https://www.pinotspalette.com/parkslope] (382 Fifth Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets). Among the usual order
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Tom PrendergastAs strange as this sounds on a 60-degree afternoon, forecasters say Brooklyn could be hit with 6 to 12 inches of snow tomorrow. The National Weather Service and NYC Office of Emergency Management have issued a Winter Storm Warning [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/em/about/press-releases/
Business
The new Uptown Roasters located at 355 7th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Unlike its neighbor Starbucks just a block away, Uptown Roasters [http://www.uptownroasters.com/], located at 355 7th Avenue (between 10th and 11th Streets), is a friendly, community-focused coffee shop that wants to bring neighbors together
Central Brooklyn
Cherry Clafoutis at Purple Yam for #ValentinesDay. (Photo via Purple Yam/twitter [https://twitter.com/PurpleYamNYC])While we can’t get enough of neighborhood-themed gourmet pizza [/blog/food/scenes-from-the-soft-opening-of-wheated/], Western-NY style buffalo wings [/blog/food/buffalos-famous-open-western-new-york-cuisine-deep-brooklyn-roots/], and possibly the best dumplings in the borough [/10-brooklyn-dumpling-shops-love/], on Valentine’s Day we
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Locals Surf School (Photo by Andrea Waters)Tweens: too old for summer camp and too young to work. Too old to be babysat, too young to be set free! What is a parent to do? We’ve come up with a variety of ways to keep these young adults entertained
Business
Flatbush Farm will close February 25th (Photo by samschlim via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BL6Z4eaAT0Q/?taken-at=234591124])Damon Gorton, owner of Flatbush Farm and Barn, located at 76 Saint Marks Avenue, has announced that he will close both businesses on February 25th. Gorton posted a letter to the