camps
Courtesy Park Slope Day CampLast call for summer camp! There’s barely a week left until school’s out for the year and some summer camps have already begun. Luckily, we’ve curated a list of summer camps that still have space. Courtesy of LakesideLakeside [http://lakesidebrooklyn.com/] Prospect Park
News
Three high-ranking NYPD officers one of the two businessman associated with the massive ongoing NYPD bribery scandal [/blog/crime/reading-borough-park-shomrim-featured-new-york-times/] were arrested this morning on corruption charges related to two different schemes. A detailed criminal complaint was released this morning involving commanding
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Arts & Culture
Patrons of Greenlight Bookstore peruse the tables of new books. (Photo by Jose Bayona)Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Q Gardens / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Qgardenscommunity/photos/pcb.504624896389851/504624749723199/?type=3&theater] )Welcome to the week, whether you’re looking to make your own irrigated planter, Make Music New York, or make noise in CB 14—this is your spot for the hottest weekly
Business
The Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard] is being reborn as an innovation center [/blog/2016/06/02/1776-plans-bring-revolution-regulatory-hacking-navy-yard/] and one firm thinks bugs are the future. Terreform Open Network Ecology [http://www.terreform.org/projects_cricket.html] (63 Flushing Avenue, Unit 192), an
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Events
Photo by Will CarusoConey Island’s Mermaid Parade was more colorful and sparkly than ever this year, as mermaids, sailors, sea creatures, fairies, and princesses stomped down Surf Avenue and then the Boardwalk. As usual, folks got creative with floats, and had fun accessorizing with pasties, umbrellas, and sequins. We
Events
(Photo: Brooklyn Italians Soccer Club [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynItalians/photos/a.10153414130551330.1073741908.125762721329/10153414132221330/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Spend an afternoon at MCU Park now that the Cyclone’s season is in full swing. There are also lots of
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The DOT makes its presentation in favor of the bike lane last month. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)There are meetings scheduled this week to address community input regarding a pair of local transit projects. Community Board 2 [/?s=community+board+2]‘s Transportation Committee will be holding a
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Arts & Culture
Photo by Will CarusoConey Island’s Mermaid Parade was more colorful and sparkly than ever this year, as mermaids, sailors, sea creatures, fairies, and princesses stomped down Surf Avenue and then the Reigelmann Boardwalk. As usual, folks got creative with floats, and had fun accessorizing with pasties, umbrellas, and sequins.
Arts & Culture
Jamie Courville (left) and Chris Reynolds, creators of ‘Gowanus Current’. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Sifting through the stories of the Gowanus neighborhood often seems murkier than the toxic canal itself. Stitching together the patchwork of environmental, legal, historical, savagely political, communal, artistic, fiscal, real estate-laden topics
Bensonhurst
Photo by pmarino87 [https://www.instagram.com/p/78SRkpC6gw/]/InstagramForget Euro 2016! Tykes in our neighborhood will be bidding for the Bensonhurst Cup this summer. The Federation of Italian American Organizations (FIAO) [http://www.fiaobrooklyn.org/] is offering a free soccer clinic for children under 6 years of age, every