Arts & Culture
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Events
Elected officials joined with the Be Proud Foundation passing out food packages for Passover. (Photo provided by the Be Proud Foundation)The Be Proud Foundation [https://www.facebook.com/BeProudNY] held its Seventh Passover Food distribution Wednesday afternoon at the Aqua Health Rehabilitation Center [http://www.aquahealththerapy.com/] on Coney
Bensonhurst
Photo by Josh Freed/ Bensonhurst BeanWhen it comes to strange things [/whats-black-goop-dripping-n-line-ceilings/#.VxlHLpMrLWU] that we’ve seen [/watch-adorable-couple-get-hitched-n-train/#.VxlKh5MrLWU] on the N line [/cute-alert-hey-bensonhurst-help-these-kitties-out/#.VxlIBZMrLWU], this incident ranks pretty high on
Business
Mary’s (Courtesy Nicholas Mundy/Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/7_ZFY-AOvO/].)Mary’s, a neighborhood institution, will be shuttering its doors on Sunday night after five years in business. The South Slope anchor, at 708 5th Ave since 2011, will be having a farewell party at 7pm
Events
Update [April 26, 6pm]: Due to forecasted thundershowers, this event has been rescheduled for Friday, May 13. Luna park’s space-themed thrill ride, the Endeavor [http://lunaparknyc.com/attractions/endeavor-2/], will open next week — and the amusement park is throwing a party with music, glow sticks, an alien
Animals
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerTwo additional projects chosen by our community via Participatory Budgeting (PB) have received the green light. The office of Council Member Mathieu Eugene has announced that out of the eleven projects on the PB ballot for the 40th District, nine now have funding to go forward — the
Events
Below you’ll find information on events through the week in and around Sunset Park. Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. Image via hotblack [ http://mrg.bz/c6cWOU].SATURDAY, APRIL 23 Girls Soccer When:8-10am Where:Sunset Park Recreation Center at 7th Avenue and 43rd
Announcements
(Courtesy Spike Lee’s Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEeSxEOSqhQ/?taken-by=officialspikelee].)Director Spike Lee will lead Fort Greene’s mourning of Prince. Lee posted on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEeSxEOSqhQ/?taken-by=officialspikelee] that the event will take place at 40 Acres [https://www.40acres.
Bensonhurst
Affidavit ballot. (Photo: John Morton [https://www.flickr.com/photos/morton/3002941350/in/photolist-5zmRQS] / Flickr) Tuesday’s primaries have raised more questions than answers for Brooklynites. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/nyregion/new-york-attorney-general-opens-
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Jole CarlinerNeed some earth to dig in for Earth Day? Join students from Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS), [http://www.bugsbrooklyn.org/] and parks gardening experts, in learning the ins and outs of planting a vertical garden at Dome Playground tomorrow. Activities will run from 11am until 2pm.
history
How cool is this black-and-white video, of a ride along the El[evated] line from Manhattan into Brooklyn, past Fulton Street and then the 5th Avenue Bay Ridge line, through Sunset Park? Fast forward to the 8:20 mark in the video, as the train approaches Green-Wood