News
Photo via mykosherkitchen [https://www.instagram.com/p/BDT35XzFnN5/?tagged=hamantaschen&hl=en]After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites.
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Photo via Bernie Sanders [https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders/photos/a.313856355336042.87540.124955570892789/947846605270344/?type=3&theater] Is Gowanus ready to “Feel the Bern”? The campaign for Presidential Candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders will be setting up shop in the neighborhood tomorrow. Sanders’ campaign announced today
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Destinations
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill boasts some of the most beautiful and diverse churches in all of New York City. And while some are faithful and congregants, others treasure the history of their architectural structure. With the arrival of Good Friday and Easter weekend, here is a listing of some
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Bibles tucked behind a pew at the United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Happy Good Friday, neighbors! Easter Sunday is on the horizon. And given that houses of worship are an important part of a neighborhood’s culture and identity, we though it would be
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263 15th Street. (Photo via Corcoran)Landlord still hasn’t fixed your water pressure in your apartment? Neighbors stamped upstairs like they are a herd of elephants? Check out these apartments and see if any catch your fancy! 263 15th St. [http://streeteasy.com/building/263-15-street-brooklyn/townhouse]
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Image was captured from vicinity of 55 Prospect Place. (Image via NYPD)Cops says the suspect already wanted for multiple violent incidents involving elderly women in Park Slope has now been connected to another neighborhood incident as well as one that took place in the Ridgewood section of Queens. On
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Ex-officer Peter Liang — who was found guilty of manslaughter [/mostly-white-jury-convicts-officer-peter-liang-the-rookie-cop-from-gravesend/#.VvMOUBIrKSN] in the death of Akai Gurley — apologized to his victim’s partner Thursday, reports the New York Times. The private, five-minute meeting comes on the heals
Central Brooklyn
Daffodil. (Photo: Tracey Hohman)Lovely photos from reader Tracey Hohman– that she took today in her garden. Thank you Tracey, and Happy Spring! Euphorbia Mrs. Robb’s Bonnet. (Photo: Tracey Hohman)Paper bush. (Photo: Tracey Hohman)
Education
Photo by plherrin [https://instagram.com/p/2GLr0sRZZb/?taken-by=plherrin].A garden WILL grow in Brooklyn! More specifically, our own Clinton Hill Library will be launching an outdoor gardening program built from the ground up by students of PS/MS 492 Academy of Arts & Letters, in partnership with
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Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153548568081483/?type=3&theater] Looking for a new companion? Hera has a heart of cotton candy! > Sean Casey says [https://www.facebook.com/SeanCaseyAnimalRescue/photos/a.378832716482.159179.17669251482/10153548568081483/?type=3&
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Grace United Methodist Church. (Photo by Kathie Lou Moser)Park Slope boasts some of the most beautiful and diverse churches in all of New York City. And while some are faithful and congregants, others treasure the history of their architectural structure. With the arrival of Good Friday and Easter weekend,