Nonsponsored
Rendering of the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar, via Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens ConnectorAs Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to throw his support behind the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens streetcar (BQX), the administration has begun to discuss more details and logistics for the massive undertaking. According to the
Events
Image via Putnam’s Pub.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 [/calendar/]. ONGOING Book Sale Donation Collection When: Through Friday,
camps
New York City is overflowing with incredible camp options [http://citykidcamp.com/], but when you’re searching for a special needs summer experience, the choices are few and far between. Once again, though, the Borough of Kings does not disappoint. Check out our list of five special needs camps that
fort greene
Rendering of the proposed Brooklyn-Queens Connector streetcar, via Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens ConnectorAs Mayor Bill de Blasio continues to throw his support behind the construction of the Brooklyn-Queens streetcar (BQX), the administration has begun to discuss more details and logistics for the massive undertaking. According to the
Holidays
Photo by William AlatristeGung hay fat choy! Thousands celebrated the year of the monkey on Sunday, February 21, at Sunset Park’s annual Lunar New Year Parade on 8th Avenue, hosted by the Brooklyn Chinese-American Association [http://www.bca.net/eng/contact.html]. After an ear-splitting canon sound
Bensonhurst
Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Visit Community Board 15 to speak out about issues important to your neighborhood. You can also explore centuries of black history at a poetry reading led by middle schoolers. And there’s Motown karaoke, a photography class, movie screening,
Central Brooklyn
Erasmus Academy Building (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Flatbush residents are fighting to save one of our community’s most historic buildings. A petition [https://www.change.org/p/bill-de-blasio-save-one-of-nyc-s-oldest-landmarks-the-erasmus-academy-building-1787?recruiter=492572054&utm_source=share_petition&
Events
Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Visit Community Board 15 to speak out about issues important to your neighborhood. You can also explore centuries of black history at a poetry reading led by middle schoolers. And there’s Motown karaoke, a photography class, movie screening,
Arts & Culture
There are over 8 million different faces in New York City and artist Noboo Kawaguchi [http://nobookawaguchi.com/] is intrigued by them all. Her work aims to capture the diversity and feelings of the people that live in New York City and who make it so unique. Using vivid colors,
Arts & Culture
Celeste Wilson’s work describes “a literal overlap between drawing and glass-blowing.” (Image courtesy of Celeste Wilson.)Our favorite local glass-working exhibition and work space, UrbanGlass, regularly curates shows and holds open studios to put the art of its artists on display. However, the latest exhibit takes it
News
An FDNY ambulance. (Photo: Tomás Fano [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomasfano/4245678925/] / Flickr)A 26-year-old man was shot in the leg while seated in a car outside the Nostrand Houses Saturday night, according to authorities. Cops say the victim was parked on Batchelder Street, near Avenue V,
Central Brooklyn
Photo: www.streetsblog.org.Kensington’s shelter for homeless families is asking its neighbors for assistance. The Kensington Family Shelter on McDonald Avenue, which is now nearly full [/blog/neighbors/kensington-shelter-homeless-families-nearly-full/], is requesting donations of specific items for babies, said Catherine Barufaldi and Tracy Connor,