Nonsponsored
Photo by Jeff BushNeighbor Jeff Bush found someone’s dreamy holiday gift on 5th Avenue, between 11th and 12th Streets. This is quite the hiding place. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag
Central Brooklyn
Photo by James RyanNeighbor James Ryan sent in this great photo of holiday decorations in the neighborhood. Have you seen any great decorations? Send us the photos! Share photos with us at editor@kensingtonbk.com or tag them #kensingtonbrooklyn on Instagram, and we’ll post them on the blog. Also,
Central Brooklyn
Photo by antonioara07 [https://www.instagram.com/antonioara07/]Classic Star Wars characters spotted on Cortelyou Road recently! Are you as ready for the new movie as we are? Share photos with us at editor@ditmasparkcorner.com, in the Ditmas Park Corner Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/dpcorner], or
Business
Photo courtesy of Ron SaltarrelliIf you are suspicious about the statement that development of 187 7th Avenue (between 1st and 2nd Streets) will be moving significantly forward in 2016, we wouldn’t blame you. The neighborhood has been wondering about the future of this dilapidated structure in the heart of
Business
After 16 years of bringing traditional South African cuisine to Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and New York City, Madiba Restaurant [http://www.madibarestaurant.com] (195 DeKalb Avenue) chef/owner Mark Henegan is hoping that the popular local eatery’s fans will band together to give back and keep them around. “We
Holidays
The annual Toys for Tots [http://www.toysfortots.org/default.aspx] drive is currently underway, and there are a lot of local drop-off locations where you can donate a toy, helping to ensure that so many Brooklyn children have a bright holiday. The Park Slope Civic Council [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.
Central Brooklyn
Photo via Chuck NwokeNeighbor Chuck Nwoke published an essay in Salon [http://www.salon.com/2015/12/05/did_my_black_life_matter_when_i_was_roughed_up_in_front_of_my_house_i_was_surprised_by_who_helped_and_who_didnt/] over the weekend exploring race relations in the
Events
David Rothman, chair of the UJA Federation’s Volunteer Committee, lights a candle on the menorah. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Hundreds of families flooded the Kings Bay Y [https://www.kingsbayy.org/] Sunday afternoon for the annual Chanukah Extravaganza. The event included bouncy castles, dance, art, and music lessons,
Kids & Family
The annual Toys for Tots [http://www.toysfortots.org/default.aspx] drive is currently underway, and there are a lot of local drop-off locations where you can donate a toy, helping to ensure that so many Brooklyn children have a bright holiday. The Park Slope Civic Council [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.
Animals
Sixth grade elective class at Seth Low. Turtle tanks in the foreground. (Photo by Alyssa Pagano/Bensonhurst Bean)A rare quiet filled the halls at Seth Low Intermediate School [http://schools.nyc.gov/SchoolPortals/21/K096/default.htm] as Antonella Bassini, an eighth-grader, arrived early to help her teacher.
Arts & Culture
Waist harness demonstration. (Photo by Donny Levit / South Slope News)It all started out a few days before bondage class. I wanted to make sure I had a context for the some of the basic two-pole tie techniques that would be used in Rope Bondage 102, which was held
fort greene
Photo by Megan McGibney/Fort Greene Park.BY MEGAN MCGIBNEY The second annual Fort Greene Park holiday tree lighting festivities returned at dusk this Sunday, December 6, for an even larger celebration of community and fun. About 400 people, mostly young families, gathered at the corner of Washington and Myrtle