Central Brooklyn
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Central Brooklyn
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Events
GREENPOINT – Sex, drugs, and rock and roll: three words that have been going well together since at least the 1950s. However, this past Wednesday evening, at the Brooklyn Expo Center at 72 Noble Street in Greenpoint, it was more like food, cocktails, and rock and roll as the band X
Announcements
The Chair of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) announced her resignation on Thursday after serving four years in the role. St. Barbara’s Roman Catholic Church, Bushwick (Photo: Scott Bintner/PropertyShark)“I am honored to have served as Chair of the
Bushwick
BUSHWICK – A new, brightly accented apartment design for Bushwick’s Stanhope Street has been revealed, popping up on the designer’s Instagram and promising an interesting modern addition to the neighborhood. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhr6f3hn6DB/] [https://www.instagram.com/p/Bhr6f3hn6DB/] While the designer refers to the
Arts & Culture
So much is happening this weekend—Saturday is Record Store Day [/celebrate-record-store-day-2018-in-brooklyn/] and Sunday is Earth Day [/celebrate-earth-day-2018-in-brooklyn/]. There’s also an exhibition opening at The Old Stone House, an immigrant heritage tour on Coney Island, a movie night with the kitties at Brooklyn Cat Café, and lots of concerts
Central Brooklyn
3rd Avenue, Boerum Hill (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * Meet Community Board 7’s New Chair [https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/15/br-checkin-in-with-cb7-chairman-ceasar-zuniga-2018-04-13-bk.html?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=main&utm_content=link] [Brooklyn Paper] * Latino Community Fears Broadway Triangle Development Will Force Them
camps
via Marks JCH Summer CampAt Marks JCH Camp [http://www.jchcamp.com/], their primary goal is the health and well-being of your children. Their professional staff understands the importance of a beneficial environment for children to grow and prosper. They ensure to always provide a safe, warm, and nurturing environment
Announcements
Photo: NYS SenateBENSONHURST- Senator Simcha Felder, representing District 17, may just be the guy Governor Cuomo needs to retake the Democratic majority after the special elections on April 24. Next Tuesday is the special election for the nine vacant Assembly seats and two vacant Senate seats. [https://www.governor.ny.
Arts & Culture
Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/pg/RecordStoreDay/about/?ref=page_internal]Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent record stores, returns for a tenth year this Saturday, April 21, and over a dozen shops in Brooklyn are hosting special events including live performance, DJ sets, and special releases.
Animals
The Mayor visited Bushwick and looked on as workers packed rat burrows with dry ice (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)Yesterday, Mayor De Blasio announced a new campaign of aggressive rat extermination strategies at the 10 NYCHA developments with the worst infestations in New York. In Brooklyn, that means the
Bushwick
The apartment building on Central Avenue where a former MTA busdriver was found stabbed to death on Monday (Screenshot via Google Maps)BUSHWICK – Yesterday’s stabbing death of a Bushwick man has been ruled a homicide, police confirmed this morning. Around 4:30 pm on Tuesday, April 17, police responded