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Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – The DanceAfrica 2018 Bazaar [https://www.bam.org/bazaar] transformed the streets surrounding the Brooklyn Academy of Music [https://www.bam.org] into a vibrant global marketplace over the three-day weekend, celebrating the diverse cultural heritage of Africa and its diaspora. DanceAfrica 2018 Bazaar (Photo: Nathan Haselby)DanceAfrica
Bed Stuy
Roger That Cafe on Roger (Photo by BKLYNER)UPDATE (5/29/18): Today, Starbucks will be closing all their branches early nationwide to conduct a racial bias training for all its employees. The training comes in response to the incident in Philadelphia in early April. Starbucks will close at 2:
Business
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) announced last Thursday that HITN, the largest Spanish-language public broadcasting network in the country, has signed a ten-year lease to expand its current space at Building 292. Rendering courtesy of HITNHITN currently occupies 21,000 square feet at the Brooklyn
Central Brooklyn
Red Hook (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story ideas, or questions, email
Bed Stuy
Advocates, plaintiffs and their lawyer, Laura D. Barbieri after the hearing. BEDFORD STUYVESANT – In April of this year, three parents of students at P.S. 25 Eubie Blake elementary school filed a suit against the Department of Education over closure of the school. Yesterday Judge Hon Katherine A Levine extended
Central Brooklyn
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Borough Park
Jacob Gold, the Democratic District Leader of Brooklyn’s 44th Assembly District, announced on Friday that he will not seek reelection following a recent report that he improperly used campaign funds. Jacob Gold via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009607593092&fref=nf]The 73-year-old real estate
Arts & Culture
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Fifty years ago, Albert Ayler [https://www.discogs.com/artist/202309-Albert-Ayler] attempted a musical experiment—recording an album combining the spontaneity and iconoclasm of free jazz with more traditional song structures and a strong R&B groove. New Grass [https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/albert-ayler/new-grass-6/] was a
Announcements
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/press/brooklyn-bridge-park-conservancy-partners-with-smorgasburg-celebrates-women-directors-at-movies-with-a-view-1] announced on Thursday this summer’s Movies With A View lineup [https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/event-series/movies-with-a-view], featuring eight films that celebrate the work of women, trans-women, and genderqueer directors. Movies With a View in Brooklyn
Bed Stuy
MIDWOOD – Posing as a Good Samaritan, a man tried to rob a woman at knifepoint on a Midwood street Wednesday. Now, police are asking for the public’s help in finding him. The incident occurred near East 9th Street and Avenue P around 1:40 pm on Wednesday, May 23,
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – Council Member Brad Lander, NYC Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] (DOT), and the Park Slope Street Safety Partnership [https://www.facebook.com/ParkSlopeStreetSafetyPartnership/] are hosting a Street Safety Town Hall next Wednesday (May 30) to pinpoint dangerous locations across the
Arts & Culture
It’s Memorial Day weekend and the kick-off to summer! Check out our list of events happening over the long weekend to help you welcome the season and the (hopefully) warmer weather. Don’t forget to check the BKLYNER Calendar [/calendar/] for more events happening around town or to list