Central Brooklyn
Boombox Car (Photo by 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], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if you ever
Arts & Culture
Imagination Playground and the exhibition hallJMP WoodCASA KIDSAphro ChicMakers MarketMarco Guglielmino Light DesignsAmerican Design Club’s Pop-up shopEmogayu Enitan VintageEnitan VintageGreenery NYCGreenery NYCBole Road TextilesStill Alive LIghtsStill Alive Lights Bear Light in 3D printerStill Alive LIghtsMK WorkshopMK WorkshopArt Center Pop-up StudioTextile Art Center Pop-up StudioArt Center Pop-up StudioKeep FurnitureLounge areaNaula
Animals
Don’t Call Me Nellie!NYC Health [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/services/dog-licenses.page], the agency that provides dog licenses to New York City dog owners, released a fascinating map illustrating unique dog names by neighborhood. The 2016-Unique Dog Names map [https://nycdohmh.carto.com/u/nycdohmh-eaa/viz/
camps
Courtesy of Park Slope Day CampSummer is right around the corner; time to break out the shorts, swim trunks, and sunscreen. And there is no better way for a child to spend their summer than with Park Slope Day Camp [http://www.parkslopedaycamp.com/]. Courtesy of Park Slope Day CampActive,
Arts & Culture
Adam Yauch Park, May 2013 (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Put on your raincoats and pack your umbrellas before heading out to enjoy these weekend events. Enjoy great design, smart ideas, and a variety of music. There’s also a party celebrating the late, great Adam “MCA” Yauch, a Kentucky
Announcements
Brooklyn Academy of Music (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Brooklyn Academy of Music announced [https://app.box.com/s/406bbdskbsod4s26wt4z1o844b0s6y2u] Friday morning that Executive Producer Joseph V. Melillo will step down in December 2018 after 34 years of working at BAM. Melillo joined BAM in 1983 as the Founding Director
celebrity
27 Monroe Place, the second most expensive residential sale in Brooklyn this year (Image by Corcoran via Streeteasy [http://streeteasy.com/building/27-monroe-place-brooklyn])Three well-known and well-heeled men are unloading Brooklyn properties in deals worth millions of dollars. Actor Mark Ruffalo recently sold his lovely 19th-century Carroll Gardens townhouse for
Nonsponsored
Rendering via Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com/more/educational-construction-fund-ecf-designates-alloy-to-build-2-new-schools-in-downtown-brooklyn-as-part-of-a-mixed-use-development] Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com/] has issued a call for submissions seeking artists to create large-scale murals on three exteriors of its 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com/] project, a massive new development that will consist of two towers—
Central Brooklyn
> .@BrooklynDA [https://twitter.com/BrooklynDA] @NY1 [https://twitter.com/NY1] A local basketball standout James “Fly” Williams is allegedly the head of the heroin operation, which distributed through Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/p169r48V4C [https://t.co/p169r48V4C] — Clodagh McGowan (@clodaghny1) May 4, 2017 [https://twitter.com/clodaghny1/status/860152034527412224]
fort greene
Tomorrow marks Cinco de Mayo 2017, and while there are plenty [/cinco-places-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-west-brooklyn/] of places [/celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-bensonhurst-sheepshead-bay/] to head around the southern part of the borough of Kings, we suggest making your home up north. Here are the best places to lay your head. (Courtesy Zillow/Imrul Hassan of RealtyNerd Inc. [https:
Arts & Culture
Mr and Mrs Clown at Chashama’s Flatbush party (Photo courtesy of C. Stephen Hurst)Mr. and Mrs. Clown were on hand to welcome springtime at a party the artist support group Chashama threw at one of Shamco Management’s Flatbush apartment buildings last Saturday. It marked the first time
Events
Photo by Red Hook Criterium via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/redhookcrit/photos/a.325527437465875.84984.325523170799635/1517179948300612/?type=3&theater] Dozens of cyclists toppled over and piled up on top of one another at the Red Hook Criterium bike race [https://redhookcrit.com/] over the weekend. A spectator