Education
Calvin Brown with his daughter, Jamaica. (Photo: Corner Media)[This story was updated at 1:25pm, 9/29/16.] Yesterday, thousands of children, parents, teachers and school administrators gathered in Prospect Park calling on the De Blasio administration to allow for the creation of more charter schools in New York
Food & Drink
Cultura is new to the neighborhood. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox) Sometimes, you don’t know what you are looking for until you find it, and the only way to spot it is by searching for something new. The menu at Cultura Pan Latin Cooking [http://www.culturapanlatin.com/
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The Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church. (Photo by Jason Bisnoff)The incredible story of the Underground Railroad, and the decades-long effort of ordinary Americans to assist nearly 100,000 African-Americans fleeing slavery, is attracting new attention. The just opened Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture [https://nmaahc.si.
News
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Down-Low is our new round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Lin-Manuel Miranda to Host Saturday Night Live on October 8. [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2016/09/28/lin-manuel_miranda_to_host_snl_
Food & Drink
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThere she was: a young woman with tattoos and Betty* Davis Eyes. Ok, the tattoos should be taken literally. The Betty Davis Eyes is what she was sipping; a cocktail of pisco [http://www.eater.com/drinks/2015/10/6/9385867/the-complete-guide-to-pisco], Mandarin Napolean
Events
Photo via gelafayee [https://www.instagram.com/p/BIm3x02BCwz/?tagged=shofar&hl=en] / instagramThe ancient sounds of the shofar will be coming to the Prospect Park next Monday, and all of you are invited to hear it. Rabbi Menashe Wolf and Chabad of Park Slope [http://www.chabadparkslope.com/
Education
Photo via zhenry49 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BIs16nrjZTf/?tagged=schoolbuses&hl=en]A rally in Prospect Park on Wednesday, September 28 will bring traffic congestion and about 350 buses to drop off rally attendees, according to a community notice [/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016_FES_Rally_Community_Notice.
Business
Solar array at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (Photo: Mayor’s Office)Yesterday the de Blasio administration helped to dedicate a new 3,152-panel rooftop solar installation at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. The project, which will generate 1.1 million kilowatt hours of energy annually, will bring New York City
Nonsponsored
324 20th Street. (Rendering by ARTSQUAD LLC)Soon after the buildings at 324 and 326 20th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues) were constructed in the 19th century, the families living in these two wood-framed homes were most likely unaware that apartments at their addresses would one day cost about
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At the Weill Cornell Medicine, with locations in both Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene, there is a strong culture of cooperation between the primary care providers and the specialists who are co-located at both sites. This fosters education among the providers and helps provide efficient care for our patients. Our
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At the Weill Cornell Medicine, with locations in both Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene, there is a strong culture of cooperation between the primary care providers and the specialists who are co-located at both sites. This fosters education among the providers and helps provide efficient care for our patients. Our
News
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Down-Low is our new round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Woody Allen Does TV: Talking With Crisis In Six Scenes‘s Rachel Brosnahan. [Brooklyn Magazine [http://www.bkmag.com/2016/09/27/