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Carroll Gardens

Two Progressive NYC Schools at the Forefront of Refusing to Take State Tests are Now Facing More Exams

By Reema Amin, Chalkbeat [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/10/23/two-progressive-nyc-schools-at-the-forefront-of-refusing-to-take-state-tests-are-now-facing-more-exams/?utm_source=republish&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=republish] Two progressive schools where a majority of students opted out of state tests are now being required to give six additional tests this year. More

Business

Wegmans Opens Sunday, October 27

Courtesy of WegmansBROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The wait is nearly over for Wegmaniacs. New York City’s first Wegmans [https://www.wegmans.com/stores/brooklyn-ny.html] supermarket officially opens its doors at the Brooklyn Navy Yard at 7am on Sunday, October 27. Bklyner has been following the status of the store

Arts & Culture

Can There Be Forgiveness for Racially Insensitive Halloween Display?

Clinton Hill Halloween by Love Jones via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217472774509544&set=a.2103909035585&type=3&theater] BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Once again, longtime black residents of a gentrifying Central Brooklyn neighborhood were asked to accept the apology of a new resident over racial insensitivity.

Food & Drink

Not Just Chocolate: New Park Slope Shop Creates Edible Works of Art

A selection of treats at Not Just Chocolate, 537 5th Avenue, Park Slope (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – A new shop in Park Slope offers a selection of chocolate masterpieces that look almost too beautiful to eat. Not Just Chocolate [https://www.instagram.com/not.just.chocolate/] officially opened at

Arts & Culture

Gowanus Manufacturers Highlighted in New Calendar

GOWANUS – Gowanus Souvenir Shop [https://gowanussouvenir.com/] hosted a launch party over the weekend for the release of its latest Souvenir Edition [https://gowanussouvenir.com/collections/gowanus-souvenir-editions-1]—the Gowanus Manufacturing Calendar 2020 [https://gowanussouvenir.com/collections/gowanus-souvenir-editions-1/products/2020-gowanus-calendar] . Via gowanussouvenir.com [https://gowanussouvenir.com/collections/gowanus-souvenir-editions-1/products/2020-gowanus-calendar] The

community

Second Hand Smoke a Huge Issue for Residents in Building that Accounts For 22% of Brooklyn’s Smoke Complaints

270 Pulaski St. in Bed Stuy. Ben Brachfeld/BklynerResidents of one building in Bed-Stuy have had it with the smoke wafting through their home – they logged 22% of Brooklyn’s residential smoking complaints over the past year, according to an analysis by apartment search engine and data aggregator Localize.city

Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Celebrates 165 Years and Seeks New Home

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – As the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange [http://www.brooklyn-womens-exchange.org/] celebrated its 165th anniversary on Tuesday evening, the not-for-profit announced that it will soon have to vacate its longtime storefront at 55 Pierrepont Street. Brooklyn Women’s Exchange 165th Anniversary Celebration held at the Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse,

Events

Spook-tacular Halloween Events In Brooklyn

Argyle Street, Ditmas Park (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Saturday, October 26 3RD ANNUAL KIDS HALLOWEEN PARADE + SCAVENGER HUNT [https://industrycity.com/event/ic-beyond-kids-halloween-parade/] Industry City, 274 36th Street, Sunset Park, 10am-4pm The third annual Kids’ Halloween Parade + Trick-or-Treat Scavenger Hunt will include mural painting, a pumpkin patch, and other family-friendly activities.

Central Brooklyn

Specialized High School Admissions Test Is this Weekend, No One Knew Where Until Tuesday Afternoon

Photo by Ben Mullins/Unsplash. [https://unsplash.com/photos/oXV3bzR7jxI] Specialized High School Admissions Test [https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/learning/testing/specialized-high-school-admissions-test] (SHSAT) will be administered this weekend, on October 26 and 27, and families this morning were yet to find out where and at what time thanks

Central Brooklyn

More Folks Gave to Bernie, but Elizabeth Raised More: Brooklyn Donations for 2020 Presidential Campaign

Bernie Sanders for President campaign event. Photo by Phil Roeder/Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/tabor-roeder/21145251444/in/photolist-ydwWyL-ydFNii-DsEuaF-2dMhLeo-D3GAGN-D3GAE3-D3GAJG-Dsvjh7-D3GBq1-DuPfeP-DuPfrT-Dkf6ay-Dkf69S-D3GBDs-DsvjYY-D3GBhA-CWjsvB-Dkf6L3-Dkf6gf-Dsvjj1-CWjsQe-CxqNpK-D3GAQo-D3GBKu-Dkf62C-DsvjLU-CWjsHa-D3GAVd-D3GBEE-CxqNjz-CxiXVd-CxqND2-CxiXTu-uKPWCA-ydF3cx-ySXm3h-vVL7to-ySX8nC-yT3NpX-ydwjSA-zbo9aa-CD84u5-Dkf6hC-CWjtcg-Dkf6Ns-wakZkE-wsqemg-D9vYj1-D9vYQb-CD84pA] As th

Arts & Culture

MoCADA Mural Reminds Brooklynites To ‘Take It Easy’

FORT GREENE – The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts [https://mocada.org/] (MoCADA) unveiled a new mural Saturday on Fort Greene Place across from the Atlantic Terminal Mall. MoCADA’s ‘Take It Easy’ mural on Fort Greene Place (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Titled Take It Easy, the artwork features a cast

Arts & Culture

Gowanus Open Studios: 400+ Artists, Disco Balls, Giant Ants & More

GOWANUS – Thousands flocked to Gowanus over the weekend to check out the largest Gowanus Open Studios yet. Now in its 23rd year, the Arts Gowanus [https://www.artsgowanus.org] event presented work by more than 400 artists in and around the neighborhood. “It’s been great so far. Tomorrow it’