Arts & Culture
Mary LaRosa Lederer with the Brooklyn Real Big Band. (Photo: Benton Collins)The annual Reeve Place Block Party has always had something special — a 16-piece big band set up in the street playing classic jazz arrangements from the 40s through the 60s. But for the 10th anniversary, scheduled for September
Animals
Dog Beach was renovated in a speedy two months. (Photo Credit: Bianca Nelson)Who says the dog days of summer are almost over? Thanks to the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/], your beloved canine can enjoy the newly renovated Dog Beach now until the weather turns cold. The
Kids & Family
Graeme Lauterbach-Mason pitches for the Huskies, a travel baseball team. (Credit: Mark Lauterbach)So what did you accomplish this summer? Eighth-grader Graeme Lauterbach-Mason returned to M.S. 51 last week with quite an accomplishment under his belt. And his parents may have to consider an insurance policy for this young
Events
Dimensions Variable: Multidisciplinary is now showing at Open Source Gallery. Loriel Beltran, Medieval Woman, 2015, oil on magazine page, 9″x11″. (Courtesy of Open Source Gallery)School has kicked into gear, the heat is still on, but the excellent events just keep coming. Check out an insect petting zoo, rope
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(Photo by Carly Miller / Ditmas Park Corner)If you happen to be in southern Brooklyn this morning, you probably saw many families strolling to prayers and parties, dressed to the nines, observing Eid al-Adha (pronounced EED al-UHD-huh) — especially near the Prospect Park Parade Grounds, where a beautiful, outdoor prayer ceremony
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Photo via makebrooklyn [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKE1cXHhYzV/?tagged=ftrain&hl=en]When the F subway line came alive on December 15, 1940 [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9E01E5DF1F3EE33ABC4D52DFB467838B659EDE] , the term “Fastrack” was not part of the MTA vocabulary. Straphangers in need of transportation overnight
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Photo by Park Slope StoopTuesday, September 13 is New York’s Primary Elections. Polls will be open from 6am – 9pm. Our coverage area has variation depending on where you live. To get detailed information based on your exact address, visit Voter’s Edge New York [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/en/
Neighbors
/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2574-16-25-Pct-GL-9-7-16-video.mp4Surveillance video via NYPD 26-year-old Broyoan Lopez will not be winning a “best Park Slope neighbor” award any time soon after being charged for mugging a 93-year-old wheelchair-bound woman at an East Harlem clothing store. Cops said that on Wednesday, September 7 at approximately 12pm,
News
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history
Photo via 911memorial [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJqE3wYB_Mg/?taken-by=911memorial&hl=en]Today marks 15 years since the September 11, 2001 attacks. We’re thinking about the entire community who suffered unspeakable loss and express deep gratitude to the community who came together in the face of
News
Photo via brotherjulius83 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKEVrD2Dz4c/?tagged=tacotruck&hl=en]The entire borough was jumpin’ this week. And you were busy jumpin’ as well. Here’s a chance to catch up on all the goings on throughout the county of Kings. Jesus rises in Flatbush as
Arts & Culture
Facade rendering for the Central Library. (Courtesy of Brooklyn Public Library) One of the borough’s literary and architectural jewels is hitting a major milestone Saturday — and looking elegant and majestic while doing so. Brooklyn Public Library’s iconic Central Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/central] is about to