Arts & Culture
Photo by Katia Nunes.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
Arts & Culture
Photo by Bella Karas.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
Arts & Culture
The Children’s Academy at LIU Brooklyn offers immersive summer camp fun for children between the ages of 3 to eighth grade. Starting at the beginning of July and running for seven weeks, our program focuses on creativity, academics and athletics on the Brooklyn campus of one of America’s
Arts & Culture
Chronos (2014) by Steven Hirsch. (Courtesy of Steven Hirsch)The toxic liquid that fills the Gowanus Canal today is not commonly referred to as alluring, celestial, or even downright trippy. Yet in the world of photographer Steven Hirsch, sludge, chemicals, and waste become vibrant and moving images of color. ‘Gowanus
fall photos
Christine Bush/City Kid CornerAs Mother Nature blankets the borough in gorgeous shades of yellow, orange, red, and brown, Brooklyn parents are readying their kids and cameras for fall photography sessions. Getting those perfect shots is often trickier than it sounds, though. That’s why we’ve pulled in veteran
david stock
“Fencetree,” 2008 by David Stock. (Courtesy of David Stock)Photographic capabilities on smart phones improve with every release, which makes it very easy for anyone to snap a decent one. It takes mere seconds to spot an interesting image on the street, take a photo with your phone, and then
capt's lady
Sheepshead Bay charter fishing boat, the Capt’s Lady. (Photo: Phil Esposito)A disabled Navy veteran and Sheepshead Bay resident has turned his love of New York’s iconic imagery into a photography business that will benefit America’s wounded service members. Phil Esposito, who served in the Navy for
Jordan Liles
What was Green-Wood Cemetery like nearly a century and a half ago? How about Prospect Park? Church Avenue? Our neighborhood, and the city, have changed dramatically since the 19th century, and you can see how specific spots in our area have evolved since the 1870s and 1880s — when Brooklyn was
OS Cafe
Amsterdam Kitties by Tony Fetters [https://squareup.com/market/tony-fetters] Longtime South Slope neighbor Tony Fetters leads busy life. When not developing promotional campaigns for cable television networks, the freelance creative director [http://tonyfetters.com/TonyTV/SPLASH.html] (and new dad) is traveling around the world with his camera, taking
Hugo Smith
[http://instagram.com/p/yXbZRUg5Io/?modal=true]Photo via jennykvb [http://instagram.com/p/yXbZRUg5Io/?modal=true] While Winter Storm Juno was less of a monster [/blog/weather/juno-blizzard-warning-dropped-travel-ban-lifted-alternate-side-parking-suspended-know] than we believed it would be [/blog/news/all-subway-and-bus-lines-will-shut-down-and-more-to-know-as-blizzard-hits] , it still made our neighborhood beautifully snow-laden, and we’re lucky that
david frieder
This week, a tourist was arrested [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawyer-tourist-brooklyn-bridge-climb-26973032] for climbing the Brooklyn Bridge illegally. But not everyone who’s scaled a bridge in New York City has been busted for it — just ask Dave Frieder [http://www.davefrieder.com/index.htm], the man who climbed
photography
Quintessentially summer, as photographed by skids [http://instagram.com/p/r9gI0ORqeo/?modal=true]. Do you have a picture from around the neighborhood? Email it to us at editor@kensingtonbk.com, or tag them #kensingtonbrooklyn on Instagram, and we’ll post it to the blog.