Bensonhurst
Photo via hookedonnightlife [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKv4Pj5DFeO/?hl=en] /instagramFor those of you who need a cocktail and warm bodies to watch (or survive) the first Presidential debate [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/presidential-debate-schedule/] of 2016, you have plenty of options in the neighborhood. Democratic Candidate
Central Brooklyn
Photo via hookedonnightlife [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKv4Pj5DFeO/?hl=en] /instagramFor those who need a beer and a crowd of lively commentators to survive the Presidential debates of 2016, there are some great options in Ditmas Park, Kensington and PLG. For the first debate, Democratic Candidate Secretary Hillary Clinton
Events
Photo via hookedonnightlife [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKv4Pj5DFeO/?tagged=presidentialdebate&hl=en] /instagramFor those of you who need a cocktail and warm bodies to watch (or survive) the first Presidential debate of 2016 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/presidential-debate-schedule/] , you have plenty of options in the
Announcements
Assemblymember James Brennan (Photo via Assemblymember Brennan’s office). Assemblymember James Brennan will speak tonight at the first Fall community meeting of the Albemarle Neighborhood Association. The meeting is open to the public. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is also scheduled to be at the meeting, which will be tonight
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerOn Tuesday, September 27, City Council members will discuss how to combat what seems like an unsolvable problem — pollution generated by idling cars and trucks. The Council’s Environmental Protection committee will conduct an oversight hearing [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=503955&GUID=
Bensonhurst
Council Member Mark Treyger at Coney Island. Photo by Hannah FrishbergWe were able to catch up with Council Member Mark Treyger [http://council.nyc.gov/d47/html/members/home.shtml] today, chatting with the District 47 Council Member about everything from the upcoming elections this November to his neighborhood’s
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Participatory budgeting in action. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The participatory budgeting process gives New Yorkers the power to decide [http://labs.council.nyc/pb/] how to spend tax dollars in our neighborhoods. Every year, the participatory budgeting (PB) process begins with an idea collection phase, which is facilitated by our
Destinations
Photo by See-ming Lee.It’s been another eventful week in Sheepshead Bay, and the surrounding neighborhoods. If you were too busy to keep up on all of the news, then we have you covered with this roundup of all the goings-on around town: * Two Ocean Avenue houses to be
Destinations
Photo by See-ming Lee.It’s been another eventful week in Sheepshead Bay, and the surrounding neighborhoods. If you were too busy to keep up on all of the news, then we have you covered with this roundup of all the goings-on around town: * Two Ocean Avenue houses to be
Central Brooklyn
(Photo courtesy Jumaane Williams’ office)Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, District 45, took a ‘stand’ during Wednesday’s City Council meeting by sitting during the Pledge of Allegiance, to protest the treatment of black Americans by the NYPD. Williams’ nonviolent protest echoed 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who’s refusal to
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Chaos erupted over the Citi Bike expansion. (Video by Amy Holiday/Park Slope Stoop) Tensions and anger over the recent expansion of Citi Bike [/blog/politics/citi-bike-expansion-ushered-dot-city-community-leaders-5th-avenue-ribbon-cutting-2/] interrupted the agenda of Wednesday night’s Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] General Meeting. What was expected
North Western Brooklyn
Photo via avigdorforjudge.com [http://avigdorforjudge.com/]The Daily News wrote a scathing editorial [http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/judge-dread-article-1.2786150] on Tuesdsay about a southwest Brooklyn lawyer who ran for Judge, Kings County — Democratic Party, 5th Municipal Court District. Morton Avigdor was described as “morally vacant,” and backed by