Arts & Culture
Mermaid Parade 2016. (Photo by Will Caruso)Southern Brooklyn’s sea kingdom has spoken! Registration is now open [http://www.coneyisland.com/mermaid-parade-registration-page] for the 35th annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade, for marchers, floats, antique cars, photographers, and revelers who want to take off their clothes. Get ready for colorful
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brighton beach
Two mics in Brighton Beach, produced by Filippo Piscopo / BRIC TV Meet two Russian-language radio producers broadcasting live from Brighton Beach, “where every step you hear Russian language, Russian shops, Russian businesses.” Victor Topaller, Radio-TV host, is proudly conservative and pro-Trump. The main difference between him and Rush Limbaugh? “The
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Bike New York/facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bikenewyork/photos/a.126557167359113.23351.118113611536802/1282586338422851/?type=3&theater] )Thinking about driving out of town this weekend? THINK AGAIN! The annual 5 Boro Bike Tour [http://www.bike.nyc/events/td-five-boro-bike-tour/] is this Sunday, May 7, when approximately
Central Brooklyn
Prospect Park (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Photos: Bury Your Deepest Secrets In A Tomb At Green-Wood Cemetery [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2017/05/02/brooklyn_has_secrets.php#
Arts & Culture
It would not be summer in Brooklyn without the free Celebrate Brooklyn concerts in Prospect Park. The schedule was released today [https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/bric-celebrate-brooklyn-festival] , so start making plans: June: * Lake Street Dive [https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/bric-celebrate-brooklyn-festival/lake-street-dive] , June 7, 2017 · 8:15PM@Prospect Park Bandshell
Announcements
Coney Island (Photo courtesy of Alliance for Coney Island)Looking for a summer job on the sunny shores of Coney Island? The Alliance for Coney Island, Councilman Mark Treyger, Assembly Member Pamela Harris, and New York City Economic Development Corporation announce the second round of job screening events in Coney
Nonsponsored
Photo by skatercruzito [http://websta.me/p/1067759403701384757_222788340] Finally, some good news from the MTA. As of early this morning, Coney Island-bound F service is finally restored at Avenue I, Bay Pkwy, Avenue N, and Avenue P. After months of waiting, subway riders can finally get to Bensonhurst, Mapleton,
Arts & Culture
BKLYN DESIGNS [http://bklyndesigns.com/]– a juried exhibition of the best furniture, lighting and home accessories made or designed in Brooklyn. Here is a sneak peek at who’s participating: Bolé Road Textiles [http://boleroadtextiles.com] Bolé Road Textiles [http://boleroadtextiles.com] – Brooklyn-based designer Hana Getachew started Bolé Road Textiles
Announcements
Today is the last day to complete the BKLYNER reader survey. Thank you to all that have provided feedback. Winners of the thank you gifts will be selected on May 2. In January we made some big changes merging our (7) sites (Bensonhurst Bean, Fort Greene Focus, Ditmas Park Corner,
Neighbors
Last Thursday night Turkish Cultural Center held its 8th annual friendship dinner at the Baku Palace in Sheepshead Bay. This year the theme was combatting hate crime, and the event brought together about 300 neighbors, dignitaries, and public officials from across the borough and across religious denominations. Local Assemblyman Steven
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNERKeep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if you ever have any
camps
One summer, when I was maybe 11, I spent 4 weeks at a summer camp in Georgia. It literally changed me. (I accidentally sat on my glasses and the eye doctor subsequently told me I didn’t need them anymore.) And I returned, as most do, with a camp trunk