camps
Let the kids run around this summer with Brooklyn’s amazing sports camps. Sign up for a different one each week, or commit to one for the whole summer. Either way, your young athlete is bound to have a great time. Some of our favorites Photo via Brooklyn Bridge Fencing
camps
Photo provided by Brooklyn Bridge Fencing ClubDoes your child like sword fighting? Do they love Star Wars and lightsabers? At Brooklyn Bridge Fencing Club [http://www.brooklynbridgefencing.com/brooklyn-bridge-fencing-camp/]— the best fencing club in Brooklyn — they can learn to fence for real. Our full-day, fun, and safe summer camps are
camps
Unless you’ve been away on vacation for the last decade or so, the idea of a “staycation” has certainly come across your radar. What you probably didn’t know is that a) the idea seems to date back to the 1940s and b) it had a national service aspect
Southern Brooklyn
In recent years, Brooklyn has become one of the most expensive real estate markets in the country with the median sales price, according to Douglas Elliman Real Estate, hitting $750,000 – a 15.4% increase from last year and a new high for the borough. But what if I told
Central Brooklyn
Courtesy of Crunch FlatbushHave you been thinking of joining a gym? Crunch Fitness [https://www.crunch.com/locations/flatbush], a no-judgements fitness center infused with fun, has recently opened a new location on Flatbush Ave and things are starting to heat up. There are over 50 workout classes per week,
City Kid Corner
NYRR Young Runners taking off at the Youth Boardwalk Run, Saturday, May 20 (Photo via NYRR)For Young Runners at I.S. 234, there was a lot of buildup to the Airbnb Brooklyn Half Marathon last Saturday, as dozens of student athletes ran a mile-long loop on the Coney Island
community
Sunset Park Recreation Center (Photo via NYC Parks)On Tuesday, the Landmarks Preservation Commission approved much-needed renovations for the Sunset Park Recreation Center [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/B087] located at 4200 7th Avenue, New York Yimby [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/05/landmarks-approves-renovation-restoration-of-brooklyns-sunset-park-recreation-center.html] reports. The facility was
Food & Drink
Photo by Red Hook Food Vendors via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/119720824749619/photos/a.511195992268765.1073741825.119720824749619/1065176350204057/?type=3&theater] Since 1974, the popular Red Hook Food Vendors [https://www.facebook.com/Red-Hook-Food-Vendors-119720824749619/] or “Ball Field Vendors” have been serving authentic Latin American street food to hungry
Central Brooklyn
> .@BrooklynDA [https://twitter.com/BrooklynDA] @NY1 [https://twitter.com/NY1] A local basketball standout James “Fly” Williams is allegedly the head of the heroin operation, which distributed through Brooklyn. pic.twitter.com/p169r48V4C [https://t.co/p169r48V4C] — Clodagh McGowan (@clodaghny1) May 4, 2017 [https://twitter.com/clodaghny1/status/860152034527412224]
Events
Photo by Red Hook Criterium via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/redhookcrit/photos/a.325527437465875.84984.325523170799635/1517179948300612/?type=3&theater] Dozens of cyclists toppled over and piled up on top of one another at the Red Hook Criterium bike race [https://redhookcrit.com/] over the weekend. A spectator
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
Business
Photo via Brooklyn Nets (Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynNets/photos/a.10152046689005255.1073741895.26426125254/10153539823540255/?type=3&theater] )Russian billionaire and Brooklyn Nets owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, is looking to sell off a 49% stake of the NBA team, Bloomberg [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-21/billionaire-prokhorov-to-sell-49-in-brooklyn-nets-ria-reports] reports.