Announcements
(Photo via NYC Buildings/twitter)The National Weather Service [https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=NYZ176&warncounty=NYC081&firewxzone=NYZ176&local_place1=Ridgewood%20NY&product1=Heat+Advisory&lat=40.7007&lon=-73.8903] extended the weekend’s Heat Advisory [https://www1.nyc.gov/
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – After years of performing spectacular and campy musicals like Xanadu, Psycho Beach Party, and, most recently, Priscilla Queen of the Desert [/drag-extravaganza-priscilla-queen-desert-brings-fun-music-glamour-park-slope/] , Piper Theatre [https://pipertheatre.org/current-productions/] has revisited its mission to be “committed to being theater for all” for this year’s more family-friendly production of
Central Brooklyn
NYC Parks via Twitter [https://twitter.com/NYCParks]As the mercury rises, Brooklynites can cool off at one of the borough’s 15 free outdoor public pools. NYC pools opened on Wednesday, June 27—the first day of summer vacation—and will remain open until Sunday, September 9, so you
Announcements
CONEY ISLAND – School’s out for the summer and Coney Island is celebrating with free family-friendly activities at Steeplechase Plaza this Saturday, June 30. Via FacebookPresented by the Alliance for Coney Island [http://www.allianceforconeyisland.org/] and Council Member Mark Treyger [https://council.nyc.gov/district-47/], the “Sun’s Out,
Coney Island
Courtesy NYC ParksCONEY ISLAND – Don’t go in the water! At least, not yet… Would-be swimmers have complained about a lack of lifeguards between West 19th and 29th Streets at Coney Island that’s keeping them out of the water, the NY Post [https://nypost.com/2018/06/25/coney-island-has-a-major-lifeguard-shortage/
Arts & Culture
The black-tipped reef shark is just one of the new species featured at the aquarium’s new exhibit (Via NY Aquarium)CONEY ISLAND – The sharks are almost here, and just in time for summer… The long-awaited Ocean Wonders: Sharks exhibit at the New York Aquarium opens this Saturday! The state
clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – While celebrating the summer solstice with Make Music New York [http://www.makemusicny.org] Thursday, Clinton Hill officially opened the new Myrtle Avenue Plaza [/myrtle-avenue-plaza-debuts-this-thursday-with-free-public-events-all-summer/] and began the three-month Move On Myrtle series [http://myrtleavenue.org/summer/]. Locals can look forward to free fitness programs, music performances, and
Arts & Culture
PROSPECT PARK – In honor of BRIC [https://www.bricartsmedia.org]‘s 40-year milestone, the media organization commissioned the New York-based Peruvian artist Grimanesa Amorós to create a monumental light installation. HEDERA by Grimanesa Amorós at Prospect Park Bandshell (Photo: Nathan Haselby) Inspired by the shape of Prospect Park’s Bandshell
Arts & Culture
CLINTON HILL – After more than ten years in the making, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://myrtleavenue.org/plaza/] will debut the new $7 million, 25,000-square-foot pedestrian plaza between Hall Street and Emerson Place this Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the launch of the free summer public program
Flatbush
One of my strongest memories is of my grandfather taking me to a driving range in Southern California when I was maybe 8 or 9. He and my grandmother were avid golfers, my father was on his golf team in high school, and so, naturally, he was encouraging me to
Central Brooklyn
Via MentalFloss.com [http://mentalfloss.com/article/28681/mister-softee-jingle-has-lyrics]June 21st [https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-summer-summer-solstice] is the official start of summer, but we all know that the summer rhythm usually begins before that. For you, maybe it’s after Memorial Day. Or the beginning of Summer Fridays [https:
community
GOWANUS – Forget Belmont Stakes! Sixteen teams braved the waters of the Gowanus Canal on Saturday for a canoe race on the notoriously contaminated Superfund site. New CB6 District Manager Mike Racioppo shoots the starting pistol (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Gowanus Challenge SuperFun Canoe Race (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Gowanus Challenge SuperFun Canoe