camps
Image by Congregation Beth ElohimSummer is the epitome of options, excitement, and opportunity. Summer is the stress-free, risk-free time to try on a new hobby or explore a new sport. Each of these following camps book in 1-week segments so your young camper can try them all! Build it bigger!
Food & Drink
Four new foodie venues are coming to Northern Brooklyn including a new Mexican restaurant in Prospect Heights, a Katz’s Delicatessen outpost at City Point, a smaller offshoot of Peck’s Specialty Foods in Fort Greene, and a brewery in Sunset Park. Check out the list below for more details
Central Brooklyn
We are giving away 50 tickets to a meet and greet with New York Cosmos team [/new-york-cosmos-moving-coney-island/] and owners this coming Monday at Gargiulo’s Restaurant [http://www.gargiulos.com/], 6-8pm. If you’d like to meet Cosmos Owner Rocco Commisso, Head Coach Giovanni Savarese and key players on the
Police & Fire
Maurice Walker (Image via NYPD)Cops are searching for a 12-year-old boy who went missing from his Gravesend home on Sunday. Maurice Walker was last seen on February 26 at his home on Avenue X, at 10pm, and was reported missing yesterday, February 28. Walker is described by police as
Announcements
Photo by bklynlibrary via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJarU-KjwfD/?taken-by=bklynlibrary]Time is running out to nominate your favorite library for a chance to win $20,000 in the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/]. The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards have been celebrating the essential role
News
69th Street Pier (Photo by znamenski via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMKOWLGjRQn/?tagged=69thstreetpier])The long wait is almost over for Southern Brooklyn residents looking for an alternate way to commute into Manhattan. According to a message posted on Change.org [https://www.change.org/p/nyc-dept-of-transportation-nyc-economic-development-corp-bring-ferry-service-to-bay-ridge-bcdcf0ed-5ae6-4576-9548-14ba76d0701b/u/
Bensonhurst
122 Bay 26th street between Benson and Bath Avenues. (Photo by Carly Miller / BKLYNER)One of the last living legacies of a demolished beach resort town in southern Brooklyn holds a firm grip on the neighborhood’s history and refuses to let go. The fading, deep-green Victorian towering at 122
Central Brooklyn
Photo by Nathan HaselbyKeep 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 news
Bensonhurst
Though we were sad to see Rocco’s Calamari’s [/dyker-heights-roccos-calamari-latest-long-time-business-close-shop-bensonhurst/] go last August, maybe it’s not the small business death knell that many neighbors feared. A few weeks ago, the home of former neighborhood Italian stalwart was replaced by the latest in a litany of all you can
Nonsponsored
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Arts & Culture
Embrace Winter Festival 2017 Flyer via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ThirdAvenueBayRidge/photos/a.256976094363131.64046.100786006648808/1381050781955651/?type=3&theater] EMBRACE WINTER FESTIVAL 2017 [https://www.facebook.com/ThirdAvenueBayRidge/photos/a.256976094363131.64046.100786006648808/1381050781955651/?type=3&theater] When: Saturday, February 25th from noon to 6:30pm
Police & Fire
> BREAKING: Foot pursuit & takedown on the Belt Parkway in #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] #nbc4ny [https://twitter.com/hashtag/nbc4ny?src=hash] https://t.co/zSXieMquYA pic.twitter.com/es9w5yVdxs [https://t.co/es9w5yVdxs] — Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) February 23, 2017 [https://twitter.com/Bogs4NY/status/