Show Off Your Talents Tonight At An All Souls Bethlehem Church Open Mic Night
This evening starting at 7pm, All Souls Bethlehem Church (566 E 7th Street between Cortelyou Road and Ditmas Avenue) will be hosting an open mic night event for local artists to showcase their stuff....
View ArticleSpot 773 Lounge In This Trailer For “A Walk Among The Tombstones”
Thanks to neighbor Matt MacLean for sending over the trailer for A Walk Among the Tombstones, which filmed last year at 773 Lounge (on Coney Island Avenue between Cortelyou and Dorchester Roads). The...
View ArticleDOT Names Ocean Parkway & Church Avenue One Of 20 Worst Intersections For...
A new report from the New York City Department of Transportation lists the crossing of Church Avenue and Ocean Parkway as one of the 20 worst intersections for pedestrians throughout the five boroughs....
View ArticleCatch The World Cup This Weekend On A Huge Screen At Hamilton’s
Hey, local soccer–or should we say, football–or fútbol?–fans! If your TV isn’t going to cut it for this year’s World Cup games, we’ve got word that you might want to head to Hamilton’s (2826 Fort...
View ArticleSee Work By Kensington Artists Sherry Davis, Jonathan Blum & More At Sunday’s...
No plans in the neighborhood this Sunday? A short walk or a few subway stops away is Seventh Heaven, the annual 7th Avenue street fair that stretches from Flatbush Avenue to 16th Street–and this year,...
View ArticleRow For Free This Summer In Prospect Park
Always wanted to try your hand at rowing in the Prospect Park Lake? In the coming months, the Prospect Park Alliance and the Village Community Boathouse are teaming up to make rowing accessible to all....
View ArticleThis Week’s Milling & Paving Schedule
Keep an eye out for no parking signs if you park on the street. The Department of Transportation has milling and paving work scheduled for various roads around the neighborhood. Tuesday, June 17 Old...
View ArticlePhoto Of The Day: Ya Blew It
Neighbor Sherry Davis sent in this photo taken the morning after Friday’s tempest. “That must have been some storm,” she says. “The sign travelled from Caton and east 5th, a long block away.” Do you...
View ArticleBuzz-A-Rama Closed Until September
Fans of neighborhood hobby haven Buzz-A-Rama (69 Church Avenue between Story Street and Dahill Road) should listen up: according to a post on the shop’s Facebook page yesterday evening, they are...
View ArticleClouds Over Kensington
Neighbor Nicholas Tanis sent in his amazing photos of last Friday’s brief but incredibly powerful storm. The above was taken looking west on Ocean Parkway… … facing northeast at Ocean Parkway and...
View ArticlePhoto Of The Day: Darkness Overhead
One last photo of Friday’s beautifully terrifying storm clouds, taken over the Fort Hamilton Parkway station by Melissa Parrish. Do you have a picture from around the neighborhood? Email it to us at...
View ArticleAttend An Ocean Parkway Safety Meeting Monday Evening At Ditmas IS 62
Neighbors were recently none too surprised by the report that named the intersection of Ocean Parkway and Church Avenue one of the 20 worst for NYC pedestrians, but it’s no secret that that particular...
View ArticleThis Friday Until September 2, No G Train Service North Of Nassau Avenue
Beginning at 10:30pm on Friday, July 25 until 5am on Tuesday, September 2, G trains will run only between Church and Nassau Avenues to allow for thorough reconstruction of tunnels damaged during...
View ArticleWhat Needs To Happen With The MTA? (A G Train That Runs, Maybe?)
The MTA Reinvention Commission, which you may not have heard of but which held three very last minute public hearings last week, is offering New Yorkers who missed out on the comment periods each day a...
View ArticleNYPD Looking For Missing Teen Jacqueline Morales
The NYPD is asking for the public’s assistance in locating 13-year-old neighbor Jacqueline Morales. Jacqueline was last seen at her home on Parkville Avenue between Coney Island Avenue and E 8th Street...
View ArticleNew Study Tells Us What We Know: The F Train Is Slow, And The G Is Getting...
The number of delays in subway trains reaching stops on time increased from last summer to this one, says a recent article in amNY, and our local lines are among the worst offenders. The article, based...
View ArticleStreet Closures & Security Considerations For The 2014 TCS New York City...
This Sunday, November 2 is the 2014 TCS New York City Marathon–and whether you’re planning to go out and cheer or steer clear of race-related traffic concerns altogether, there’s an extensive list of...
View ArticleSee Brooklyn Artists’ Amazing Handmade Goods At The American Fine Craft Show...
Two weeks from now, the American Fine Craft Show will hit nearby Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway between Washington and Underhill Avenues) for the second year–and with it, handmade pieces from 90...
View ArticleWinter Is Here?! Sanitation Issues First Snow Alert Of The Season
If you haven’t already heard it through the Twitterverse, we’re sorry to be the ones to tell you: the NYC Department of Sanitation has issued a snow alert starting at 8pm tonight (Thursday, November...
View ArticleThe G Will Make You Wait & More Subway Service Changes
Below you’ll find early week subway service changes for the F and G lines in Brooklyn. Check back Thursday to see what’s happening this weekend. Changes via MTA.info. Today: G trains run every 20...
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