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Booze & Books: NYC Lit Crawl Coming To Brooklyn For First Time May 19

By on May 12, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Bars, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Events, Hipsters, Literature, Uncategorized

The Brooklyn Lit Crawl beer-and-book festival, which stumbles through 13 Cobble Hill, Carroll Garden and Brooklyn Heights venues on Saturday May 19, 6-8 p.m., will comprise cocktails, trivia contests, book readings and special events along the way.

Venues include Zombie Hut (273 Smith Street), Knit Lit (253 Smith), People’s Republic of Brooklyn (247 Smith), BookCourt (163 Court Street), Last Exit (136 Atlantic Avenue) and the After Party at 8 p.m. at 61 Local (61 Bergen Street). Continue Reading →

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Carroll Gardens ‘Court Street Brooklyn Festival’ This Sunday, May 6!

By on May 2, 2012 in Arts and Entertainment, Carroll Gardens, Events, Food

The annual Court Street “Brooklyn” Festival takes place this Sunday, May 6, in Carroll Gardens, from Union Street to 9th Street, comprising about 200 vendors. The event includes kiddie rides, live entertainment, music and more street eats than there are kernels of corn on a cob. The Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Continue Reading →

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New York Mag Cover Story Features Carroll Garden’s ‘By Brooklyn’

By on April 17, 2012 in Carroll Gardens, Food, Shopping

New York magazine’s April 23, 2012 issue covers “Artisanal Brooklyn,” with a generous 8-page spread about the borough’s movement toward locally made edibles. The subhead: “A step forward for food or a sign of the apocalypse? And does it matter when the stuff tastes so good?” (Read the full story here.)

A secondary piece showcases Brooklyn’s best “brewers, bakers and beef-jerky makers,” and includes Carroll Gardens’ own By Brooklyn, at 261 Smith Street near Degraw. Featured is its Binxgoods Genuine Vanilla, with the descriptor: “How to arrive at vanilla extract as fresh and pure as Binxgoods? First travel to India and befriend a bean farmer. Then let your imported beans steep for six weeks in your South Brooklyn kitchen.” The By Brooklyn website is here.
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Daniel Radcliffe Films In Carroll Gardens As Beat Poet Allen Ginsburg

By on March 20, 2012 in Carroll Gardens, Hipsters

Now that he has finally shaken off Harry Potter, actor Daniel Radcliffe is ready to play some meaty grown-up roles, including the curly-headed lead in upcoming film “Kill Your Darlings,” where he is taking on beat poet Allen Ginsburg. With co-star Dane DeHaan, filming has been taking place around Carroll Gardens this week.

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Business Insider Offers Exploration Of ‘South Brooklyn’ Neighborhoods

By on March 11, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, History

A long, luxurious article in Business Insider profiles South Brooklyn’s “BoCoCa” neighborhoods lining Brooklyn Heights: Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens.

The piece, headlined “Gentrification Has Made This Old Brooklyn Neighborhood Unrecognizable,” discusses how these nabes have evolved, with a good deal of history on Cobble Hill’s Smith Street. Continue Reading →

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Carroll Gardens Holiday Tree Lighting Friday 12/9

By on December 7, 2011 in Carroll Gardens, Events

This just in from the Carroll Gardens Association:

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hannukah, or Kwanzaa, come join us as we celebrate the Holiday Season at the 5th Annual Columbia Waterfront District Tree Lighting Event. The festivities start at 5:00 pm on Friday, December 9th, 2011 at the Human Compass Garden, located at the corner of Sackett and Columbia Streets. This year’s event will feature live Holiday Jazz Music by the Less Magnetic Band and an assortment of free refreshments from local restaurants and businesses.  Santa Claus will also spread more cheer by handing out toys to children at the event.

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Post’s Peyser Pontificates on Old School South Brooklyn

By on April 25, 2011 in Carroll Gardens, Crime

The recent, maybe “mob” related (ahem… there is no such thing as the Mafia, ok?) knife fight between Lucali’s Mark Iacono and ex-con Benny Geritano has the Post’s Andrea Peyser thinking about new vs. old Carroll Gardens: Continue Reading →

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Community Roundtable with Daniel Squadron Tonight

By on February 16, 2011 in Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Events, Government

The Cobble Hill Association will host a Community Roundtable with State Senator Daniel Squadron tonight at Christ Church (326 Clinton Street at Kane Street). The meeting is open to all members of the public and will be a forum to discuss any issues or concerns directly with the State Senator. It will commence at 7:30pm.

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Maybelle’s Cafe Takes Over Former Naidre’s Space

By on January 27, 2011 in Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Food

Photo: Janice Pullicino

The storefront that formerly housed Naidre’s (502 Henry Street at Sackett) has transformed into Maybelle’s Cafe. Maybelle’s food offerings are vegetarian-focused, and the cafe will offer Intelligentsia coffee, daily specials and free Wi-Fi. For now, the signage and decor definitely feel like a work-in-progress.

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Crowd Creates Kimchi at Brooklyn Brainery

By on January 23, 2011 in Carroll Gardens, Events, Food, Uncategorized

Dozens gathered for a Make Your Own Kimchi Party at 515 Court Street in Carroll Gardens this afternoon. The party was hosted by Brooklyn Brainery, a group that hosts cheap collaborative classes on anything from American Sign Language to Microwave Candy. Today’s $5 class taught participants how to combine veggies like cabbage, carrots, and radish with spices to form the pickled Korean treat.

The class ran drop-in style. From 2pm to 7pm, participants could stop by and tune in to presentations every 30 to 60 minutes. All ingredients were provided, but if you wanted to bring your kimchi home, you had to BYOC (bring your own container).

Missed today’s class but want to learn from Brooklyn Brainery too? Sign up for the next class– “Bee Night,” complete with a movie, Q&A session, and honey tasting on January 25th at 7pm. For more details, visit this link.

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