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Fire at Baptist Temple Church

A three alarm fire broke out at Baptist Temple Church [360 Schermerhorn Street] last night around 11:45 pm.   The blaze was brought under control around 1:30 am this morning.  It is believed the fire began in the church’s organ loft.   The organ had just been renovated. WABC-TV reports that part of the church’s interior collapsed in the fire.  Four firefighters suffered minor injuries.

The church was built in 1894 and rebuilt in 1917.   It is on the National Register of Historic Places (added 1995 - Building – #95001334).

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Omala yoga shop shutting down

Photo from Brownstoner.

Photo from Brownstoner.

Omala, the yoga shop on Atlantic Avenue, is closing its doors for good after being open for two and a half years. According to Brownstoner, Omala’s owner says she is closing the store because it didn’t get enough foot traffic. The store’s inventory will be on sale until it closes in late February, but will still be available on its website after that.

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Christmas tree recycling this weekend

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Recycle your Christmas tree at Mulchfest 2010 this weekend, and take home some mulch for your garden. Bring your trees to Cobble Hill Park (Clinton and Verandah Place) this Saturday and Sunday, January 9th and 10th, between 9:30 am and 2 pm. Please remove all lights, decorations, and garland from the trees; no wreaths or artificial trees will be accepted.

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Get a free room from HGTV!

Battle on the Block, HGTV’s new home renovation series, is looking for three neighbors who want to go toe-to-toe with each other in a friendly competition where they can win bragging rights on their block. Each participating family will have a room renovation paid for by HGTV, and there’s an opportunity for whichever family designs the best room to win a cash prize. The show’s producers are interested in single family townhouses or family-owned brownstones in Brooklyn, so for those of you do-it-yourselfers out there looking to fix up a room, apply. It would be a one weekend commitment, and the family will do the bulk of the work, with supervision and help from HGTV’s contractor experts and design guru host. If you’re interested, contact Casting Producer Anthony Lucente at homedesignchallenge@gmail.com, and include the names and ages of everyone living in the home and their contact information, a description of your neighborhood, pictures of your family and home, and a description of the neighbors you’d like to compete against.

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Wyclef Jean to make appearance at Jimmy Jazz today

Wylef Jean will make an appearance at Jimmy Jazz today (442 Fulton Street) to talk about the collaboration between his  Yéle Haiti organization and Timberland. For every pair of Yéle Haiti boots sold, $2 will be donated to Wyclef’s Yéle Haiti organization to support reforestation in his homeland of Haiti. Anyone who purchases the boots at Jimmy Jazz today will receive a free CD of the new mixtape EP DJ Drama Presents Wyclef Jean A.K.A. Toussaint St. Jean From The Hut To The Projects To The Mansion. There will be a meet and greet with fans, so if you want a chance to meet Wyclef, get to Jimmy Jazz between 4 and 6 pm today (he’ll also be at the Timberland store in SoHo, 474 Broadway, from 6-10 pm).

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smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop this weekend

This Saturday and Sunday, November 21 and 22, 70 Brooklyn art galleries will offer free admission and refreshments to visitors participating in the second annual smART Brooklyn Gallery Hop, sponsored by Marty Markowitz and Brooklyn Tourism. The event will feature bus loops that leave on the hour every hour from 1-5 pm, departing from hubs that will run through four different gallery districts, allowing passengers to hop on and off the bus within the line’s loop. In addition, there will be a “Tour of Four” bus tour that will give visitors a chance to experience unique art galleries that are off the beaten path. Reservations are required, so call 718-802-3530 or email smart@visitbrooklyn.org to make sure you have a spot. Read on for a list of bus hubs/loops and participating galleries. Continue Reading →

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Alternate side parking regulations restored in Boerum Hill

This in from the NYC Department of Transportation:

The third and final phase of the sign replacement project in Brooklyn Community District 2 that began earlier this year is now complete, with signs in Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights (south of Joralemon Street), Boerum Hill, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill having been replaced since Sept. 8. The newly posted Alternate Side Parking Regulations will be enforceable starting Monday, Nov. 9. The attached press release was sent on Oct. 26 to give residents two weeks to adjust to the new rules. Alternate Side Parking Regulations are currently suspended in parts of the Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Marble Hill and Kingsbridge sections of Bronx Community District 8 for the first of two phases of sign replacement.

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Halloween Funtivities

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Check out these fun Halloween events going on tomorrow and on the big day, Saturday, October 31. Continue Reading →

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Early Halloween fun!

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Halloween isn’t for another week, but there are plenty of events going on before then. Here’s a list of Halloween-y events going on this weekend. Let us know if there’s anything happening that we’ve missed. Enjoy! Continue Reading →

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‘Bored to Death’= Brooklyn’s coming out party

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The New York Times has deemed HBO’s new series, “Bored to Death,” as “Brooklyn’s coming-out party to the HBO-watching world,” as “Sex and the City” and “Friends” did for Manhattan. What do you think of the show?

But if Jonathan Ames’s new HBO series, drolly titled “Bored to Death,” heralds a new era of New York in television and in the nation’s imagination, it’s now the era of downtown Brooklyn – or, at least, of Park Slope, Boerum Hill and Fort Greene. Grab your Bugaboo stroller, throw a New Yorker into your WNYC tote bag and let’s take the F.

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