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Eagle: P.S. 29 Garden Coming Back Better than Ever

The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the “Garden to Cafe”  plot at P.S. 29 will be coming back bigger and better than ever:
Brooklyn Eagle: Andrea Wenner, executive director of Out2Play, a non-profit that plans and oversees playground construction in city schools, assured the Eagle that the garden at P.S. 29 will be back, and better than [...]

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Open Thread 7/21/10

What’s on your mind? Have an event to plug? News tip? Something on your chest that needs to jump off? Comment away!

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Carroll Gardens Man: Landmarking is Bad!

Yournabe.com runs two dueling Op-Ed pieces this week about landmarking.  On the “pro” side is Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Judy Stanton and on the “con” side is Carroll Gardens resident Michael Cassidy:
Yournabe.com: South Brooklyn has been around for a long time; long before the real estate names of Red Hook, Cobble Hill and Carroll [...]

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Helping Neighbors – Jeep Guy

Dear Jeep Guy –
This photo was taken two weeks ago, and posted in a discussion about Barneys. This morning I noticed that your car is still parked in the same spot, but now covered in Sanitation Dept stickers and scribbles about NYPD Towing.
You might want to move it ASAP.
Sincerely,
CHB

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CHB Graffiti

It’s an Open Thread.  Make friends with each other.  Keep it civil and relatively clean.  Comment away!

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Business of the Week: Eton

“I just put one and one together and that’s how we got shave ice and dumplings.”
It’s not quite the formula one might expect, but the combination of shave ice and dumplings has quickly made Eton at 205 Sackett Street one of the most lauded food vendors in the neighborhood. The dumplings in particular (and the [...]

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Open Thread: What Are We Missing?

While we try to be everywhere and cover everything, the sad truth is that it ain’t possible (especially while working in Manhattan).
What do you want to know more about? What are we lacking? What are you doing this weekend?

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Brooklyn Farmacy: How to Make an Egg Cream

Brooklyn Farmacy is now open for business, and those wanting their milkshake fix need look no further than 513 Henry St. We paid a visit and were gifted with an egg cream and official paper Farmacy cap—I ended up loving their egg cream so much I filmed this tutorial. So here it is, [...]

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The Invisible Dog to Host Premiere of “Bay Rizz: The Man For You”

On June 19th, Zero Film Festival presents the premiere of Bay Rizz: The Man For You at The Invisible Dog Gallery [map]. The Man For You was shot in January, 2010 in Brooklyn’s storied Bay Ridge neighborhood. The film is the 10th short in a series that chronicles the story of Bay Ridge’s unofficial Mayor, Bay Rizz, [...]

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Papered Up: Barneys

Photo by EJ Cory
It appears that construction on our local Barneys is underway. Earlier estimates have the store opening this Fall.

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