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 [...]
Eagle: P.S. 29 Garden Coming Back Better than Ever
by Homer Fink on 19. Aug, 2010 in Uncategorized
Open Thread 7/21/10
by Homer Fink on 21. Jul, 2010 in Uncategorized
What’s on your mind? Have an event to plug? News tip? Something on your chest that needs to jump off? Comment away!
Carroll Gardens Man: Landmarking is Bad!
by Homer Fink on 24. Jun, 2010 in Uncategorized
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 [...]
Helping Neighbors – Jeep Guy
by EJ on 18. Jun, 2010 in Blog Posts, Featured
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
CHB Graffiti
by Homer Fink on 16. Jun, 2010 in Uncategorized
It’s an Open Thread. Make friends with each other. Keep it civil and relatively clean. Comment away!
Business of the Week: Eton
by Jonah on 10. Jun, 2010 in Blog Posts, Featured, Food
“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 [...]
Open Thread: What Are We Missing?
by EJ on 10. Jun, 2010 in Blog Posts, Featured
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?
Brooklyn Farmacy: How to Make an Egg Cream
by Heather Quinlan on 08. Jun, 2010 in Blog Posts, Featured, Food, Videos
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, [...]
The Invisible Dog to Host Premiere of “Bay Rizz: The Man For You”
by Jonah on 06. Jun, 2010 in Arts and Entertainment, Blog Posts, Featured
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, [...]
Papered Up: Barneys
by EJ on 04. Jun, 2010 in Blog Posts, Featured, Real Estate
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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