Archive | May, 2009

Boerum Hill school reopens

According to NY1, PS 369 will reopen on Monday morning after closing due to a high number of flu-related absences.

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Carroll Park Flea Market tomorrow

Friends of Carroll Park are hosting the Carroll Park Flea Market tomorrow (President and Smith Streets). According to their website it’s going all day… any further information is welcome!

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Tag Sale tomorrow

This Saturday is the Summit Street Community Garden Tag Sale. All proceeds of the multi-family/neighbor tag sale go to benefit the Red Hook community garden. As the flyer above says, the sale takes place tomorrow, May 30, from 8:30 am to 2:oo pm, on the corner of Summit and Columbia Streets (rain date Sunday, May 31).

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Birth Dearth at LICH

According to The Brooklyn Paper:
Long Island College Hospital is in the midst of a precipitous drop in births this year, months after threatening to shut its maternity ward, a decline that is resulting in large increases in deliveries at other Brooklyn hospitals, including a record number of births in 48 hours at one medical center.
Last [...]

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Summer in the McCord-Van Kempen Cottage

Newsday reports that the Hamptons rental occupied by Cobble Hillbillies /Real Housewives of New York City stars Alex McCord and Simon Van Kempen last year is up for grabs.
If you’re interested in summering in Southampton contact Gina Michael, 646-415-2208; gigi0986 AT aol.com . Details after the jump.

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Open Book Cafe at BPL Central Branch

Open Book Cafe by Mambo opened at the plaza in front of Brooklyn Public Library’s Central Branch at Grand Army Plaza.
Brooklyn Paper: Spencer Rothschild, the man behind much-loved Park Slope restaurants Barrio, Playa and Cabana Bar, is now serving his Latino-influenced beach cuisine on the plaza in front of the central branch of America’s fifth-largest [...]

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Boerum Hill swine flu school closing

Following the deaths of two more New Yorkers due to swine flu, the school for disabilities at PS 369, the Coy L. Cox School (State Street between Nevins and Bond), is closed as of today.

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Adam & Eve dance on Bond Street

Company XIV’s production of “Le Serpent Rouge!” is playing through June 6 at 303 Bond Street, where they are the resident company (the space was converted from a tow truck warehouse with the addition of a state of the art dance floor, glass facade, and theatrical lighting).

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Reading at Bookcourt June 1

It is probably one of our most complicated relationships; fraught with love, fear, jealousy and joy. No other bond is as strong or as long-lasting. We read about it in Greek mythology, Freudian psychology and literature. Yet we still for the most part have to navigate it alone— our relationship with our [...]

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Sharif Abdallah death ruled a homicide

The death of 17-year-old Carroll Gardens resident Sharif Abdallah has been ruled a homicide, but according to the New York Times, the four people already arrested with assault charges would not face any additional charges.
The medical examiner ruled this month that the March 8 death was a homicide because the teenager, Sharif Abdallah, 17, of [...]

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