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Capoeira! Kids - First class is always FREE / Adults - First month unlimited only $50
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Shooting at Bedford and Union, Tuesday, 10/17/2017, 8:40 PM
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El Dorado Restaurant on Nostrand will be replaced by Alenbi
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Shooting on Franklin and Union, Saturday night. June 10, 2017
whynot_31 on October 17

Found dog (not by me)
Anyone recognize this dog?

It was found inside the front door of 565 Prospect tonight, and is staying with someone who lives in the building.

She has no tags but is wearing a harness w stars on it.

Very friendly with the present caretaker and their dog, and wet from rain but otherwise seems healthy--slight limp in back ...

465 views 8 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by tsarina August 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
YOUNG DOG FOUND (DACHSHUND/TERRIER MIX?)
Dog Found - Park Slope A dog ran into my restaurant in Park Slope last night. He is about 1 year old and probably a dachshund/terrier mix. He was not wearing a collar and does not have a chip. Found near 3rd & Douglass. We brought him to the Emergency Vet at 4AM to get him ...

121 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by naturegirlbk August 2014Prospect Heights
Does anyone know where the jazz happens at Medgar Evers?
This banner leaves that out: While it isn't a huge campus, I would like some more specificity. Does it happen in the parking lot this banner is hanging on? What time does it start and end?

584 views 11 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 August 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Anyone Missing a Black Cat
Hi All,

My wife spotted an all black cat with two collars lounging in front 305 Prospect around 4pm.

Super friendly, no tags.

67 views 1 comment 0 points Started by quig August 2014 Prospect Heights
Stray, young black cat at Park and Classon on Monday night
I found a very friendly but starving, young black cat on Park Place between Washington and Classon tonight. I gave her some food, but was hoping someone was missing her. She seemed like a sweetheart. I already have a cat, but if she sticks around I will try to catch her and get her adopted. ...

306 views 13 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by catfriend July 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
The Voice talks about Crown Heights' restaurants
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2014/07/the_10_best_restaurants_in_crown_heights.php I disagree with the order they placed venues in, but they seem to have visited Nostrand as well as Franklin.

309 views 4 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by Vanderbilly July 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Gossip on Nostrand AVe...
Hi everyone! I'm back from a 3-week vacation, and am dying to get the deets on any new developments for Nostrand Ave. I saw the Chika Mexcicana place getting some work done on Friday, which was heartening. Anything else happen in July? :)

266 views 4 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 July 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Schmooze 'n Booze 'n Silent Auction
Who are the people in the neighborhood? We're fairly new to this section of Crown Heights and we love it! Come out and schmooze (and buy stuff from us at discounted prices).

Silent auction. 10% off. Sangria. What more can we say?

FB Event Page

123 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by Schmu July 2014Sales Openings Events
Has anyone seen these anyone of these 2 cats in the Bensonhurst area?
My husband and I have been searching for our missing cats, please let us know if you or anybody you know has seen them.

309 views 6 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by sheepsheadbites.com July 2014Bay Ridge/Bensonhurst
Co-op preschool in Clinton Hill/Bed-Stuy still has spots open!
Hurry! Last day to enroll is August 5! Honeybirds Playschool is a Waldorf and Montessori-based co-op preschool in Clinton Hill/Bed-Stuy on Franklin Ave. We began our work in the neighborhood in 2012 with 10 kids and one classroom. This year, we are very excited to announce that we are expanding! We have a new space, ...

951 views 1 comment 0 points Started by honeybirds July 2014 Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bed-Stuy
Something to do in Park Slope

128 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by roux42 July 2014Park Slope
police investigation on dean street (near vanderbilt) july 26?
does anyone know what happened on dean street saturday july 26? they blocked it off for much of the morning and afternoon from vanderbilt to washington with police tape and cops were stationed nearby. crime scene van, police photographer taking photos of the buildings. i overheard talk of a shooting?

773 views 3 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by roux42 July 2014Prospect Heights
Limited Edition "BROOKLYN" Shirts for sale!
These Shirts are extremely Limited and represent our team colors!
"BROOKLYN DOES IT BETTER"
143 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by Cinnabunn July 2014The Classifieds
Some kind of flea market is coming to a lot on Atlantic, near Classon.

details

http://fortgreenefocus.com/2014/06/26/brooklyn-pop-up-market-founders-on-small-business-affordable-shopping-public-art-more/

440 views 7 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by mugofmead111 July 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Report Traffic Safety Issues
I'm putting this in Prospect Heights, because that's my neighborhood, but it's relevant borough wide!

Report your traffic-safety issues here:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/visionzero/pages/dialogue/map.html

208 views 6 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by mugofmead111 July 2014Prospect Heights
The Summer 2014 Brooklynian Gathering: Thursday, July 24th
The last Brooklynian gathering was in May, when Ms Whynot and I gave a walking tour of the neighborhood as part of a "citywide day of walking tours" sponsored by the Municipal Arts Society. The tour was advertised via Curbed, Brownstoner, the MAS site, DNAinfo, etc. It was good to meet you. We ...

1.5K views 62 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by travelriter July 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Prospect Heights CSA
Each Thursday Crown/Prospect Heights residents walk by the Prospect Heights CSA pickup spot where members come to get their produce, dairy, meet and flower shares, wondering how they can join and have such fresh, healthy food items. I'm usually too busy signing people in to talk to them about our neighborhood CSA and what it ...

324 views 3 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by travelriter July 2014Prospect Heights
Craft Fair, Sunday, August 3rd.
Copied from an email: "Shop The Block" Crow Hill Craft Fair Hello Neighbors, We want to let you know that on Sunday, August 3, we will sponsor a "Shop The Block" Craft Fair on Franklin Ave., between Sterling Place and St. John’s Place. The street WILL NOT be closed to traffic. The vendors will have their tables placed on ...

89 views 1 comment 0 points Started by whynot_31 July 2014 Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Bicycle Safety in Brooklyn and the rest of New York...

Bike riding is a healthy recreational activity and also a very environmentally friendly and useful way of transportation. Bike riding as a form of transportation has been growing each year, especially in states like New York where traffic congestion is a major issue. Between 2007 and 2011 the number of New Yorkers who used bicycles ...

199 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by newguy88 July 2014The Classifieds
Introduction and Thank You to whynot_31
Hello Brooklyian Community/ Boerum Hill Residents-

LONGTIME lurker and first time poster, not a big fan of writing, but I am going to try! I recently moved from Crown Heights, Franklin Ave. area to Boerum Hill, Nevis/ State St. hood. After stumbling on this blog years ago and keeping up ...

284 views 5 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by stacey July 2014BoCoCa (Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens)
Leak in Sidewalk by Prospect Park train station
A few weeks ago I noticed water bubbling up from the sidewalk on Flatbush Avenue near the B41 bus stop and the Prospect Park train station. I reported the problem to the MTA via the web. I noticed this week that the area had been fenced off and that section of sidewalk has been dug ...

112 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by xlizellx July 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Federal Trespass Affidavit Program (F.T.A.P.)
Some of the tenants in my building have raised the possibility of getting the landlord to enroll us in this program, which registers residential building with the NYPD, providing them with a tenant roster. The police can then arrest anyone who is trespassing.

Here's some info.

I don't like this idea ...

3.8K views 18 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 July 2014Brooklyn and Beyond
Live in PLG? Merchants want to know what you think of Flatbush Ave
Fill out this survey to let them know what you think: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/664Flatbush

140 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by pacc11205 July 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
bees & wasp exterminator
Does anyone have a recommendation for a bee or wasp exterminator? We have 15 to 20 flying insects swarming in our yard and I don’t want to get close enough to them to find out if they're either bees or wasps.

395 views 11 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by Schmu July 2014Park Slope
New Building Owners Raising Rent in Crown Heights
I'm not a frequent poster on Brooklynian but I do read the posts on a regular basis, and I'm hoping someone in this crowd might be able to offer advice on what me & my girlfriend are going through at the moment. The rent-stabilized building we've lived in for two years was recently sold to ...

2.5K views 57 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 July 2014Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Local bike business BOOMING in Park Slope! Check it out
An up and coming local business - Eddie C's Bike Institute™ is becoming the go to for all your cycling needs!
Entrepenuer Eddie C. a Brooklyn native has curated a cycling institute with cycling related hands on programs, house call repair services, ...

101 views 1 comment 0 points Started by EddieC_BikeInstitute July 2014 The Classifieds
Flatbush and Clarkson Safe?
Hi, thinking of renting at the intersection of Flatbush and Clarkson. Is this a safe area? How about at night (11pm-3am) ? and..how safe for a single woman walking home alone from the Parkside station? ...Thanks ahead of time for your answers...

623 views 15 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by xlizellx July 2014Flatbush/Midwood/Ditmas Park
BAM South park rendering is hilarious!!

FROM: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/37/29/dtg-bam-south-rendering-2014-07-18-bk_37_29.html
"It looks too good to be true, and it is. New renderings of the planned public plaza at the base of the BAM South tower that is slated to rise on Flatbush Avenue show a rooftop garden at the point of the triangular park with an expansive view of a Manhattan-like skyline. The trouble ...

185 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by Davina July 2014Park Slope
Fire at 1145 St.Johns, near Albany Ave. July 21, 2014
Brooklyn *75-1036* 1145 St Johns Place......Near Albany Avenue.... 38 Battalion Transmitting the All Hands Probably Will hold....Fire was in a 3 Story Vacant Building.... E-234 L-123 St Johns East First Due

110 views 1 comment 0 points Started by whynot_31 July 2014 Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Paid, interesting research study at Columbia for children ages 6-15 about language!
Would your child like to contribute to science and help other kids?

If so, please consider enrolling your child (ages 6-15) in a study that could help create a new language test. Study involves approximately one hour of interesting paper and pencil tasks. Your child will receive a small gift for their participation.

Location: Either Columbia University ...

138 views 1 comment 0 points Started by KaitlinWalsh July 2014 The Classifieds

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