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Upcoming: Cobble Hill Association Meeting

April 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We got an email from the Cobble Hill Association, which is having its Spring 2008 Meeting on Monday, May 12, at 7:00 PM. The meeting will take place at the Kane Street Synagogue, which is between Court Street and Tompkins Place. The agenda includes the nomination of officers for 2008 and a presentation about “predators […]

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Tags: Cobble Hill · Events

Upcoming: Brooklyn GreenWalk on Thursday

April 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Brooklyn GreenWalk on Thursday

Want to take a GreenWalk? There’s a chance on Thursday. Per an email about the event that came to our inbox: Join us on Thursday, May 1, 2008, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. New York City College of Technology, CUNY (City Tech) students will lead GreenWalk, a walking tour of Downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO, on […]

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Tags: Environment · Events

Upcoming: Brooklyn Cohousing Meeting

April 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Brooklyn Cohousing Meeting

There’s a meeting about co-housing coming up on Friday, May 9. Per an email we got: Come hear national expert and co-author of “The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community“, Chris ScottHanson, give a free talk and slideshow about Cohousing communities on Friday May 9th at 6:30 pm at the Brooklyn Friends Meeting House, […]

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Tags: Affordable Housing · Events

Upcoming: Brooklyn Heights E-Recycling

April 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Brooklyn Heights E-Recycling

Have some electronic devices that need to be disposed? The Third Annual E-Recycling Days at the First Unitarian Chapel in Brooklyn Heights (at Pierrepont St.between Clinton and Henry Sts.) are coming up on Saturday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th from 9AM-4PM on Saturday and Noon-2PM on Sunday. It’s sponsored by Denominational Action and the […]

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Tags: Environment · Events

Upcoming: Tenant Aid Workshop

April 26th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Tenant Aid Workshop

There’s a “Tenant Aid Workshop: Fighting for Affordable Housing” session coming up on Monday, April 28, at 7PM at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel RC Church, which is located at 275 North 8th Street at Havemeyer St. The announcement says: “Learn About Your Legal Rights as a Tenant, See if You Qualify for Rent Subsidies, […]

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Tags: Affordable Housing · Events · Williamsburg

Upcoming: 23rd Street Mega Stoop Sale

April 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Mark the calenders for a very, very big stoop sale in Greenwood Heights. It’s the 3rd Annual 23rd St. Mega Stoop Sale (23rd St. between 6th & 7th Avenues). It will take place on Saturday, May 17 from 11AM-5PM. Per an email: “Houses will have lots of stuff for sale, at, of course, very reasonable […]

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Tags: Events · Greenwood Heights

Celebrate Brooklyn: The Full Summer ’08 Schedule

April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

You know that summer is coming when the Celebrate Brooklyn schedule–after leaking out in dribs and drabs for weeks–comes out in full. And so, we take pleasure in presenting it. As always, there are plenty of tasty morsels from which to choose between the Opening Night show with Isaac Hayes on June 12 to the […]

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Tags: Celebrate Brooklyn · Events

Upcoming: Center for the Urban Enviornment’s Gowanus Opening

April 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Center for the Urban Enviornment’s Gowanus Opening

Last week, we had a special sneak preview of the Center for the Urban Enviornment‘s cool new Gowanus headquarters. The public grand opening takes place on Saturday, May 10 from 11:30AM-4PM. Per an email: The Center for the Urban Environment opens the doors to its new green building with hands-on fun for the entire family. […]

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Tags: Events · Gowanus

Upcoming: Talk About Gowanus by the Gowanus

April 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Talk About Gowanus by the Gowanus

There’s an interesting sounding meeting that’s being put together in Gowanus on May 7. It will take place on Second Street at the Gowanus Canal from 6:30PM-8:30PM. Per an email that’s been posted by Tom Gray from Council Member Bill de Blasio’s office: I would like to invite you to be involved in an open […]

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Tags: Events · Gowanus · Gowanus Canal · Urban Planning

Upcoming: Shred It

April 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Shred It

So, if you have a bunch of stuff that needs to be shredded and no shredder, you might be interested in Shred Fest NYC. It’s happening on Sunday (4/27)from 10AM-4PM at J.J. Byrne Park, which is on 5th Avenue at 4th Street. Here’s some of the email we got about it: Nine million Americans had […]

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Tags: Events · Park Slope

Upcoming: Predatory Lending Seminar Tonight

April 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Predatory Lending Seminar Tonight

There will be a seminar on predatory lending tonight. It takes place at 7PM at Boricua College, which is located at 186 N. 6th Street in Williamsburg. It’s described as a “Town Hall Meeting to Discuss Predatory Lending and Mortgage Foreclosure.” It will include Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, Assem. Joe Lentol, State Sen. Martin Connor […]

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Tags: Credit Crisis · Events

Upcoming: Artwalking on Bedford Avenue

April 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Artwalking on Bedford Avenue

A new exhibition of art on Bedford Avenue kicks off this Sunday (April 27) from 2PM-8PM. Per information sent along by Matthew Silver, known to many people as the Bedford Avenue Dancer: Artwalking: Bedford Ave. An invitational exhibition featuring over thirty storefront installations between North 3rd and North 9th on Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. […]

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Tags: Art · Events · Williamsburg

Upcoming: Maypole Dance in Gowanus

April 22nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Maypole Dance in Gowanus

Perhaps a Maypole dance in Gowanus would float your boat? We got an email from Proteus Gowanus about one they’re having on Sunday, May 4 at 3PM. There’s nothing we can add to what we received, so we’ll simply go to the copy and past: A Dance Around the Maypole: proto-speed-dating and the ancient rite […]

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Tags: Events · Gowanus

Upcoming: BUST Magazine "Craftacular" at Warsaw

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: BUST Magazine "Craftacular" at Warsaw

BUST Magazine is having its “Spring Fling Craftacular” at Warsaw in Greenpoint next Sunday (4/27) from 11AM-9PM. They’ve had “Holiday Craftaculars” there in the past. Here’s a bit from the email: BUST Magazine¹s first ever Spring Fling Craftacular is set for Sunday April 27, 2008. After 3 years of enormously successful and Folio award winning […]

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Tags: Events · Greenpoint

Upcoming: Indie Market Reopening for Season in Carroll Gardens

April 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Brooklyn’s Indie Market, which has a home at the corner of Smith and Union Streets, is reopening for the season on May 3 from 11AM-7PM with “Brooklyn Indie Fest, A Celebration of Design and Music.” Here’s some info: Opening festivities include unplugged indie musicians, temporary tattoo parlour for kids of all ages, face painting, kiddie […]

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Tags: Carroll Gardens · Events · Retail

Upcoming Reminder: Go Green! Greenpoint! Earth Day

April 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming Reminder: Go Green! Greenpoint! Earth Day

We’ve posted this before, but Town Square’s Go Green Greenpoint! Earth Day event is taking place tomorrow (4/19) from 11AM-4PM in McCarren Park. Per an email: “Go Green Greenpoint!” is going to be a lot of fun – enviro-friendly vendors, food, music, art contests, recycling stations and much more! School, companies, government agencies and community […]

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Tags: Environment · Events · McCarren Park

Upcoming: "Virtual Toxic Tour"–Do You Know Where Your Superfund Site Is?

April 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: "Virtual Toxic Tour"–Do You Know Where Your Superfund Site Is?

Here’s a fun event: a Virtual Toxic Tour and Community Mapping Workshop that will be taking place on Saturday (4/19) from 3-6PM. It will be happening in Manhattan at Eyebeam, which is located at 540 W. 21st Street, but will involve toxic issues in Greenpoint. Here’s a bit about it: In collaboration with fellow Brooklyn […]

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Tags: Environment · Events · Williamsburg

Upcoming: Abiyoyopalooza–African Music & Magic

April 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Abiyoyopalooza–African Music & Magic

Here’s a cool event coming up on Sunday, May 18, from PLG Arts and The Maple Street School. It’s called “ABIYOYOPALOOZA: African Music & Magic” and it’s a free music and storytelling event for pre-school and young school-age children that will take place at the Audobon Center in Prospect Park. Here’s a bit from the […]

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Tags: Events · Prospect Park · Prospect-Lefferts Gardens

Upcoming Brooklyn Community Board Meetings

April 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming Brooklyn Community Board Meetings

Here are some upcoming Brooklyn community board meetings with information courtesy of the compilations that appear in the Daily News: Community Board 5. (East New York, Cypress Hills, Highland Park, New Lots, City Line and Starrett City) will hold its next regular board meeting at 6:30 PM April 23 at the board office, 127 Pennsylvania […]

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Tags: Community Boards · Events

Upcoming: "Push for Parks" in Burg & Greenpoint

April 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: "Push for Parks" in Burg & Greenpoint

There will be a Push for Parks status meeting in Greenpoint tomorrow (4/17). It is sponsored by the Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning (GWAPP). It will include updates on Million Tree Project, Barge Park, Cooper Park, India Street End, Greenpoint Ave/Transmitter Park, UFMP (United Friends of McCarren Park), Bushwick Inlet Park, Brooklyn Greenway, […]

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Tags: Events · Greenpoint · Parks · Williamsburg

Upcoming: Gowanus Canal Flotilla

April 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Gowanus Canal Flotilla

Among the things that spring means are more chances to get out on the Gowanus Canal. So it is with the 9th Annual Gowanus Canal Earth Day Flotilla. This will be happening on Sunday, April 20 from 11AM-3PM and will include “a ceremonial eco-cruise” on the Big G. It is sponsored by the Urban Divers […]

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Tags: Environment · Events · Gowanus Canal

Upcoming: More Talk About the G Train

April 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: More Talk About the G Train

In case you care about the G Train and didn’t make it to last week’s City Council Meeting, here’s another chance to speak your mind. New York City Transit President Howard Roberts will be appearing at a forum tomorrow, April 16, from 5PM-7PM. It’s the NYC Transit Riders Council, 2008 President’s Forum on Subways. It […]

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Tags: Events · Transportation

Upcoming: Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Assoc. Mtg. Tonight

April 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Assoc. Mtg. Tonight

The monthly meeting of the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association takes place tonight (4/14) at the St. Mary Star of the Sea Residence, which is located at 41 First Street, between Hoyt and Bond, in Carroll Gardens. It starts at 7:30 PM. The agenda includes updates on landmarks, zoning and transportation issues. John Heyer, a Special […]

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Tags: Carroll Gardens · Events

Upcoming: Brooklyn Matters First Cinema Screening

April 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Brooklyn Matters First Cinema Screening

The documentary Brooklyn Matters will have its first cinematic screening on May 1. It will be shown at 7:30PM at the Cobble Hill Cinemas, which is located at 265 Court Street (at Butler). First come, first seated. More info at the film’s website. A trailer is below.

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Tags: Atlantic Yards · Events

Upcoming: Making Brownstones Green

April 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: Making Brownstones Green

Want to make a brownstone green? Well, the New York City College of Technology Division of Continuing Education is presenting “Anatomy of a Brownstone: Green Roofs, Green Homes.” It will take place on Saturday, April 26, in the Atrium Amphitheatre at 300 Jay Street. There are two sessions, (morning and afternoon). The 10AM-Noon session is […]

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Tags: Environment · Events