Arise Collective, in partnership with the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger, is presenting a “Drive for the Stuy,” a fundraiser event this Friday, December 19th, 7:00pm – 11:30pm, at the St. Phillips Episcopal Church (334 MacDonough St.) in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. “Drive for the Stuy is a food and clothing drive event that will feature an evening […]

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There’s nothing like a little Snow Job to get your holidays started and Public Assembly (the former Galapagos on N. 6 Street in the Burg) is doing it up right with free chicken & waffles from 8 – 9pm and an open bar of Red Bull and Vodka from 9 – 10pm. Spinning the tunes […]

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There is so much need in Brooklyn amidst a lot of affluence, that it does our hearts good to see giving. The borough president who likes everybody to call him Marty took part in handing out hundreds of toys that were donated at this year’s annual Borough Hall Toy Drive. Many Brooklyn-based service organizations, including […]

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The Friends of Sunset Park along with the staff of the Sunset Park Recreation Center will hold their 4th Annual Trees Lighting Ceremony this Friday, December 19th, at 6:00 p.m. LET’S PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND CELEBRATE COMMUNITY AS WE SING FESTIVE SONGS, BRIGHTEN OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK AND SHARE HOT COCOA AND COOKIES IN THE […]

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The new Roots Cafe in Park Slope boasts, “You’ve never tasted finer coffee! Never!” Opening on December 27th, Roots will offer breakfast themed paninis, and also bagels, muffins, lunch paninis plus sweets like pies and cookies. But let’s get down to the brass tacks, what about the coffee? The website claims they’ll have drip coffee, […]

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Brooklyn’s New Year’s Eve at Grand Army Plaza will include the usual: fireworks at midnight! Free hot Starbucks beverages, from 11pm, for revelers and the sound of R&B and Mountain from Blacksmith and Friends. Also we should note: Special Holiday Hours at Wollman Rink is open for skating Christmas Eve day, Christmas day, New year’s […]

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A new cafe is opening up in Prospect Heights – Ortine will open this tomorrow (12/17) at 622 Washington Avenue (between Pacific & Dean Streets). They have great hours too! Especially wonderful for the java heads on their morning commute from Monday – Thursday 7:30am – 10:00pm, Friday 7:30am – 11:00pm, Saturday 8:30am – 11:00pm and Sunday 8:30am […]

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It’s the gift giving season and if you thought everyone on your list was covered, you might want to think twice. It seems there’s been some talk over on the Brooklynian board about what, if anything, you tip your sanitation workers, postal carriers, supers and even landlords, with many stating that tipping is out of […]

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“This is Martin Luiten’s soundtrack to the film Coney Island. It is part of an experiment where one film gets many soundtracks to see what sound can do to the feel of a film.”

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Next Saturday (12/20) is the 109th Annual Christmas Bird Count at Prospect Park Audubon Center. From 12-1pm and 3-4pm, join the Prospect Park Alliance and Audubon Naturalists at the Prospect Park Audubon Center to track the bird population and movement of our area. Binoculars will be provided. The boroughs of New York City are within […]

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If you’re trying to figure out what to get your office’s Secret Santa, or that aunt back home who does expect a little something, how about a beautiful calendar? Local photographer and writer, Brenda Becker, has been wandering and photographing our lovely Prospect Park and writing her experiences and knowledge on her blog A Year […]

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This charitable appeal has been widely publicized and hit up every blog in Brooklyn for a post (most of which have done so), but it’s for a good cause, so why not join an already large club? Brooklyn Gives, an initiative of Independence Community Foundation is encouraging Brooklynites to make a holiday donation to the […]

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Look, it’s a promotional video for a development in Boerum Hill and it’s trying to sell you condo. That having been said it’s worth watch to either (a). check out the condos or (b). laugh at the marketing attempt.

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This is a trailer for a documentary about the gentrification of Downtown Brooklyn produced by FUREE. AYR had a great deal of detail about it a few day ago.

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] Okay, it’s just some smart asses around Greenpoint that call the giant digester eggs at the Wastewater Treatment Plant the “shit tits.” Most other people, who are unfamiliar with the Great Greenpoint Megalopolis just say “What is that fucking thing?” and other simply don’t notice the plant but do notice […]

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A quarter century from now, when the planners analyze what went wrong in Brooklyn in the early 2000s, they will have a lot to say (and none of it good) about the chain of events that started on December 10, 2003, when developer Bruce Ratner, flanked by a beaming Marty Markowitz and other public officials […]

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What with it being the holidays, now, you may notice the dullness of the cold cast over our fair borough (especially today)… but, that’s a good reason for the lights and colors and decorations to come out. And boy is the Borough Hall a beaut this fine season! The lights and 40-foot tree have been […]

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There will be a meeting tomorrow Monday (12/8) at 7pm for Friends of the Bushwick Inlet Park at the Greenpoint Reformed Church (136 Milton St. b/w Manhattan & Franklin Aves) to discuss the (promised, maybe, someday) Bushwick Inlet Park. The 28-acre park will run between Kent Avenue and the East River, starting at N. 9th […]

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What better gift is there than the gift of art!? This Saturday (12/6) from 4-7pm is the grand opening for Cobble Hill’s newest gallery, Shop Art Gallery (51 Bergen Street b/w Smith and Court Streets). Artists Michiyo Ihara, Cynthia Winings, Lyn Noland, Lara Wechsler and DGé will be the first to show in what’s being […]

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There are obviously a lot of opportunities to do some good deeds between now and the holidays. One of them is to donate to the Toys for Tots program organized (every year) by the Park Slope Civic Council. Drop off locations on Seventh Avenue are the Park Slope Copy Center, Community Book Store, Back to […]

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Actually, this is very much about the new Burg rather than the old. It’s a photo shot around dusk on River Street. The white building directly ahead is 184 Kent. The fnished tower is Northside Piers. The two towers under construction are Northside Piers Tower Two and Edge. The green building on the right is […]

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[Photo courtesy of Stevey P./Yelp] The Boerum Hill Food Company on Smith Street closed yesterday. Per an email in the Boerum Hill Group: I was dismayed to learn that the Boerum Hill Food Company on Smith Street closed today. Clearly a victim of the fiscal crisis. It is a great loss to our community. My […]

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· An argument an a 14-year-old ends up shot dead [NYT] · The New Frankie’s Finally Revealed [NYM] · What’s the Next Step for Dock Street? [Brownstoner] · East Williamsburg Holiday Cheer [New York Shitty] · There is No Foreclosure Crisis in Bushwick [BushwickBK] · Slowdowns on the Q Train? [Ditmas Park Blog] · Holy […]

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Tonight (12/4) from 7pm-8pm, the NAG (Neighbors Allied for Good Growth) Organizing Meeting will be held at the Holy Ghost Church Hall Basement, 160 North 5th Street (between Bedford and Driggs) in Williamsburg. Old and new residents in Williamsburg and Greenpoint have more in common than separates us. We all care about improving our quality […]

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Recently put up on Ainslie Street in Williamsurg east of the BQE.

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