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Posted by LaurelB on 07 29th, 2010
Crown Heights Has 2 of the Most Powerful City Council Leaders
Interesting news, yesterday’s City Hall News ranks Crown Heights Councilmember Al Vann (District 36) and Crown Heights Councilmember Letitia James (District 35) amongst the top most powerful city council members. Vann was ranked #8. Tish James rounds out the top...
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Posted by LaurelB on 07 29th, 2010
Pieces Boutique 10th Anniversary Party – 7.31.10
Fashion show, music, celebration party for Pieces Boutique. Takes place at Kai Studio in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Haven’t been to Kai ourselves, but we hear the place is fabulous.
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Posted by Shawn Rosvold on 07 29th, 2010
Good things from the Central Brooklyn CSA
Here’s a photo of our share from the Central Brooklyn CSA on Wednesday July 28. Beautiful green peppers for the first time this season! As well, we received two types of lettuce, leeks, oregano, corn, beets, red potatoes, carrots and zucchini. The fruit share (which I...
Posted by LaurelB on 07 29th, 2010
Even Closed, Starlite Will Still Shine Bright
Credit: Shawn Rosvold
For those who don’t know, July 31st will be the last day that Starlite lounge, the oldest black owned non-discriminating bar in Brooklyn, will be open at 1084 Bergen Place – an address that it has held for over five decades. After losing a...
Posted by LaurelB on 07 28th, 2010
Crown Heights Landmark District Continues to Expand
As some may know, the Crow Hill Community Association (CHCA) has been working diligently to gain landmark designation for the new Crow Hill section of Crown Heights (that is the section is new, but the buildings are old). Their efforts have paid off. The word from our...
Posted by NP on 07 28th, 2010
Free Home Buying Classes at The Maynard This Summer
Big Goings-On At The Maynard Coops This Summer Summer 2010
Free Homebuyer Classes Sponsored by Citi and PACC
Citibank and the Pratt Area Community Council will be conducting free seminars to teach the basics of buying a home on a variety of dates this summer.
All of...
Posted by Shawn Rosvold on 07 27th, 2010
Crown Heights Artist Coop – Good things come in small packages
Montgomery Street Gardens may not look huge, but it packs a lot into the space it has. Eamonn Farrell says, “We are a little space collective on Montgomery St. between Washington and Franklin called Montgomery Street Gardens. We offer our members office and studio space...
Posted by admin on 07 26th, 2010
Yoga and Other Integrated Bodywork at Crown Heights’ Force and Flow
For those seeking a holistic physical training experience in the area, we would like to introduce Ophra Wolf’s Force and Flow Integrated Bodywork.
Force and Flow focuses on coordinating mind, body and breath in order to increase flexibility, tone muscles and organs,...
Posted by LaurelB on 07 26th, 2010
Save Our Streets Crown Heights – No More Shootings
For those fed up with the shootings in the neighborhood, Crown Heights Community Mediation Center (the same group that commissioned the powerful anti-gun violence mural last year) is spearheading an anti-gun violence initiative in the neighborhood called S.O.S. – Save...
Posted by LaurelB on 07 24th, 2010
FREE concert with Blitz The Ambassador 07.24.10
I’m gonna be heading out to the last free garden party tonight! If it’s not too hot that is. If you plan on going, heads up, bring a chair or a towel to sit on.
Blitz The Ambassador will close the 2010 Garden Party right – performing...
ostrand Park serves as a virtual town square for Crown Heights, and to offset the dearth of available resources, Crown Heights is a complex neighborhood. It is a neighborhood of mansions, projects and historic districts. Crown Heights is so much fuller than what is currently available in the media and we wanted to create a space to honor that. Thus, Nostrand Park was born.
Nostrand Park is a program of the Fund for the City of New York.
