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Photo Courtesy of Nostrand Park  NY Times: Corrections Officer Fatally Shot on Nostrand City Limits: Battle Over the Armory - Residents Oppose DHS Plan CrownHeights.info: Dominican Republic Welcomes Chabad Rabbi I Love Franklin Ave Blog: Subway Jumper at Franklin Slows Morning Commute

Yesterday’s Fire

Courtesy of About TIme BoutiqueAbout Time Boutique has a brief post and a number of photos taken immediately after yesterday's fire in Crown Heights.

Matisyahu – New Album Coming Soon

If you've been waiting for his next album to drop, your wait will soon be over. We just learned that in August, the Crown Heights based, world-renowned Hassidic reggae artist, Matisyahu, will be dropping a new album, "Light". Lest you be too eager to wait until August, the album can be pre-ordered now, and his new single, "One Day" is available for download. Sometimes I lay under the moon and thank God I'm breathing Then I pray don't take me soon cause I'm here for a reason Sometimes in my tea...

Franklin Park Reading Series

This month's Franklin Park Reading Series will take place on Monday June 29th and features authors: Felicia Sullivan (The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here)Rachel Shukert (Have You No Shame?)Dan Fontaine (comedian; National Lampoon contributor)Curated by Crown Heights' own Penina Roth, the Franklin Park Reading Series is quickly becoming the go-to literary event in the borough. Roth's ability to cull a unique blend of established and emerging writers has FPRS poised to become Brooklyn's equivale...

On Michael Jackson

When Songs in the Key of My Life was published in 2007 one of the recurring questions asked by readers was "Where's Prince?" Try as I might I couldn't conceive of a Prince memory worth writing. It is no coincidence then after setting out to dedicate yesterday to Prince on my blog as a way of celebrating the 25th anniversary of his landmark album Purple Rain, Michael Jackson would choose yesterday as the day to answer the call to home. Unlike Prince, there were no shortage of Michael Jackson stor...

Voices From El-Sayed

June 27thVoices from El-Sayed In this smart and charming documentary, the world’s largest community ofdeaf people is suddenly given a gift that threatens to disrupt localheritage. Venue: On the roof of the Old American Can FactoryAddress: 232 3RD St. @ 3rd Ave. (Gowanus/ Park Slope, Brooklyn)Directions: F/G to Carroll St. or M/R to Union Ave.Rain: In the event of rain the show will be held indoors at the samelocation8:00PM: Doors open8:30PM: Live music presented by Sound Fix Records9:00PM:...

Invisible Men

I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids -- and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see meRalph Ellison, Invisible Man Around this time last year I had settled into a new workout regimen. Twice a week I’d walk down to Brower Park at the intersection of Park Place and Brookl...

Crown Heights Residential – $9 Million Multi-Family Portfolio

This past Tuesday, the Brooklyn Eagle reported about a portfolio of multi-family properties in Crown Heights with an asking price in excess of $9 million dollars: Owned by G-way Management, the portfolio comprised 75 residential units and two retail stores in buildings that are all within walking distance of each other and of several major neighborhood attractions, including Medgar Evers College. At least according to what the listing broker explained to the Brooklyn Eagle, the price is "v...

William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe

June 25thWilliam Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe About: He might have been the most hated and most beloved lawyer in the world, but did anyone really know William Kunstler? Venue: Outdoors across from BAM Cinematek Address: Parking lot across from BAM @ Fulton and Ashland (Ft. Greene, Brooklyn) Directions: 2/3/4/5/B/Q to Atlantic Ave or D/M/N/R to Pacific St. Time: 8:00PM: Doors open 8:30PM: Live music presented by Sound Fix Records 9:00PM: Film 11:00PM–12:30AM: After-party - Open Bar...

Important Town Hall Meeting Tonight

Notice from Crown Heights Revitalization Movement: CROWN HEIGHTS BED-STUY CLINTON HILL PROSPECT HEIGHTS   Town hall meeting to unite our communities and stop the proposed intake center from coming to the Bedford-Atlantic Shelter Today, June 25th at 7:00 PM Auditorium at St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church11 Claver Place, Brooklyn To get the BIG picture - See above. UPDATE: Even more information about the Armory and tonight's meeting can be found on ILoveFranklinAve and at the NY Daily N...