We’re proud to announce that Nostrand Park’s logo was recently profiled in the 2011 Communication Arts Typography Annual. Designed by WireMedia, NP’s logo was selected to appear in Communication Arts magazine’s 2011 Typography Annual, featuring the best typography of the year...

Shortly after I moved to Brooklyn in 2003, New York City Councilman James E. Davis was murdered in the council chambers. Unlike many of my neighbors, as a recent transplant to Davis’ Clinton Hill district I was not as familiar with him. Therefore, while I was moved by a loss of life, I did...

We hope you can join us this Monday, January 10, for our second annual Short Fiction Night, featuring celebrated authors and emerging local talent. Four short fiction writers and one storyteller will share provocative work in a range of styles. Headliner DANIELLE EVANS (Before You Suffocate Your Own...

All Photos: Copyright Abeni Garrett 2010 It seems traveling in Brooklyn will be a nightmare today! As of 11 AM, two B44 buses were stuck in the snow on Nostrand Ave. One was stranded and abandoned at Nostrand Ave & Eastern Parkway and another B44 bus was stranded and abandoned at Nostrand Ave...

The fabulous Lady Miss Kier from the hit 90s group Deee-lite is grooving and living in Crown Heights! She has just released a HOT, new DJ Video of herself spinning internationally, to gear up for her 2011 release of new music! DeeJay Lady Kier On The Wheels Of Steel 2010 from kirby on Vimeo. AKPC_IDS...

Photo: copyright Abeni Garrett 2010 We blogged back in May about a new Supermarket slated to open in the summer of 2010, across the street from the new affordable housing project, on St. Marks Ave between Classon and Franklin Ave., in the old radiology building that was once a part of the Interfaith...

Come join us tomorrow at Franklin Park for a night of “Indelible Impressions!” Our multimedia event will feature a slide show of literary tattoos, compelling memoir, and thought-provoking comedy. And we’re raffling off a $50 gift certificate for Franklin Avenue tattoo shop Brooklyn...

Brower Park Tree Lighting Here’s some fun news from the folks at the Crown Heights North Association … a holiday house decorating contest is underway … it’s the 8th annual one to be exact. In speaking with one of the organizers last night, he pointed out one house on Dean Street...

After the protests, rallies, press, and scathing letters the shop formerly known as the Franklin Avenue pawn shop finally capitulated to the will of the opposition and decided to close.  Or so we thought… In fact, what they did was simply reorganize their legal structure to be a “jewelry...

Thanks to the Friends of Brower Park, Crown Heights will soon have a new tradition. A holiday tree lighting. This inaugural event is set to take place on Dec. 9th at 6:00 pm in Brower Park (Prospect Place and Kingston Ave). Come out, meet some neighbors, sing some carols, enjoy some Starbucks (yes...