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Excelsior Bike Shop – Franklin Ave. Has A New Bike Shop
We Came To Sweat – Starlite Documentary Is Seeking Archival Material From Community!
1st Annual Brooklyn Girl Film Festival Hosted at Launchpad- March 29 – 31
The Curious Case Of 341 Eastern Parkway – aka “The Hole”
Excelsior Bike Shop – Franklin Ave. Has A New Bike Shop
We Came To Sweat – Starlite Documentary Is Seeking Archival Material From Community!
1st Annual Brooklyn Girl Film Festival Hosted at Launchpad- March 29 – 31
The Curious Case Of 341 Eastern Parkway – aka “The Hole”
Occupy Crown Heights – Meeting 3/18/2012 @ Five Myles – What Does A Just Crown Heights Look Like?
Effects Of Gentrification & The Grammar Police On Neighborhood’s Graffiti – “Who IS you?” versus “Who ARE you?”
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Inner City Sports Little League Holds Registration!
Inner City Sports Little League Holds Registration!
Credit: BedStuyBlog.com This just in: The Inner City Little League will hold registration for the 2011 season on Friday, December 3rd, 3:30-8:00 p.m., at the Herbert Von King Community Center, 670 Lafayette Avenue (Marcy & Tompkins). The league features T-ball through Pony...
Jay-Z – Decoded @ The Brooklyn Museum by Charlie Rose
Jay-Z – Decoded @ The Brooklyn Museum by Charlie Rose
Photo: Abeni Garrett – copyright 2010 – ALL Rights Reserved Last night I had the pleasure to attend The Brooklyn Museum Presents JAY-Z In Conversation With Charlie Rose. It was an intimate, one-on-one, in-depth conversation with Charlie Rose trying his best to...
Night of Films and Discussion About Gun Violence
Night of Films and Discussion About Gun Violence
Kings County Cinema will be partnering with several great local orgs this week to present a night of films and discussion about gun violence in our streets… tonight, November 18th at LaunchPad. We are joining with Save Our Streets, a project of the Crown Heights Community...
Crow Hill Jewelry’s Mural – Tasteful or Tactless?
Crow Hill Jewelry’s Mural – Tasteful or Tactless?
Looks like the, pawn shop’s, Crow Hill Jewelry’s mural is almost complete. It’s an illustration of a baby, with a large gold chain and dollar symbol pendant around his neck, sitting atop a wad of Benjamins ($100 bills) and jewelry as he grasps another wad...
Experience the Renaissance: Song + Salsa @ NYFA Boot Camp Arts Festival
Experience the Renaissance: Song + Salsa @ NYFA Boot Camp Arts Festival
Soprano Gretchen Farrar Sat, Nov 20, 7:00pm; FREE — Soprano Gretchen Farrar and salsa expert (and filmmaker) Michelle Chai perform as part of the New York Foundation for the Arts’ “NYFA Boot Camp Arts Festival” (Nov 4 – 20), a showcase of work by 38 visual artists,...
UPDATE: Crow Hill Jewelry – Notice of Inspection & New Mural?
UPDATE: Crow Hill Jewelry – Notice of Inspection & New Mural?
UPDATE: From the Dept. Of Building’s website, it seems that the Notice Of Inspection is based on this complaint: Re: THE PAWN SHOP BROKER BUSINESS THAT IS OPENING IS NOT ALLOWED TO BE AT THIS LOCATION BECAUSE OF ZONING.THE PAWN SHOP IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE LAUNDROMAT...
Medgar Evers’ College Preparatory Marching Band Dazzles at National Competition
Medgar Evers’ College Preparatory Marching Band Dazzles at National Competition
Last week we mentioned the fundraising campaign to support Medgar Evers Preparatory School’s efforts to participate in the national marching band competition. We are happy to report that the band was able to participate this past weekend. Below is a clip of their performance AKPC_IDS...
Upcoming S.O.S. Shooting Responses
Upcoming S.O.S. Shooting Responses
Sadly, there were two shootings this past week in the 77th Precinct. One occurred on November 5th, at Troy Avenue and St.Johns Place, and one occurred on November 7th, in Brower Park. With these two shootings we’ve now experienced 66 shootings in our neighborhood since...
New Nam’s Getting Stocked Up
New Nam’s Getting Stocked Up
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A Walk Down Rogers Avenue South
A Walk Down Rogers Avenue South
We  have probably walked down about 70% of the blocks in Crown Heights.  However, for some reason we never had an occasion to venture down Rogers Avenue south until last week when we went to snap some photos of the new bookshop on Rogers.   What a great treat.  Block-by-block...