The Brooklyn International Film Festival is coming up from May 30-June 8. We’ll have more about it, coming up, but for now wanted to post the trailer. We saw part of it being shot on Havemeyer Street near Union Avenue a few weeks ago. Photographer, blogger and GL Photo Contributor Nate Kensinger is the film […]

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There is another electronics recycling opportunity in Carroll Gardens coming up at the end of the month. It’s one of the Department of Sanitation-sponsored collections and it will be happening on Smith Street between Carroll and President Streets. Collection times are Saturday May 31, 10am-4pm, Sunday June 1, 10am-4pm and Monday June 2, 4pm-7pm. (More […]

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There’s a benefit concert coming up at Southpaw for Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn on Thursday, May 15 featuring Clare & The Reasons, John Wesley Harding, Richard Julian and special. There’s a screening of the documentary Brooklyn Matters at 7PM and the show starts at 8PM. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. […]

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Check out two of NYC’s bridges with walks across both the Manhatttan and Brooklyn Bridges led by the inimitable Kevin Walsh of the Forgotten New York website and book. It’s Sunday, May 18 at 1PM and costs $5.00–Forgotten NY

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| View | Upload your own If you’re interested in the concept called cohousing–which is a cooperative living arrangement–you can learn more about it tonight. The meeting is organized by the Brooklyn Cohousing Group. Here’s some info about it: Come hear national expert and co-author of “The Cohousing Handbook: Building a Place for Community”, Chris […]

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The Fifth Annual Brooklyn Peace Fair is coming up on Saturday, April 26. It will take place from 11AM-6PM at the Long Island University Brooklyn Campus. For full information, click here.

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Preliminary work is underway at the Public Place site between Smith Street and the Gowanus Canal, with residents already expressing concern about safety precautions during the cleanup of the highly contaminated site. On March 31, representatives from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Mayor’s Office of Environmental Coordination and KeySpan/National Grid will make […]

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It seems like Second Chance Saturdays–the clothing recycling events at Grand Army Plaza–just got underway. Yet, we have already arrived at the last one: Bring your unwanted textile materials to the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket on Saturdays. Clothing and household linens are Reusable & Recyclable. Where: Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket, NW entrance of Prospect Park. […]

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There will be a “Town Hall Meeting on Predatory Lending” on Tuesday, March 11, in Park Slope sponsored by City Council Member Bill de Blasio and Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes “to discuss the growing problems of Predatory Lending and Mortgage Fraud.” It will take place from 7PM-9PM at PS 321, which is […]

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There’s a presentation on the Brooklyn Greenway next week for Community Board 1’s Parks, Environment, Waterfront and Transportation Committees. It will take place on Wednesday, March 5 at 6:30PM at Lady of the Snow Society, which is located at 410 Graham Avenue (between Withers and Jackson). The Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway project area covers 14 miles […]

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