Brooklyn-based singer songwriter, Josh Ritter and his Royal City Band, provided safe harbor from the storm at Brooklyn Steel (309 Frost St) during Sunday’s torrential downpour. The weather was a nice […]
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Improve Our Parks! OSA & NYC Parks Town Hall Meeting Thursday (11/2)!
The Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn is hosting a Town Hall meeting this Thursday November 2nd from 6:30pm-8pm, where folks can pow-wow about ideas for improving our parks, as […]
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The Forgotten History of Sugar in North Brooklyn
To understand the history of Greenpoint and Williamsburg you have to grasp the massive role that refining played in this heavily industrial corner of North Brooklyn. Our area became the […]
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Postcard Writing Party + Rosé TONIGHT (10/24) at Bulletin!
Aria Jay & Rhino Parade are hosting a postcard writing party tonight (Tuesday, 10/24) at girl-powered giftshop Bulletin Market (145 Wythe Ave), from 6-8pm. They’ll provide protest postcards, pens, and addresses, and you […]
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Halloween Must-Do: Attend This Séance to Make Contact With The Other Side
There are some spine-tingling events brewing in North Brooklyn this Halloween, and this séance is no exception—part immersive microtheatre, part cocktail party and part magic show, The Other Side is […]
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MySpace Indie Sensation, Black Kids, Return With New Album Rookie and an Attempt to Revive Bandcamp + Playing Baby’s All Right (10/23)
You might expect Reggie Youngblood to be in the internet know—his indie pop band Black Kids blew up as an internet sensation after posting their EP Wizard of Ahhhhs on Myspace back in 2007. But […]
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Leonard Library Book Sale & Bake Sale This Saturday (10/21)!
WHAT: Friends of Leonard Library Book Sale & Bake Sale WHERE: Leonard Library, 81 Devoe Street WHEN: Saturday, October 21st, 12-4pm Leonard Library (81 Devoe Street) is having their Friends of […]
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Dealice Fuller is the Sassiest Woman in North Brooklyn, and Other Notes From Last Night’s CB1 Meeting
The monthly Community Board 1 meetings are highly entertaining if you have even a passing interest in local goings-on, and as we’ve previously reported, if you don’t want to attend […]
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Old Electronics Laying Around? Recycle Your E-Waste This Saturday (10/21)!
Come recycle your old and unused electronics with the Grand Street BID and Lower East Side Ecology Center on Saturday, October 21st from 11am-4pm (rain or shine). Drop off on the North side of Grand Street in front of […]
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Green Thumbin’ It: North Brooklyn Community Garden Roundup
It’s planting season, and North Brooklyn’s giving us lots of opportunities to play in the dirt. This past weekend community members turned out for OpenHouseGCEF, Bushwick Inlet Park’s Daffodil Planting, Free Garden […]