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Grace Church School Carnival This Saturday

Grace Church School, 234 Hicks Street (between Grace Court and Joralemon) will have its annual Carnival fundraiser this Saturday, April 30, from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Admission is $25 for each child, but free for adults accompanied by children. Admission includes games, activities and food, featuring Steve’s Craft Ice Cream, organic hot dogs, cotton […]

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Royal Wedding Festivities in Our Area

Unless you’re of the same mind as Mark Oppenheimer in Slate, you may be looking forward to Friday’s royal nuptials. If you’re enough of a hard-core Anglophile or insomniac, you can hie yourself to The Archway, where Water Street crosses under the Manhattan Bridge in DUMBO, at 5:30 a.m. for a free giant screening of […]

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Reminder: Brooklyn Bridge Park Spring Fling Tomorrow

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s annual Spring Fling will be tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., rain or shine. A schedule of activities is in the linked post.

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Know Your Brooklyn Heights CSAs

In case you’re one of the four people left in brownstone Brooklyn who has not been sold on the wonders of participating in a CSA, allow me to explain why these three letters are being clumped together, and why they are suddenly, strikingly hip. CSA stands for Community Shared Agriculture—meaning that a community (hi, Brooklyn […]

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Don’t Like Sidewalk Cafe Seating? Now’s the Time to Whine

This note just in from Community Board 2: The Department of Consumer Affairs has informed Community Board 2 that the following sidewalk cafés have submitted applications to renew their licences: Moulina LLC dba Bar Tabac — 128 Smith Street P.J. Coffee Shop Inc. dba Clark’s Restaurant — 80 Clark Street 662 Fulton St Restaurant Corp […]

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Chip Shop Prepares for Royal Wedding

Wills and Kate, as depicted by artist Joanne Pisani, adorn the window of the Chip Shop, 129 Atlantic Avenue (between Clinton and Henry).

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CHOW Looks at Colonie

CHOW dropped by the nabe and checked out Atlantic Avenue’s latest addition – Colonie.

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Brooklyn Bridge Park “Spring Fling” Saturday, April 23

The annual “Spring Fling,” presented by the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, in partnership with Brooklyn Bridge Park, will be held on Pier 1 on Saturday, April 23, from 10:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., rain or shine. It’s free.

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A Tiger in the Kitchen in Brooklyn Heights

I recently met Cheryl Tan, Brooklyn Heights resident, author of A Tiger in the Kitchen, and all-around great gal. Cheryl’s work is part memoir and part cookbook, and details her travels to Singapore, where she reconnected with her family through cooking. More information about the book is on her site, and also in the above […]

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Ditch Plains Drop-In at Pier 1 Re-Opens This Weekend

Ditch Plains Drop-In, the popular food vendor located near the entrance to Pier 1 of Brooklyn Bridge Park, will re-open this weekend after a winter recess. According to Eater, “[t]hey’ll be serving sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, and kid-friendly lunch boxes.” Photo by MK Metz, from McBrooklyn.

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