Friday, April 17, 2009 Friday, April 24, 2009. The central lawn’s contours are taking shape. Greenery soon?
Archive | April, 2009
Willowtown Spring Fair to Celebrate Affordable Housing Pioneer Alfred White
The Annual Willowtown Spring Fair will be held on Saturday, May 16 from noon to 5:00pm on Willow Place and, according to the Willowtown Association’s press release, “will feature an Alfred T. White impersonator, pony rides, face painting, standing games, races, food served by Jones Bar-B-Q of Atlantic Avenue, a blues music group, a raffle, […]
Tree Guards for Montague
Chelsea Mauldin, President of the Montague Street Business Improvement District, announced today that over fifty wrought iron guards would be placed around trees along Montague Street this spring. Installation of the guards will be done by the City’s Department of Parks and Recreation. City Council Member David Yassky was able to secure funding for the […]
Blue Skies and Green Thumbs
BHB came across this today about Green Bridge Window Boxes from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden — better late than never as the saying goes. Check out the offer for reasonable window boxes! Note – post-mark deadline is tomorrow! Speaking of window box pride — are any of our blocks participating in the Greenest Block in […]
The new PS 8 annex — see it here first
Last night, the School Construction Authority released its current renderings and plans for the new PS 8 annex at a PTA meeting last night, presenting an 18,000 square-foot, three-floor addition, with a net of seven new classrooms. The three-phase construction will take three years, and the SCA still has to bid out the job, so […]
Marty’s Blogger Nosh
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz hosted a Blogger Breakfast this morning at Borough Hall. BHB’s Homer Fink, Claude Scales, Mrs. Fink and Sarah Portlock attended as well as representatives of many other Brooklyn blogs including Brownstoner, Flatbush Gardner, Ditmas Park Blog, Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn, Atlantic Yards Report, Pardon Me for Asking, Noticing New […]
An inside look at Brooklyn Fare!
We just got a tour of the new Brooklyn Fare grocery store that opened yesterday at the corner of Hoyt and Schermerhorn streets — and, so far, it all looks quite exciting.
TMBG Free Concert in Prospect Park July 11
According to The Brooklyn Paper, They Might Be Giants will be playing a free show in Prospect Park on July 11. Read more at CHB.
Cupcakes for a cause
Looking for something fun to do, while supporting a good cause? The Junior League of Brooklyn — based here on Pierrepont Street — is hosting a Happy Hour and Food Drive on Thursday, April 30 at Franklin Park, in Crown Heights (which, we will note, is a very cool bar). The fundraiser is for CHIPS, […]
‘Build a better Brooklyn, block by block’
Borough President Marty Markowitz will host the eighth annual assembly of Federation of Brooklyn Block Associations, with the topic to “Build a better Brooklyn, block by block.” Per Marty’s press release: On Thursday, April 23, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz will host the eighth annual assembly of the Federation of Brooklyn Block Associations, an opportunity […]
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