Celebrating Community
The process for co-naming Columbia Street (between Commerce and Delavan Streets) after Daniel Defonte, the late and former owner of Defonte’s, has begun. The proposal originally came to Community Board 6’s attention as a request at their Executive Committee meeting held on April 8. Defonte’s Sandwich Shop has been in the neighborhood at 379 Columbia St. since 1922. Defonte passed […]
Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation (AYCAF) and their School of the Arts program are getting ready for what’s expected to be their largest children’s summer art camp. The multidisciplinary theater camp, which is geared toward ages four to 13, has attracted over a thousand participants since 2006, averaging 70 kids per summer. This summer AYCAF is adding 30 additional […]
Thirteen South Brooklyn Community High School (SBCHS) students had the opportunity to develop and hone their tech and fashion skills this past year. The Fashion Tech Program, which was divided into Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 timetables, has been held afterschool in collaboration with Pioneer Works. The program’s concept and curriculum, developed in part by Tiffanie Harris (Pioneer Works’ Director […]
Pickles are one of those condiments that you either love or hate. Brooklyn Whatever, a Flatbush-based pickling company, does pickling differently. For starters, they do not sell pickles – instead they pickle every other kind of vegetable you can imagine. Beets, string beans and carrots are just a few. To stand out from the crowd, their lines of products all […]
There’s one day left to submit an application to be one of 10 participants in Red Hook Lab’s Master Workshop with Alastair McKimm. Selected participants will have their work evaluated by the renowned stylist whose vision has collaborated with brands like Calvin Klein, Alexander Wang, Jill Sander and Saint Laurent, and teamed with photographers including Mario Sorrenti, Collier Schorr, Inez and Vinoodh, Dan Jackson and Davis Sims. McKimm will […]
April 1 will forever hold a place in P.S. 58’s heart and history as the school and residential communities came together to co-name their street block after former principal Giselle Gault McGee. McGee was the school’s principal from 2006 to 2014, during which time she provided school-wide enrichment through ballroom dance, chess, and storytelling through ballet and opera. She also […]
Urban Recovery (UR), which opened at 411 Van Brunt St. in January, is the only private residential treatment facility in New York City. The five-level building houses 36 inpatient beds (including six detox-specific), and provides private inpatient and residential treatment for a variety of conditions, with a primary emphasis on substance use disorders. We walked down the block to find […]
Tuffy Tiger’s Family Festival is a free community event for the whole family that’s filled with music, games, arts, crafts and Tuffy Tiger. Now in its eighth year, it will be held along 4th Street at 5th Avenue (near Old Stone House), on April 27, 11 am-3 pm. Kids can watch performances by Tuffy Tiger himself, meet him throughout the day […]
Heart attack survivor Trymaine Lee, 40, is a Bed-Stuy resident and a primetime correspondent for MSNBC. He’s also a recent first-time marathon runner, having participated in last month’s Brooklyn Spring Half at Prospect Park. He uses the sport as a means to recuperate, be healthy and inspire other heart attack survivors. In July 2017, Lee unknowingly had a major heart […]
Fiona Guidice, who hails from Lakeland, Florida, has been a hairdresser for two decades, first entering the industry at the age of 16. She started doing hair and makeup for theater as a teen and participated in a two-year-long hairdressing program at a vocational school. She passed the Florida cosmetology board exams and became fully licensed by the time she […]