Keep leaf composting alive in Brooklyn!
sustainableflatbush.org 10/2/2009 — This Saturday, October 3rd, join with the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and local gardeners to take the initiative on establishing a community-led leaf composting project! Due to budget cuts, in 2008 New York City discontinued both its autumn ...

Brooklyn Eats™ Tasting Event – October 27, 2009
brooklyneats.com 10/22/2009 — Brooklyn's Best Culinary Celebration Returns! BROOKLYN EATS ™ FOOD, WINE & BEER TASTING FESTIVAL *** PRESENTING BROOKLYN'S BEST FOODS & BEVERAGES Brooklyn and great food go hand-in-hand. Food is big business in Brooklyn. There are more than 1,000 ...

"Brooklyn Utopias?" Show Opening Tonight At Brooklyn Historical Society
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com 10/1/2009 — Photo credit: Gowanus Lounge Friend, artist, and Carroll Gardens activist Triada Samaras will be part of the Brooklyn Utopias? show at the Brooklyn Historical Society, which opens tonight. Brooklyn Utopias? asks artists to consider differing visions of an ideal Brooklyn. it is ...

The Brooklyn Portfolio: Investing in Brooklyn
mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com 10/22/2009 — Isn't this stock market just crazy? We at McBrooklyn decided we wanted in -- so we're setting up The Brooklyn Portfolio . The Brooklyn Portfolio includes shares in companies that have a strong Brooklyn presence, started in Brooklyn or have some ...

Friday Night @ The Guggenheim: We'll Come From Brooklyn
freewilliamsburg.com 8/14/2009 — In it's 50th year, world renowned Upper East Side arts institution, the Guggenheim, is kicking off a monthly concert series lasting through December-- and with a name like It Came From Brooklyn , it's not hard to deduce where the inspiration of ...

Brooklyn’s Kitchen at Brooklyn Fare
writingwithmymouthfull.com 9/9/2009 — 200 Schemerhorn Street in downtown Brooklyn 718/243.0050 $70 each ($95 starting November 2009), BYOB, without tip ♥ ♥ ♥ The Daily News just crowned the area around 200 Schemerhorn “Downtown Brooklyn’s hot pocket”. A friend lives upstairs and got incredibly ...

The $30,000 brownstone: Pete Hamill on "Brooklyn: The Sane Alternative" (1969)
atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com 9/7/2009 — It's worth a look back at author Pete Hamill's seminal article, Brooklyn: The Sane Alternative, in the 7/14/69 issue of New York magazine.This was early in the process of gentrification and rebirth--before the landmarking of Park Slope (1973), Fort ...

The Brooklyn Show
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Another Great "Brooklyn Book Festival" Coming Up!
pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com 8/28/2009 — This simply has to be one of Brooklyn's coolest events. I was unable to attend last September, but am hoping to go this year. Below, find all relevant info. 2009 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL IS HUGE, FREE NATIONAL LITERARY DESTINATION EVENT Over 220 literary superstars and pop ...

Brooklyn Water Bagels in Delray Beach, Florida
seriouseats.com 8/24/2009 — From Serious Eats "Was it true? Had Florida really brought the water down from Brooklyn to make the bagels?" When my mom and I moved down to South Florida from Manhattan, we brought everything with us but the kitchen sink—and food. That, ...

Red Hook Journal: Dust Has Yet to Settle Over New Concrete Plant — NYT > N.Y. / Region
A factory nearing completion in Brooklyn has raised protests over its potential effect on the neighborhood’s air quality and changing image.

Sat. 11/7 Death Notices — Daily News - NY Local
LoPRESTI-Domenick "Mimi" of Brooklyn and Kings Park on November 5, 2009 in his 80th year. Beloved husband of Susie (nee Ferraiuolo).

Tight vote shows Brooklyn has fallen out of love with Mayor Bloomberg — Daily News - NY Local
Mayor Bloomberg's 6 percentage point loss to Controller William Thompson in Brooklyn revealed deep frustration with the mayor.

Brooklyn man trapped by blaze too afraid to leap from window dies in fire — Daily News - NY Local
A raging fire tore through a Brooklyn halfway house Saturday, killing a man who nearly made it to safety, but couldn't bring himself to jump from a window, officials and witnesses said.

In Separate Episodes, 2 Are Shot by the Police — NYT > N.Y. / Region
Officers wounded a 15-year-old boy they said was waving a fake gun in the Bronx and a man who they said was trying to steal an officer’s car in Brooklyn.