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A new school is going up on the corner lot in the Atlantic Yards area at Sixth Avenue and Dean Street, shown above. Photo: Map data ©2015 Google

Prospect Heights group wants input into new Atlantic Yards school

The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC) is urging residents to attend a joint hearing of Community Board 8 and Community Education Council 13 to demand input into a public school planned for the Atlantic Yards area. … Full Article
 
The Pierhouse development at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, subject of a lawsuit. Photo by Mary Frost

Town hall on Pierhouse lawsuit set for Tuesday

The preservationist group Save The View Now (STVN) will be holding a town hall on Tuesday to bring neighbors up to date on their fight to shrink the Pierhouse development at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. … Full Article
 
This child climbed into a space suit, part of an exhibit at the space-themed World Science Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday. Photos by Mary Frost

To the stars and beyond, in Brooklyn Bridge Park

The weather couldn’t have been better at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday for a night of stargazing, talks by astronomers, NASA scientists and astronauts -- and dancing robots. The event was part of the World Science Festival, a citywide science exposition. … Full Article
 
Dean Bakopoulos will appear in Brooklyn on June 23 at Greenpoint’s WORD Bookstore to speak about his new book “Summerlong.” Photo by Christina Campbell

Novelist Bakopoulos to premiere college-town tale in Greenpoint

Dean Bakopoulos, whose work New York Times best-selling author Lorrie Moore has praised as “full of insight and inspiration and the best kind of divine comedy,” returns with the keenly funny and honest “Summerlong.”    … Full Article
 
Joseph J. Lhota (third from left) accepts his award from Dr. Robert Grossman, dean and CEO of NYU Langone Medical Center; Wendy Z. Goldstein, president and CEO of NYU Lutheran; and Emma Graeber Porter, chairperson of the NYU Lutheran Board of Trustees (left to right). Photo courtesy NYU Lutheran

Lhota cited for helping bring NYU, Lutheran together

Joseph J. … Full Article
 
Vendela Vida will appear in DUMBO at the powerHouse Arena on June 9 for a reading of her book “The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty.” Photo by Annabel Mehran

Novelist to read from thriller in DUMBO

“The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty” is the fourth novel from award-winning novelist and The Believer magazine founding co-editor, Vendela Vida.  … Full Article
 
Rachel Demarest Gold was presented with the Public Service Award at the Carroll Gardens Association’s 44th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Reception by Board Chair Cynthia Gonzalez and former Assemblymember Joan Millman on Thursday. Eagle photos by Rob Abruzzese

Carroll Gardens Association honors local activists, businesses at 44th anniversary dinner

Local activists, business owners and other community members affiliated with the Carroll Gardens Association (CGA) gathered Thursday to celebrate the organization’s 44th anniversary at Marco Polo Ristorante in Carroll Gardens. … Full Article
 
Kamy Wicoff, founder of SheWritesPress.com and co-founder of She Writes Press, will be moderating a panel at Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene on June 2. Photo by Elena Seibert

She Writes Press, hybrid publishing company, announces 12-city book tour

Hybrid publishing company She Writes Press is introducing a traditional book tour to its non-traditional business model. … Full Article
 
If the Prospect Park Alliance receives 1,000 donations of any size by June 2, park backers will unlock a generous gift of $50,000.

Prospect Park Alliance launches 7-day crowdfunding challenge

A challenge has been issued by two of Prospect Park’s biggest fans, Lorraine and Gordon DiPaolo. If the Prospect Park Alliance receives 1,000 donations of any size by June 2, they will unlock a generous gift of $50,000. … Full Article
 
Nursing students at the first White Coat Ceremony. Photos courtesy of St. Francis College

St. Francis holds first nursing ‘White Coat’ ceremony

More than 40 undergraduate nursing students received medical “White Coats” emblazoned with the St. Francis College logo to show their dedication to the health and well-being of their future patients at St. Francis College’s first White Coat Ceremony on May 12. … Full Article
 

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