Monthly Archives: November 2007

Former Pick of the Week (#3)
#1 — $1700 — 3 br: This three bedroom with one and a half baths is a steal! This is definitely the sort of place that would work well for a couple of students. It’s pretty spacious too. The only drawback is that there is no laundry [...]

The Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA is raising money by selling Knicks tickets. A portion of the cost of each ticket will go to support our wonderful neighoborhood YMCA. The ticket costs, game dates, etc. are shown below. It looks like tickets for the Knicks vs. the Lakers (Dec. 23), Rockets (Jan. 9), Celtics (Jan. [...]

A holiday bazaar/fundraiser is taking place in Queens every weekend until the end of the year. I recently received their invitation for vendors. Since there are so many people in Bed-Stuy who are into arts and crafts, I thought it might be something that several of you would be interested in. Here [...]

[ December 6, 2007; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Brownstone Books will be having an evening of poetry on Thursday, December 6th at 7:30 p.m. featuring Linda Susan Jackson, Jacqueline Jones LaMon & Gregory Pardlo. These esteemed poets will be reading selected works; Ms. Jackson from her book, What Yellow Sounds Like, Ms. LaMon from her collection, Gravity, U.S.A., and Mr. Pardlo, from [...]

[ November 30, 2007 10:00 pm to December 1, 2007 2:00 am. ]
The Bed-Stuy YMCA will be holding its 2nd Annual Oldies But Goodies Dance tomorrow night beginning at 10 p.m. Music will be provided by DJ Lloyd.

The Bed-Stuy YMCA’s 2nd Annual Oldies But Goodies Dance
Friday, November 30th
10:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.
1121 Bedford Avenue at Monroe Street
Cost: $12 in advance/$15 at the door
For more information contact [...]

Where are you this Christmas? If you are planning to participate in any of the many Brooklyn Christmas craft fairs in December, please comment on this post (add your etsy or whatever site link if you have one) and I will post it up here!

[ November 29, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tonight at Junior High School 258 (141 Macon Street Between Marcy and Tompkins Aves.) at 7:00 p.m. AT 6:00 p.m. there will be a Discover Your Neighborhood Resource and Safety Expo. The event will include block-watcher training for all interested groups, information booths, a holiday shopping bazaar, a food court, a kids’ corner and [...]

The Bed Stuy Farmers Market (Youth Market) on Lewis Avenue! I went every Saturday from July to Labor Day to pick up in-season fruits and vegetables, free-range chicken, bacon and sausages.
And every weekend, Shane and Giovanni and a rotating cast of characters were cheerful, helpful and funny. They froze their fingers rummaging in the ice-filled [...]

[ December 3, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The next community board 3 (CB3) meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 3rd at 7:00 p.m. This meeting will not be held in the usual meeting location at Restoration Plaza, but instead will be held at 1958 Fulton Street between Ralph and Howard Avenues. CB3 is scheduled to meet the first Monday of [...]

The Bed-Stuy Parlor with Monique Greenwood is a Brooklyn Cable Access Television (BCAT) show that spotlights exciting things going on in Bedford-Stuyvesant. This month’s episode focuses on some of the people who have engaged our community in online discourse as well as some of the neighborhood hotspots where Bed-Stuy residents get online.
I [...]