via The Local
Hot Jazz for Cool Seniors
On Friday nights, Brooklyn's Grace Agard Harewood Senior Center is transformed into a nightclub called Jazz 966.
Place: Brooklyn
Board Game Store Roles the Dice
Brooklyn's Twenty Sided Store sells board games, but dedicates much of its space to tables for gaming events.
via New York Daily News
Neighborhood Plagued by Dirty Parks
Parks in a swath of Brooklyn that includes Canarsie and Flatlands have earned the city's lowest cleanliness marks for the last three years, records show.
Hiroshima Survivor’s Peace Message
Setsuko Thurlow, who was 13 at the time of the blast, spoke to Brooklyn high school students as part of the "Hibakusha Stories" effort to promote nuclear disarmament.
Russian Ballot Backlash in NYC
A small, but passionate group of Russian opposition activists is asking emi…
via New York Daily News
Liquor License Flap in Greenpoint
A bid to sell beer and wine at the Polish and Slavic Center's cafeteria is mired in controversy.
via City Limits
The Subsidized Housing Search ‘Maze’
The process of finding and applying for subsidized apartments has become so haphazard and mysterious that many New Yorkers don’t even know where to start.
via Bensonhurst Bean
Merchants Trash Garbage Can Plan
The city pulled trash cans along Bensonhurst's 18th Avenue in a bid to stop illegal dumping. But business owners say the move has only brought more filth.