Posts Tagged Fort Greene

A washing machine falls toward the ground after workers pushed it off the fourth floor of 491 Myrtle Avenue, as a hose sprays the building to counteract the dust.

July 1, 2009 by Jim Flood
The city ordered the building taken down after it sustained damage from the June 21 collapse of 493 Myrtle, at right. The Local, a blog by The New York Times about Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, has been covering the building collapse extensively.

Mark Henegan, left, co-owner of South African restaurant Madiba, talks dining room seating strategies with one of his staff members.

June 17, 2009 by Kristen Watts
Henegan opened the restaurant in Fort Greene on DeKalb Avenue ten years ago, and it’s been a cultural center for South Africans in the city ever since.  Click here to read more about the way that a community has grown around Madiba Restaurant in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. For more reporting on immigration across the borough by students [...]

Hilde Freedom, 41, is one of eight artists showing her work in the first annual Brooklyn Community Housing and Services' art show.

May 12, 2009 by Kristen Watts