Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership

Mulchfest 2016 in Fort Greene Park
2016-01-09 10:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Fort Greene Park entrance (corner of Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park), 314 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city!
Join the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, the New York City Department of Sanitation , and GreeNYC to recycle your Christmas trees into wood chips. These wood chips are used to nourish trees and plants on streets and gardens citywide. Or, take home your very own bag of mulch to use in your backyard or to make a winter bed for a street tree . More than 30,000 trees were recycled last year. Help us top this number!

Comedy at Five Spot -- Dec. 23
2015-12-23 20:00 - 2015-12-24 00:00 | Five Spot Soul Food & Supper Club, 459 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, 11205
Comedy show at Five Spot on December 23rd from 8PM to 12midnight.
No cover

Party at Five Spot, Dec. 19
2015-12-19 19:00 - 23:00 | NY
Live music at Five Spot Supper Club, December 19th from 7PM to closing.
The Youngbloodz band performing live R&B and Soul until 11PM.
Second set is a live jam session. So musicians — bring out your instruments to participate.
DJ MoBetta plays all holiday classics and dance music, starting at 11PM
No cover.
Kitchen is open for dinner and late night.

Fort Greene Fresh Pantry
2015-12-19 09:30 - 11:30 | Navy Yard Boys and Girls Club, 240 Nassau Street
MARP & City Harvest have joined forces to open the Fort Greene & Farragut Fresh Pantry to help fight food insecurity in our community. The Fresh Pantry will distribute nearly 10,000 pounds of produce, FREE of charge, to residents of Farragut, Whitman, and Ingersoll Houses once per month. The Fort Greene & Farragut Fresh Pantry is made possible thanks to a partnership with the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner Companies.
Please Note: The Fresh Pantry will be in an indoor location from December-March, at the Navy Yard Boys and Girls Club, 240 Nassau Street, between Navy and Gold Streets.

Fort Greene Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration
2015-12-18 17:00 - 20:00 | Ingersoll Community Center, 177 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
The Fort Greene Christmas Tree Lighting Celebration will take place on Friday, December 18th from 5PM to 8PM in the Ingersoll Garden of Eden, next door the Ingersoll Community Center (177 Myrtle Avenue).
Cookie decorating, hot chocolate and hot cider, crafts, entertainment and Santa Claus.
Call (718) 522-5051 for more details.
Sponsored by University Settlement in partnership with the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership and the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development

Kitchen Cabinet Beauty Care Pop-Up
2015-12-13 16:00 - 20:00 | Kinara’s Indian Food, 368 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
Dominique Bryant, former MARP staffer and current Director of Constituent Affairs at Councilmember Laurie Cumbo’s office, is soft launching her now expanded Kitchen Cabinets Hair and Body Care line on Sunday, December 13th from 4pm – 8pm.
Kitchen Cabinets started out 5 years ago out of Dominique’s Fort Greene kitchen with a single pre-wash hair product that was found out about solely by word of mouth. With that product’s success and the demand from her for yet more natural and simple ingredient hair products, she’s expanded to include more products. The expanded line includes products for the hair, body and home (coming soon). Yummy fragrances include almond coconut milk, brown sugar fig, lavender coconut, coco-honey rosemary. Shampoos, conditioners, pre-washes and body creams available.
The event will take place at Kinara Indian Restaurant, where you can also enjoy stop in and enjoy an early dinner of very delicious Indian cuisine including favorites like vegetable vindaloo, shrimp pilau or biryani, tikka masala, lamb tikka and mulligatawny soup.

Holiday Kids Crafts at Blick
2015-12-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Blick Art Supply, 536 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
On Sundays through December, stop by Blick Art Supply store at 536 Myrtle Avenue, to participate in children holiday craft demos. Below is the schedule of events, all of which take place from 1-3pm:
Dec 13: D.I.Y. Kid’s Holiday Ornaments
Dec 20: D.I.Y. Kid’s Holiday Wreaths
Dec 27: Sculpey Bead Making

Beauty Brunch at Shic by Soketah
2015-12-13 12:00 - 16:00 | Shic by Soketah, 564 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
Shic by Soketah is hosting a beauty brunch with makeup artist, BillieJ in-store on Sunday, December 13th from 12 noon to 4pm.
Four hours with beauty expert Billie J to answer all of your burning questions and to give makeup tips and tricks during this master class which will include instruction including brow shaping, makeup blending, highlighting, how to go from daytime beauty to night time glam and more. Register today for this day of fun and learning.

Shic, spelled with an ‘S‘ for Soketah, the owners’ first store on Myrtle Avenue, is a one-stop beauty bar featuring 4 fabulous beauty areas under one roof: hair, nails (manicures and pedicures), make-up and other beauty treatments, including facial and full body massages.
Shic is designed in colors reminiscent of lovely gifts and the boxes they sometimes come in, with its primarily chocolate brown and Tiffany blue color scheme. Shic is owned by locals and entrepreneurs, Keisha Farrell, Sonia Lashley, Kristal Thomas and Jamilla Martin.
Shic by Soketah, 564 Myrtle Avenue between Emerson and Classon, (718) 875-6845 or billiejartistry@yahoo.com.

FINAL Splitty Friday Happy Hour
2015-12-11 17:00 | Splitty, 415 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
Splitty has announced its closing and will be going out with a bang this weekend, including on Friday night with happy hour from 5-8pm, followed by a set by DJs Pablo and Madsol Desar with Filet O Funk at 10pm.

FINAL Splitty Comedy Night
2015-12-10 20:00 - 22:00 | Splitty, 415 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
Say farewell to this what has become a weekly institution on Myrtle Avenue at the final Splitty comedy night this Thursday.

2015 BID Annual Meeting & Holiday Happy Hour
2015-12-07 17:30 - 20:00 | SoCo Restaurant, 509 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
Please join the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership for the 11th BID Annual Meeting & Holiday Happy Hour. Join us to celebrate our achievements, look ahead to 2016, and network with fellow Myrtle Avenue property owners, merchants and residents over festive drinks.
Guest Speaker will be Hon. Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley.
RSVP is required and can be made by clicking here.
For questions, please contact the BID office at (718) 230-1689 ext. 6#.

Holiday Tree Lighting in Fort Greene Park
2015-12-06 17:00 - 18:00 | Fort Greene Park entrance (corner of Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park), 314 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
The community tree lighting event will feature FREE cookies and hot chocolate, live holiday music, a toy drive and Santa Claus! Enjoy all of these fun happenings from 5-6pm, and see the lighting of the tree at 5:30pm.
New, unwrapped toys will be collected and donated to neighborhood holiday toy drives held by Fort Greene SNAP and the Whitman Resident Association.
Holiday songs will be performed by the Dr. Susan McKinney Secondary School of the Arts choir.
Refreshments are being served from Pushkin Creperie & Bakery, Brooklyn Sweet Spot and Castro’s.
The event is presented by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership and Fort Greene Park Conservancy.
Other co-presenters include: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Assembly Member Joseph Lentol, Assembly Member Walter T. Mosley, City Council Member Laurie A. Cumbo, and District Leader Olanike Alabi.

Small Business Saturday on Myrtle Avenue
2015-11-28 08:00 - 22:00 | Myrtle Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, 11205, United States
Shop Myrtle Avenue’s independently-owned businesses on this day that highlights the value of shopping local! A variety of shops will be offering special deals and promotions to help you prepare for the holiday season. Check out the 2015 Holiday Gift Guide to find ideas on where to shop and what to buy on Small Business Saturday.

Key Food Grand Opening
2015-11-06 13:30 - 14:30 | Key Food, 492 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
Celebrate the opening of Key Food Supermarket, replacing the former Associated Supermarket, which closed nearly two years ago before construction of the new grocery space began. From the store’s press release:
At 12,500 square feet, this new Key Food has been completely remodeled to offer customers a fresh produce department, a variety of hot and prepared meals, and large seafood and butcher departments. Adding to the convenience of the customer experience, this store also offers a free delivery service, a senior discount policy and access to an ATM. This store strives to cultivate the most diverse grocery departments in order to encompass the diversity of its surrounding neighborhood.
“We are excited to open our doors once again after almost three years of construction. We have truly done our best in creating a state of the art supermarket for the community,” say storeowners Tony, Juan, and Jose Guzman. “We would like to thank the community for their support and patience during this process.”

Community Re-Zoning Presentation by Department of City Planning
2015-09-28 18:00 - 19:30 | Pratt Institute – Higgins Hall Auditorium, 65 St. James Place, Brooklyn, NY, 11238, United States
Residents of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill can attend a presentation by Department of City Planning (DCP) staff next Monday, September 28th. The presentation will provide information on two rezoning proposals generated by the city. These include the Zoning for Quality and Affordability and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing zoning changes.
The 30 minute presentation will be followed by a question and answer session, allowing attendees to ask clarifying questions or to provide comments to DCP staff.
Read more here: myrtleavenue.org/zoning-meeting/

Wallabout Historic Walking Tour
2015-09-26 11:00 - 13:00 | Fort Greene Park Visitor’s Center, 300 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE TOUR HERE THROUGH EVENTBRITE.
On the last Saturday of each month during Summer 2015, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, in collaboration with the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, will host a FREE guided walking tour through Fort Greene Park and the historic Wallabout neighborhood north of Myrtle Avenue.
The neighborhood, most of which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, has a beautiful mix of pre-Civil War homes and late 19th century industrial buildings. The walk will discuss how the neighborhood has developed since the Dutch first arrived in the early 1600’s and highlight notable residents, such as Walt Whitman (visit The Walt Whitman Project for more information).
The 2 hour guided tour begins in Fort Greene Park, includes a 1.5 mile walk, and concludes at 99 Ryerson Street. The event is FREE, but space is limited and registration is required.
The tours are generously supported by the NY Council for the Humanities.
PLEASE REGISTER THROUGH EVENTBRITE.

Artist Reception and Japanese Dinner + Sake Tasting
2015-09-17 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
This Thursday, a little Japanese culture comes to Myrtle Avenue: check out a new photo exhibition by Sam Polcer featuring Keirin cycling at Gnarly Vines Wine & Spirits, then head across the street to Red Lantern Bicycles for Japanese-themed prix fixe dinner/unlimited wine and sake tasting with Tokyo-based DJ Dandy spinning Showa.

Senior Friendly Historic Wallabout Walking Tour
2015-09-15 10:30 - 11:30 | Walt Whitman Branch / Brooklyn Public Library, 93 St. Edwards Street btwn Myrtle and Park, 11205
Please join us for a FREE 60-min, senior-friendly walking tour along Myrtle Avenue, which will explore the history of the Wallabout neighborhood on Tues, Sept. 15th at 10:30am. The walk will use the neighborhood’s historic architecture to discuss 400 years of local history for the area north of Myrtle Avenue. The tour will include a ¾ mile, level walk. Reservations are required and can be made by calling (718) 230-1689 ext. 6#. Tours will begin at the Walt Whitman Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library at the corner of Auburn Place and St. Edwards Street.
The tour is generously supported through a grant from the NY Council for the Humanities.

Comedy Thursdays at Splitty
2015-09-03 19:30 - 22:00 | NY
Greg Johnson (New York comedy staple) and Larry Murphy (Bob’s Burgers) host this warm and friendly weekly comedy show featuring an artfully curated night of stand-up, characters, and the unexpected. $5 cover.
Check Splitty’s Facebook page for latest info on who will be performing this week!

Monday Night Karaoke
2015-08-31 20:00 - 23:00 | Brooklyn Eats on Myrtle, 474 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
Show off your range while hitting all the notes in your favorite song during Brooklyn Eats on Myrtle’s weekly karaoke event. Between 8pm and 11pm, enjoy food and drink while enjoying the vocal stylings of fellow locals.

Wallabout Historic Walking Tour
2015-08-29 11:00 - 13:00, 2015-07-25 11:00 - 13:00 | Fort Greene Park Visitor’s Center, 300 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE TOUR HERE THROUGH EVENTBRITE.
On the last Saturday of each month during Summer 2015, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, in collaboration with the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, will host a FREE guided walking tour through Fort Greene Park and the historic Wallabout neighborhood north of Myrtle Avenue.
The neighborhood, most of which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, has a beautiful mix of pre-Civil War homes and late 19th century industrial buildings. The walk will discuss how the neighborhood has developed since the Dutch first arrived in the early 1600’s and highlight notable residents, such as Walt Whitman (visit The Walt Whitman Project for more information).
The 2 hour guided tour begins in Fort Greene Park, includes a 1.5 mile walk, and concludes at 99 Ryerson Street. The event is FREE, but space is limited and registration is required.
The tours are generously supported by the NY Council for the Humanities.
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE TOUR HERE THROUGH EVENTBRITE.

Afropunk Fest
2015-08-21 - 2015-08-24 | Commodore Barry Park, Navy Street between Park & Flushing Avenues, Brooklyn
AFROPUNK 2015 is returning to Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park, also known as City Park, for a weekend of live music, vibrant art and good vibes on August 22nd and 23rd. Described by the New York Times as “the most multicultural festival in the US,” the word AFROPUNK itself has become synonymous with openminded, nonconforming and unconventional, placing the institution at the epicenter of urban culture inspired by alternative music.

Fort Greene Park Jazz Fest
2015-07-25 15:00 - 19:00 | Fort Greene Park, 300 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
It’s time for the annual Fort Greene Park Jazz Fest! Local music legend Eric Frazier is once again bringing world-class musicians to the park for an unforgettable afternoon of live music at the monument on Saturday, July 25th, beginning at 3pm. Bring the family, and your dancing shoes! Visit www.fortgreeneparkjazzfestival.com for updates. Stay tuned for details on this year’s second installment of Jazz Fest, taking place on September 12th.

Trilok Summer Camp
2015-07-06 09:00 - 15:00 | Trilok Fusion Arts, 143 Waverly Avenue, Brooklyn, 11205
Trilok Fusion Arts is holding its 14th annual summer camp for kids between the ages of 2 – 14 years at its location at 143 Waverly Avenue. The summer camp is filled with art, music, dance, theater, cooking, gardening, yoga and meditation. The camp also offers flexibility in students’ enrollment, from two weeks or the full eight week session.
To find out more or to access the application, click here. Or contact Trilok at (718) 797-1700.

Roof Top Films at Trilok Fusion Center for the Arts
2015-07-02 20:00 - 22:30 | Rooftop of Trilok Fusion Center for the Arts, 143 Waverly Avenue , just north of Myrtle, Brooklyn
Trilok Fusion Center for the Arts will host a series of documentary film shorts in this year’s Rooftop Films summer lineup. The series, It Seemed So Real, is a “program of dazzling documentaries that challenge our understanding of every observation”:

What looks like a beautiful pattern may turn out to be something more ominous—a body, a remnant of disaster. A character who appears to be a charming old man may turn out to be a potent symbol of power; a woman who seems noble and sweet may have committed a heinous crime. Your enemies may be your only saviors. But in each of these fascinating and masterful documentaries, no interpretation settles for long. Our understanding shifts like snow drifts, gets shattered like shrapnel, and meaning remains elusive but persuasive.

THE FILMS

Sound of a Million Insects, Light of a Thousand Stars (Tomonari Nishikawa | New York, NY | 2 min.)
I buried a 100-foot 35mm film negative film under fallen leaves alongside a country road, which was about 15 miles away from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, for one night in June 2014. The film was exposed to the possible remaining of the radioactive materials.
On The Spot: Gaza – Chronicles of a Conflict (Eszter Cseke and Andras S. Takacs | Hungary | 27 min.)
A Qassam-fighter is collecting the remaining parts of Ahmed Jabari’s body from his wreck after an Israeli airstrike that killed the head of al-Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas. A Palestinian journalist who doesn’t believe in violence, is getting a phone call, his 8-year-old daughter was hit. A shiver cut three of her fingers off. Parallel stories of the Qassam-fighter whose dream is to blow himself up to take revenge and the journalist who is willing to do anything to get her daughter into an Israeli hospital – the only place where she can be saved. The birth of hatred and hope – the chronicles of a conflict in Gaza.
Starting Point (Michał Szcześniak | Poland | 25 min.)
Aneta rebelled at the age of 19. She went to prison for murder. Nine years later, while serving her sentence, she takes up a job of a caregiver. Every day she leaves the prison to go to the nursing home to look after Helena who suffers from rheumatism. By talking to the old lady, Aneta realizes how much she has in life and starts to believe in herself before the hard test which is ahead of her.
Bär (Pascal Floerks | Germany)
My grandpa’s past was always very present. It would break through in something he’d say or do, but he’d never talk about it. Only now, by revisiting his life and personality as I knew him, do I feel the weight of his inheritance.

Short Films Program

$15 online or at the door

Click here to purchase tickets.
8:00pm
Doors open and reception sponsored by New Amsterdam Vodka
8:30pm
Live Music
9:00pm
Film begins

Seating is first come, first served.

International African Arts Festival 2015
2015-07-02 10:00 - 2015-07-05 21:00 | Commodore Barry Park, Navy Street between Park & Flushing Avenues, Brooklyn
The International African Arts Festival is an annual event attracting an estimated 75,000 attendees from Brooklyn and beyond.
Now taking place in Commodore Barry Park, the festival has attracted world renowned as well as top local and international talent line-ups including Dinizulu African Dancers and Drummers, Marie Brooks Pan-Caribbean Dancers, then emerging singers like Martha Redbone, Blue Magic, The Mighty Sparrow, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, KRS-1, Lauryn Hill and India Arie.
The expansive vendor market, the African Marketplace boasts more than a hundred micro-enterprise vendor with an array of merchandise from jewelry, urban fashion, t-shirts, body oils to imported African fabric, artifacts and furniture, original paintings, hand-carved marble sculptures and much more. At the food court, talented cooks and chef offer from traditional soul food to spicy Caribbean dishes, to African, Latin, vegetarian food, seafood and gourmet style raw foods.

Wallabout Historic Walking Tour
2015-06-27 11:00 - 13:00 | Fort Greene Park Visitor’s Center, 300 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11205, United States
PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE TOUR THROUGH EVENTBRITE BELOW.
On the last Saturday of each month during Summer 2015, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, in collaboration with the Fort Greene Park Conservancy, will host a FREE guided walking tour through Fort Greene Park and the historic Wallabout neighborhood north of Myrtle Avenue.
The neighborhood, most of which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district, has a beautiful mix of pre-Civil War homes and late 19th century industrial buildings. The walk will discuss how the neighborhood has developed since the Dutch first arrived in the early 1600’s and highlight notable residents, such as Walt Whitman (visit The Walt Whitman Project for more information).
The 2 hour guided tour begins in Fort Greene Park, includes a 1.5 mile walk, and concludes at 99 Ryerson Street. The event is FREE, but space is limited and registration is required.
The tours are generously supported by the NY Council for the Humanities.
PLEASE REGISTER BELOW THROUGH EVENTBRITE.

Grow A Business: Achieve & Inspire / Goodwin Procter LLC
2015-06-10 17:30 - 20:00 | Goodwin Procter, New York Times Building , 620 Eighth Avenue, 26th Floor, Manhattan
Join law firm Goodwin Procter LLC for a conversation with Daniel Lubetzky, founder of KIND, Inc. and author of Do the KIND Thing, followed by speed coaching with experts from Accion, Goodwin Procter, KIND and Sam Adams.
Coaches will offer their insight and expertise in private, 15-minute one-on-one sessions on a range of topics including: Digital Branding, Communications, Marketing, Writing a Business Plan, Creative Design, Raising Capital, Protecting your Trademark, the Rules of Beer Labeling, Labeling Strategies, Borrowing to Grow Your Business, Choosing Your Business Entity, What’s in a Contract and more.
Doors open for Networking at 5:30pm and our program will begin at 6:00pm Coaching will be available on a first come first served basis with on-site sign-up Space is limited so please reserve your spot by clicking to register now.

Open House at Brooklyn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
2015-06-06 11:00 - 15:00 | Brooklyn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 412 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, 11205, United States
Brooklyn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is holding a FREE community open house at all of it’s five schools in Brooklyn on Saturday, June 6th., including their school at 412 Myrtle Avenue. Classes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Thai Kickboxing and junior Karate help with and to achieve confidence, fitness, weight-loss and self-defense goals. Brooklyn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has programs for adults, teens and kids. Join BBJJ for a free class or just come to watch. Food, demonstrations and other fun activities for all ages!
Click here for more information.
Brooklyn Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is located at 412 Myrtle Avenue between Clinton & Vanderbilt Avenues.
