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Fort Greene archive

Fort Greene–Clinton Hill

Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010

Full steam ahead for Greenlight Bookstore’s comedy show

Nightlife: Comedy is about to get the Greenlight. Comments (1).

Paper trail shows a lack of LIRR openness on bollards

Fort Greene: Newly obtained blueprints reveal that city officials were considering building the tomb-like bollards at the Long Island Railroad terminal at Atlantic Avenue and Hanson Place in 2005 — though at least two renderings were subsequently released to the public without those drastic security measures. Comments (3).

Roofus: LIRR has ringed new terminal with coffins

Perspective: Our cartoonist weighs in. Comment.

Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010

‘Bridge’ to Shakespeare’s worst show?

Waiting in the Wings: The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s trans-Atlantic “Bridge Project” will start its second season with a Shakespeare play that’s a bit of a comedown from prior works in the series, “The Cherry Orchard” and “The Winter’s Tale.” Comments (6).

Monday, Jan. 11, 2010

David’s brisket sandwich is the best thing we ate this week

The Best Thing We Ate This Week: Get to Crown Heights for the best in savory meat. Comments (5).

About a boy

Fort Greene: Two women fight — in public! — about a man. Plus all the other crime news from Fort Greene and Clinton Hill’s 88th Precinct. Comments (2).

Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010

Hope dims at Starlite Lounge — oldest gay bar in boro

Nightlife: Longtime regulars of the Starlite Lounge, the self-proclaimed oldest gay-friendly, black-owned watering hole in Brooklyn, are rallying to keep their establishment alive after the building was sold and the new owners signaled that they don’t want the bar on the ground floor. Comments (17).

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