With fantastic facilities and an amazing staff, Brooklyn Fencing has become hugely popular since its opening in 2003. Borough President Markowitz even proclaimed Sept. 26 “Brooklyn Fencing Day,” in honor of its first-ever competition.
Located in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Fencing offers 6,000 square feet of space dedicated solely to the historic martial art. There are two main rooms and nine strips (the place where you do the actually fencing). Brooklyn Fencing also has armory service for all weapons, equipment rentals, locker rooms, and hosts birthday parties.
Whether you are a fencing expert or just a beginner, Brooklyn Fencing has a class for you, including group classes that meet once or twice a week or private lessons for those who are too advanced for a group.
Once you sign up for a class, all equipment is included.
Becoming a member is affordable and makes you eligible for various discounts and free rental equipment. Brooklyn Fencing hosts many competitions; as long as you are a member of the USFA, you are eligible to compete.
Gifts at Brooklyn Frame Works
Brooklyn Frame Works is the best place to find custom frames with beauty that is sure to last. Serving Park Slope for more than 10 years, Brooklyn Frame Works will help you in designing the perfect treatment for your cherished artwork.
Museum-quality matboard and glazing are used, ensuring the preservation of each piece of art. Each member of the Brooklyn Frame Works team is a highly trained craftsman or artist who will help you select the the right moulding, finishing and treatment for you from more than 1,500.
Once you’ve got the treatment selected, the staff constructs and assembles the components of each frame right on the Park Slope premises. There is also a large selection of ready-made frames to choose from.
The shop offers free design consultation, but with a motto like “Crafting quality one frame at a time,” the outcome is sure to please.
The Brooklyn Frame Works gallery is filled with unique and exquisitely framed prints and paintings, and periodically the gallery hosts special art shows and events. The current show, “Beyond the Woodblock II,” runs through Jan. 15, and features art from contemporaray Japanese master printmakers who enhance their prints with lithos, etching and stenciling, offering a diverse selection of what’s currently happening in Japanese printmaking.
Myrtle Car helps you shop
No matter where you need to go at any hour of the day Myrtle Car & Limo can take you there. There’s no one better to drive you and your packages home after a big shopping trip! This safe and reliable car service has been serving Brooklyn for more than 15 years is always ready to take you on your journey at a very reasonable price.
Leaving from Brownstone Brooklyn, the average price to LaGuardia is $25, to JFK is $35 and to Newark is $60.
But Myrtle does not stop at just driving you to the airport. A Myrtle car will gladly ferry you to your local or long-distance weddings, parties, theater, sporting events, or any corporate event you might have to attend.
Additionally, Myrtle Car Service has a limousine department for those special occasions when you need to leave the driving to someone else. Furthermore, Myrtle’s limousine department offers special packages such as prom, wedding and birthday limo packages.
Myrtle accepts major credit cards and is open 24 hours.
Westinghouse Shock Treatment
The Westinghouse Players present “Shock Treatment,” a family friendly musical that’s a cross between a campy 1950s sci fi thrillers and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Brooklyn Fencing [62 Fourth St., at Hoyt Street in Carroll Gardens, (718) 522-5822]. Hours vary, so check the Web site at www.brooklynfencing.com.
Brooklyn Frame Works [142 Fifth Ave., between Douglass and Baltic streets, (718) 399-6613]. Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am–7 pm; Sunday, noon–6 pm. For information, visit www.brooklynframeworks.com.
Order your car by calling (718) 230-8100. Discount coupons are available at www.myrtlecarservice.com.
Performances are on Dec. 5, 6, 12 and 13 at George Westinghouse HS (105 Tech Pl., between Bridge and Jay streets in Downtown Brooklyn). 7 pm. Tickets are $10 and are available at the door or in advance by e-mailing artscape.llc@gmail.com.
