There are a great deal of lessons to be learned in the big city, with a curriculum so vast and teachers of varying degrees, it’s a given that a lot of these lessons will not be learned at home. Ideally though, the most important lessons will be learned at home particularly when it comes to [...]
Learning to be Communal…R.I.P Pop
11th Annual Clinton Hill Day
This saturday August 22nd will be the 11th Annual Clinton Hill Day. There will be food, music and games for the kids starting at 3pm in P.S.11 park. Come out to mix and mingle with fellow residents. T-shirts are being sold weekdays 4-8pm Clinton ave. by the corner of Greene ave. and will also be available on saturday. Grab [...]
Overheard on DeKalb Avenue
Just wanted to post a brief conversation my wife and kids overheard while walking on DeKalb avenue on their way to Fort Greene Park. It was a group of four standing in front of one of the restaurant/bars in their mid-twenties to early thirties and it went like this:
Woman: That’s children playing, why does it bother you?!
Man: I know…I [...]
Wonderful Night in The Neighborhood
There they were, lined up from Washington ave. and Fulton Street, all the way around the corner on Waverly towards Atlantic ave. Oblivious to the precipitation; there they stood, as if in a soup line awaiting some nourishment. Except the mood was far from melancholy and the anticipation wasn’t for a meal, it was for [...]
KRS-ONE In The ‘Hood
Saturday May 9th Hip Hop Legend KRS-One came to Habana Outpost’s block party to grace the neighborhood with a performance. Running through classic after classic, the Brooklyn born, Bronx representing MC, performed for about 45 minutes I was told. Unfortunately, I came by too late, which was a let down, having seen [...]
P.S.11…Neighborhood Darling
During the past week there has been uproar by a handful of parents about how the principal at P.S 20 runs his school. Within these arguments it was stated multiple times that P.S 11 has now changed, being much improved over the past two years.
Between my two eldest daughters, I have had a student attending [...]
Isabella: Life Deserved
Here’s a post about the neighborhood by Dr.Mark Naison who is a critically lauded author and professor at Fordham University:
“Isabella: Life Deserved” Advertisement for A Brooklyn Condo Epitomizes The Unthinking Arrogance of America’s Economic Elites
Dr Mark Naison
Fordham University
For the last year, as I have sought to avoid traffic on Flatbush Avenue on my journeys to and [...]
LOX Bar…Let’s Speak On It…
It sounds all too familiar, a group of neighbors petitioning against the noise of a bar/lounge spot during hours of operation. Except this time as a result of the complaints, it seems the bar/lounge has become the target of every city agency within its bureaucracy. The FDNY, NYPD, DEP, DOH, DOB, NYSLA have all visited [...]
CHC and CHB Karaoke Night
What’s up folks,
Come on out to have some fun and sing your favorite tunes with Clinton Hill Chill and Clinton Hill Blog on Wednesday, March 25th. I will be celebrating my one year anniversary since starting this blog. I must admit, I was very apprehensive about starting this blog, there’s even been times when I thought [...]
