video Archives - The Nabe

The Fort Greene Park Greenmarket may be moving closer north on Washington Park this summer. (Photo by

FG/CH News, Food and Drink, Neighbors

Video: Locals Discuss Possible Greenmarket Growth

June 2, 2014

See what locals have to say about the Fort Greene Greenmarket expanding to their side of the park.

Arts, Entertainment, FG/CH News

“Why I Make Art”: Talking to Local Artists on the SONYA Art Walk

May 22, 2014

See what inspires local artists on the fifteenth annual SONYA Art Walk.

Neighbors and friends placed flowers and candles where Armal Mallory was shot and killed in the Walt Whitman Houses early Monday morning. (Photo by Emily Field)

Crime, FG/CH News, Neighbors, Public Safety

Men Heard Arguing in Video Before Walt Whitman Houses Murder

April 15, 2014

Read about the shooting death of Armal Mallory in the Walt Whitman Houses Monday morning.

Late musician Dwayne Burno with his son, Quinn. (Photo by Wendy Watel-Burno.)

Arts, FG/CH News, Neighbors

Locals Help Honor Late Jazz Musician, Dwayne Burno

January 27, 2014

Locals are doing lots to help the family of Dwayne Burno, a jazz musician who passed away last month at 43.

FG/CH News, Neighbors

Return of the Polar Vortex: The Snow Storm in Pictures and Videos

January 22, 2014

See what locals were up to during the snow storm yesterday in parts of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill.

FG/CH News, Neighbors, Religion

Video: The Music Man at Brown Memorial Baptist Church

January 16, 2014

A good preacher finds tricks to inspire a crowd. For Rev. Clinton Miller at Fort Greene’s Brown Memorial Baptist Church, he’s got a sidekick to help him – the music director Paul Engram. We followed Engram around to get the story behind the musical sermon.

FG/CH News

The Day: Thanksgiving for Seniors, a Basketball Win and Media Training

November 26, 2013

Get news on a free Thanksgiving meal for seniors, news of college basketball wins and community media training in today’s morning news round-up.

Arts, Business

Designers Make Scarves in the Name of Brooklyn

November 19, 2013

Two Fort Greene designers shoot video, upload it and then code it to create a color patterns for specific Brooklyn neighborhoods. The patterns are then printed on scarves.

Anastasia Cole Plakias, co-founder of the Brooklyn Grange, enjoys her work to build the local rooftop farm. (Photo courtesy Brooklyn Grange)

Business, FG/CH News, Neighbors

Beyond the Fence: Urban Farming Hits a High at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

September 16, 2013

Beyond the Fence recently caught up with Anastasia Cole Plakias – Brooklyn Grange co-founder, writer and host of the monthly Heritage Radio Network segment, Anastasia’s Fridge – to see what’s going on this season up at the farm.

Fort Greene artist Richard Lebenson stands in front of his home on Clermont Avenue. His recent paintings convey his interest in light, shadows, and reflections on the buildings and streets of the nabe. (Photo by Philippe Theise)

FG/CH News

Artist Profile: Fort Greene Artist and Illustrator Richard Lebenson

August 20, 2013

Fort Greene artist and illustrator Richard Lebenson came to the nabe in 1962 to study at the Pratt Institute and never left. This summer, he showed recent oil paintings, many of local architectural subjects, at Hadas Gallery on Myrtle Avenue, and an older selection of prints at Baguetteaboudit! on Vanderbilt Avenue.