This week's uplifting stories from other Patch neighborhoods in NYC.
Ditmas Park
Ditmas Park Woman Honored for Service to Community
June Rodrigues was one of 33 women recognized as extraordinary by Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes.
Fort Greene - Clinton Hill
Former Clinton Hill Vinyl Shop Storefront Sees New Life
Previously Dope Jams, the 580 Myrtle Ave. store now will house "2,500 square feet of strollers."
Bed-Stuy
weecreatebk: A Bed-Stuy Art Space That Grows Pint-Sized Picassos
Almost a year ago today, weecreatebk, an arts-based play space for children 2-7 years old, opened in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Carroll Gardens
The team behind Seersucker and Smith Canteen opened their third establishment in Carroll Gardens last month: Nightingale 9.
Park Slope
The Brooklyn-born metal band bassist and singer is remembered with a skeleton, a pick, and a candle near a tree in the park’s Long Meadow.
Prospect Heights
New Exhibition At Brooklyn Museum Spotlights Major Contemporary African Artist
Head up to the fifth floor of the Brooklyn Museum to be surrounded by more than thirty dazzling large-scale three dimensional works in wood and metal created by Ghanaian born artist El Anatsui.
