Having a birthday dinner with 10ish people in a couple weeks - anyone have suggestions on a good spot around the neighborhood for a big dinner where I can make a reservation in advance? Or a bar to go to after the dinner? Thanks!

What bars in the neighborhood have good weekly trivia? Looking for something west of Brower Park, could go as far as Prospect Heights!

When will trick or treaters be coming out? I live on Sterling, and I am hoping kids will come by. None are out yet, but will they be out once the sun goes down?

This was delivered to my building (Dean and Brooklyn) a few weeks ago and has been here since. I’m wondering if they put the wrong address - does anyone know this person?

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What are some good areas to trick or treat in Crown Heights (or Prospect Heights)?

Hi I'm Dovid and I live in crown heights on a tight budget. Every Halloween I see people throwing out pumpkins. If you give me your pumpkins, I can make enough moonshine to keep me drunk all winter! Just DM me if you want to donate your pumpkins and we'll work something out

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

Hi everyone. I'm Dan and I run the crown heights homestead. A mostly self providing homestead I do however sell eggs on occasion to the public. Last year I noticed many people simply thrown out their pumpkins after Halloween. And I just wanted to say that if you bring them to me. I can make great use of them! The skins and seeds can be baked into goods and also fed to my chickens. And the stems can be composted resulting in ZERO waste! I'm on Kingston and Eastern parkway. You can bring them over ANY time you'd like and you can leave them in the yard or on the front steps (Google for address) there is several "no trespassing signs" because we do unfortunately have way to many thefts. But if you're bringing pumpkins over you can just walk up to the door and drop them off outside on the steps. I really appreciate it and if you have any questions feel free to comment. Thanks! And happy Halloween!

I know this isn’t Yankees territory but help a neighbor out

Anyone know what the new spot at 742 Nostrand (between Park and Sterling) is going to be? It’s being renovated at the moment, but I peeked inside and it looks like a bar/restaurant setup.

Anyone know of bars in the area with vintage (not digital) photo boots?

Anyone else get a letter from the city about lead water mains?

We live in a rental. We just got one, I bought a testing kit, and it showed some lead in the tap water.

What should we do next? Should we leave? What are the relevant laws about breaking a lease? Should we contact a tenants union?

I found the name on its wikipedia page but theres no other information about it on the internet. I'm also not from Crown Heights so I'm pretty clueless, anyone know anything?

Any bars in the area with pool tables?

EDIT: Posted in subreddit r/Brooklyn too

EDIT: I’m a 28 year old woman for context

Had a strange encounter recently and wanted to get some advice or thoughts. I’ve seen a boy, about 13 or 14, in my Brooklyn neighborhood a few times who’s part of the Hasidic community and autistic. He’s asked me for the time and for a hug a few times (declined the latter).

One day, I noticed him following me as I walked home. I crossed the street a couple of times to see if it was just a coincidence, but he kept following. Eventually, he asked me for the time, which I gave him, but then he immediately asked if he could hug me. I said no.

After that, he asked if we could be friends and if he could walk me home. I didn’t think much of it and said, "Sure, why not," since my apartment was only a block away. When we got to my place, though, he asked again if we could be friends and tried to hug me again, and I said no both times. He then tried to follow me up my stoop into the building while asking a bunch of questions about my schedule, what I do, etc.

While I’m sure he’s harmless, what worries me is that he never seems to be in school, and he’s out quite late. My husband plays soccer late at night and has mentioned seeing this kid wandering outside by himself pretty often, without any parents or supervision. He once saw my husband run by (in a rush to make a soccer game) and tried to shake his hand so waited on the block 2 hours for my husband to walk by again so he could shake his hand. It was 12am at night.

It definitely caught me off guard, and maybe I’m the asshole or overreacting.

Anybody have anything like this happen?

Where’s the best place near Franklin to get a cheap Italian style sandwich? Im not talking about a $20 fancy sandwich, I just want a good Italian combo or turkey and cheddar?

My wife heard a loud explosion and saw the cat was cowering. Also heard some EMS responders. I checked citizen a while back and there’s only the usual shooter notifications (grim I know).

Any idea what happened?

ETA: we’re by Kingston for reference, can’t edit the title, sorry

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It seems like there are helicopters or at least just one that flies around crown heights multiple times every single day. Anyone else noticed the fly-by noise as of late?

I'm on Bergen and Classon and it's constant throughout the day.

Does anyone have an unused parking spot for rent? (A driveway, extra spot in a lot, spot in your apartment building, etc?)

We are trying to get a car to be able to visit and help out family more often but unfortunately can’t do street parking since we don’t work from home and the garages I’ve found are insanely expensive.

Any other ideas? We’re hoping to make this work but with the prices of garages it just might not be feasible…

where in the neighborhood (or nearby) can i find apple cider donuts? tis the season!

The old laundromat at 844 Franklin has been closed for years. When I saw the green plywood going up around it I was kind of hoping they were renovating to put a new laundromat in. But I finally got a peek inside and nope, they completely gutted it and it's an entrance on Franklin to the new apartment building. They're calling this building the "Botanica" 🙄Took a look at what the apartments are going for and it's WILD.