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Our block of Lewis Avenue between Decatur and MacDonough Sts. came in 1st place in the commercial category.

What’s more, Bedford-Stuyvesant had more winners than any other neighborhood in Brooklyn. Kudos to all including:

MacDonough (Stuyvesant and Lewis) - 3rd Place Residential
Stuyvesant (Putnam and Jefferson) - 4th Place Residential
Bainbridge (Malcolm X and Stuyvesant) - Honorable Mention - Residential

95 Bainbridge (Stuyvesant and Lewis) - 1st Place Window Box
257 Bainbridge (Malcolm X and Stuyvesant) - 1st Place BBG Window Box

The following stores on Tompkins Avenue also received commendations:
Bread Stuy, Brownstone Books, Lewis Gallery, Charles Atwell Realty, Architects at 366, Ibo Landing, Jefferson Antiques, Debonair, The Victorian, Calabash Clothing, Mr. T’s Haircutters, Brooklyn Valley and M& M Laundry.

Congrats to all the winners and to all of you who take pride in your home and blocks by greening-up our neighborhood.

Show your support by visiting our winners and encouraging your neighbors to enter next year’s contest. You can contact the Brooklyn Botanic Garden www.bbg.org for more information.

The Bed Stuy Greenmarket has moved to a new location! Several small, family farmers are selling local fruits and vegetables on Lewis Ave btw Decatur & Mac Donough, Saturdays, 8-5pm. Shop at Alex’s Tomato Farm, Nolasco Farm and Gonzalez Farm for your tomatoes, eggplant, broccoli, peppers, summer squash,
lettuce, cooking greens, herbs and more! Farmers accept EBT/Food Stamps; WIC & Senior FMNP coupons.

This summer also marks Greenmarket’s 30th birthday. Greenmarket opened their first farmers market on July 17th, 1976, in a parking lot near Bloomingdales’ later the now-famous market at Union Square began. Today the 200 local farmers and food producers who sell their homegrown foods through Greenmarket and preserve over 30,000 acres of local farmland and open space.

Your support not only helps their efforts but contributes to the growth of our local economy and improves our quality of life here in Bedford-Stuyvesant. So spend a little time this and every Saturday on Lewis Avenue chatting with your neighbors while you stock your kitchen with fresh, healthy produce!

For more info contact Greenmarket at 212-788-7476 www.cenyc.org or The Shops of Lewis Avenue Merchant’s Association at 718-771-0633.

as fellow gardeners and former earthy crunchy californians, bread stuy would love to donate coffee grounds (and any veggie scraps) to anyone who gardens… bring a container and ask at the front counter. just doing our part to help the environment…

if you are not sure what to do with them, there is a lot of info online including the site below that has a variety of different uses besides composting….

http://frugalliving.about.com/od/uncommonuses/a/coffeegrounds.htm

bread stuy now has short sleeved tshirts ($12), long sleeved tshirts ($20), sweatshirts ($25) and tank tops ($15) available for purchase starting wednesday March 1st!

represent your favorite neighborhood coffeehouse!

Brooklyn Residents with Cablevision and Time Warner can tune in to watch the show using Cablevision (Channel 69) or Time Warner (Channel 56), at the below specified dates and times.

Brooklyn Residents with DirecTV, DISH and All other New York City, State, National and International viewers must log-on to the website to watch it live via streaming media. The December episode is not archived on the website and will not be until sometime in 2006. Therefore, viewers must tune in at the below specified times using the following link, scroll down the page, and click on the Television #3. It is recommended that website viewers log on 10 minutes before the scheduled air time to ensure proper connectivity. The link is as follows:

http://www.bcat.tv/bcat/default.asp

The December episode, of the “Bed Stuy Parlor” called “Holiday Style” is currently scheduled to air as follows:

Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:30 p.m.
Monday, December 19, 2005 - 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 8:30 p.m.

Check out page 6 of December’s issue of BRKLYN magazine!

Lookee what we got!!!

It’s cold outside… warm up with one of our lovely holiday drinks!

Hot Apple Cider - fresh NY cider steamed with cinnamon sticks, add a splash of caramel and whipped cream, if you like!

White Chocolate Raspberry Mocha - sinfully delicious just like it sounds! Can also be made with regular dark chocolate!

Peppermint Mocha - a mocha with a splash of peppermint. Minty good!

Eggnog Latte: a latte made with real Eggnog. Mmmm.

Eggnog Chai: the spiced chai customers already love, with a touch of eggnog!

If you are a Hot Chocolate drinker… try a Peppermint or Raspberry Hot Chocolate, they are mmm good!!

Congratulations to Gregory Porter who tied for FIRST PLACE for his “Red Curry Chicken Salad” at the Men Cooking for Change competition hosted by Women in the Black in Harlem on November 5th.