r/Windsor_Terrace

I've gotten some great input from Bushwick redditors in the past, so please let me know if you have any hobby happenings (dj classes, mahjong workshops, pickleball clinics etc) coming up that I can include in next month's roundup!

I tend to only include experiences that will really help someone dive into a new hobby and gain enough skill/community to feel equipped to keep going, but you know of shorter experiences (less than 2 hours), I can still include those in the weekly emails.

https://ooonyc.substack.com/p/june-hobby-guide-brooklyn-edition

Thanks in advance 😄

If you are smelling something good in the neighborhood right now it is likely these tiny flowers. Honey locust trees flower in late spring and have a very sweet scent. Pollinators like native bees love them. They have lacy compound leaves (tiny leaflets on a central stem) and some honey locusts have thorns coming straight out of their trunks. Other do not. Later, bean-like pods form from the flowers and these drop in early winter. Honey locusts are resilient street trees because they survive a wide range of soil conditions as well as drought, and road salt. Tree pit tips: Do install a tree guard to discourage dogs from peeing on the root flare area. Do water in drought. Do not raise the soil around a tree's trunk to make a "bed" because this will cause the protective bark to rot and admit pathogens, and this kills the tree slowly. More info about stewarding street trees: https://tree-map.nycgovparks.org/tree-map/learn

The couple behind flowersforall_bk (Instagram) in Greenwood Heights lost their lease. They transformed their backyard from weeds to flower farm with the cutest little free flower stand (also sold flowers). Please share around Brooklyn subs so they can find another space.

I think I am in love! I've lived in the neighborhood a long time and have never seen this cat. His name is Benji, said one of the shelf packers at Prospect Market. Does he just live in the basement all the time? He is gorgeous. Shy, but friendly.