Bonjour Brooklyn!

Yesterday Smith Street was taken over by Bastille Day festivities: a day of music, petanque tournaments and iced Lillet sangria (yum!).

You could spot party goers by their white straw boaters (given out free to shade residents from the 80 plus temperatures).

The place to be was on the tree-shaded avenue beside Provence en Boite, where tables and bunting lined the streets and a three-piece jazz band had everyone dancing well into the night...