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C a fe on the G re e n eCafe on the Greene. Enjoy superb cooking, a view of historic Fort Greene Park, candles and flowers. The cuisine is international and the menu changes daily according to what is fresh, but you are invited to call ahead for the day's selections. Fish, poultry and vegetarian dishes make up the entrees%u2014 a choice of 7 or 8 per night. The menu on a recent Friday included Trout, Filet Sole, Crabmeat Omelette, East African Hen Pie (a vegetarian quiche), Cornish Hen, and the restaurant's more constant fare: Quiche Lorraine, Spinach Pie Ricotta, and various om elettes. Prices range from $6 to $8 for most entrees, less for egg dishes, and even with dessert and coffee or herbal tea, your bill w ill rarely top $10 per person.All desserts (peach cobbler, apple pie, cakes and more) and all breads (right down to the English m uffins in Eggs Benedict) are home-baked. A special Saturday and Sunday brunch from noon to 4:30pm features French pancakes, fish and grits w ith parsley, w affles and other tasty treats.At present the restaurant has no liquor license, but bringing your own wine or beer is always welcom ed. Also no credit cards can be accepted now, but personal checks, with appropriate ID, are.Parking, right nearby, as well as abundantsubway transportation is always available. And d o n %u2019t overlook the p o s s ib ility %u2014starting September when BAM begins its new season %u2014of enjoying a leisurely meal just a few blocks from Brooklyn%u2019s m ost famous cultural in stitutio n.%u2018 La Petite%u2019 %u2019 Cafe 13B DeKalb Ave.. at S.Elliott PI. 625-7746. Open Tues-Sun. noon-11pm: Mon, 6:30-11pm. Call for reservations.It%u2019s Art Show Time On the PromenadeIt%u2019s that tim e of year again, and the fine art is ready to line the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights for the next four consecutive weekends. Although the last of the biannual shows was blitzed in the spring by the same rain that did in the Seventh Heaven festival and a host of other fairs across the b o ro u g h , the BACAs p o n s o re d event isdeterm ined to make a go of it in th is season's drier, albeit cooler, weather.The Brooklyn Heights Promenade Fine Arts Exhibitionw ill be held along thePromenade on Sept. 15. 16.22. 23. 30 and Oct. 6 and 7,from 11am-5pm each day.For more information, call783-4469 or 783-3077.Down On theFarmThe Urban Farm has led at last to the Urban Fair, where produce grown w ithin the city lim its w ill be shown off this weekend at the first-ever New York City Gardeners Harvest Fair. The Fair w ill be held on Saturday, September 15 from 9 am to 6 pm, rain or shine at Floyd Bennett Field in Gateway National Park. And if you think it%u2019s just looking at tomatoes, the fa ir%u2019s sponsors tell us that m usic, rid e s , races, and e x h ib its , w ill accompany the vegetable contests. An extensive display of m aterials about energy conservation and alternative energy sources w ill be there too.The Fair is being sponsored by Cornell University Cooperative Extension, Congressm an Fred R ich m o n d , and com m unity gardening groups around the city. To get to Floyd Bennett Field, by car, take the Belt Parkway to Exit 11 S U lliu FicuuuSh Ave. SO uth and tu rn le ft just before the Marine Park Bridge. By public transit, take the IRT Seventh Ave. Line to the Flatbush Ave. stop atthe junction of Flatbush and Nostrand. Catch the Green Line Rockaway Bus, the Q35, in front of Lord's Bakery. The bus is currently on strike: call 995-4700 to see if service has been started again.New York City Gardeners HarvestFair. Saiuriiay, Sefii. 15, 5 am-upm la iiior shine. Floyd Bennett Field. GatewayNational Park, in Brooklyn, for information call 587-9730 or 237-0920.Now, A Guide To TheNeighborhoodsIf you live or work in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Fulton Ferry, Vinegar Hill, or Downtown Brooklyn, neighborhoods which make up Com m unity Board Two, you can take advantage of a marvelous new com pendium of hundreds of neighborhood services. The Directory of Services and Resources is a new book just put out by the Com m unity Board, w ith assistance from Brooklyn Union Gas. Even a list of the types of services covered in the book's 103 pages would fill a page, but whether the topic is Parks or Hospitals, there is detailed, useful, and little-known information throughout.Those who worked hard to prepare the booklet include Howard Zimmerman, the Project C oordinator, Grantley Crichlow, Board Two Chairman, Jane W illiam s, Chairperson of the Board's Com m ittee on Health, Social Services, Youth, Handicapped and Senior Citizens. Assisting were Ronnee Barnet and M ichelle Karshan.D ire ctory of S ervices andResources, Community Board Two.Brooklyn. 103 pages, softcover.Free. Call Community Board 2. 595-5410, at 185 Montague St.. 11201for your copy.Something Fishy On At AquariumThere's som ething fishy going down this weekend in the tanks of the New York A quarium : The Brooklyn Heights-based Brooklyn Aquarium Society, the largest p iscatory group in the M etropolitan area, plans on netting a record turnout there in its second Fin-ORama Tropical Fish Show.Last year, the show bred hundreds of entries and trolled in th o u sa n d s of fis h -o g le rs from throughout New York, and this year the organizers hope for a sim ilar s h o w in g . B orough P re sid e n t Howard Golden has chum m ed in additional spectator bait with a proclam ation that this week in Brooklyn, ending Sept. 16. will go down in the annals of the City Record as being Tropical Fish H o b b y is t W eek. T w e n ty-th re e ca te g o rie s of c o m p e titive fish specim ens w ill be exhibited, as well as m iscellaneous brightlycolored sam plings sure to prove that the world of fish is a manysplendored one. And. of course, you should have seen the ones that got away.The Brooklyn Aquarium Society%u2019s%u2022%u2018 Fin-O-Rama%u201d will be held Sept.15 and 16 in the Education Hall ofthe New York Aquarium at Surf A.. %u2014 %u2014 %u2014 %u2014 mm _J III * fill. _A I _ HYUIIUO UIIU IVCdt Util OIICCI IIIConey Island from 9am-5pm eachday. For more information call 596-0151.September 13. 1979, The PHOENIX. Page 11