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5 Things To Do Today: Check Your Clock, Try Thai Cooking, Get Crafty

Carroll Gardens-area subway, alternate side and event information you won't want to miss.

1. Thai something new. Get comfortable with the major ingredients of Thai cuisine. Lime leaves, galangal, lemongrass, coconut milk and more will bend to your iron will. Participants will work through soups and a stir-fry or two, but that's only the beginning. , 515 Court Street at West 9th Street, open 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., $115.

2. Find hidden skills. Using your hands and your talent, make arts and crafts the old-fashioned way and play games that were popular 150 years ago. , Lefferts House - Prospect Park, Ocean Avenue at Flatbush Avenue. 10:30 a.m., Free.

3. Push clocks ahead. If you forgot to set your clocks before you went to bed, you lost an hour of sleep. This year's Daylight Savings Time begins on March 11 at 2 a.m.

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4. Find out if your train is running ... The F and G trains will be skipping Smith-9th St, 15th St-Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Parkway, per usual. Jamaica-bound F trains will run via the M from 47-50 Streets to Roosevelt Avenue. Coney Island-bound F trains run via A the from W 4 St to Jay St-MetroTech, according to the MTA

5. ... And if you have to move your car. Yes. Alternate side parking has resumed, according to the NYCDOT.

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