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A downed tree in Bensonhurst in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Via Flickr user bigmike33x. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bigmike33x/8148028948/in/photostream/]The city Parks Department has planted over 34,000 tees in Brooklyn since 2012, far outpacing the 4,000 trees lost in the borough as
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Photo via Google MapsIt’s that time of the month again, and the Manhattan Beach Community Group (MBCG) [/?s=manhattan+beach+community+group] will be meeting again tomorrow night to discuss the issues and concerns of Manhattan Beachers. The meeting will take place tomorrow, October 26, at 7:30pm and
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Photo via Google MapsThe Manhattan Beach Community Group is back from summer break, and is holding a meeting tonight. The meeting will take place at P.S. 195, 131 Irwin St, at 7:30pm. The agenda includes catching up on all that has happened since the last MCBG meeting in
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Hampton Avenue milled and ready for paving. Photo courtesy of Facebook/City Councilmember Chaim Deutsch.It is hard not to notice that the extremely bumpy Hampton Avenue was recently milled in anticipation of being repaved. The road will be smoothed out and paved in the next few days, according to
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New street signs were installed on Sheepshead Bay Road. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Here’s another one for the wastebin! Despite receiving letters from community leaders protesting the new traffic plan on Sheepshead Bay Road, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Department of Transportation (DOT) says they will not abandon
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Marine Park. (Photo: Tanya Pavl [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=529561133874755&set=br.AbpCuqXtemnrIsl0VX5eWrhAuoybx863uM_Y20Fr7YQ0sCWpmyNxypxiVsIOuyHHGJohLfi_8st8D0svwpjF4Wyr1yyfxDlVSnOr8O4o5qjBYUVasSqRt9x5x4hO8O07pPCJVNsLGTgy9e9qWJ3EC4AS&type=1&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. There are few opportunities to have your voicer heard. Check out the community board meeting, the police
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Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Don’t miss the opening day at Luna Park. There’s also the Saint Patrick’s Day parade in Bay Ridge, the Coney Island USA Spring Gala, and several community group meetings this week. Send us your own event listing by posting
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Manhattan Beach Community Group member Shari Kaplan, left, standing next to officials from the Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency and the Department of Environmental Protection. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Frustrations boiled over at a Manhattan Beach Community Group meeting Tuesday when city officials showed up empty handed
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(Photo: Chillax Manhattan Beach Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/chillaxMBcafe/photos/pb.1103576223006858.-2207520000.1456358365./1138233606207786/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)An upstart cafe has drawn the ire of community leaders over its application to serve alcoholic drinks on a residential street in Manhattan Beach. The Community Board has submitted
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Photo by Vladimir KorostyshevskiyLots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Visit Community Board 15 to speak out about issues important to your neighborhood. You can also explore centuries of black history at a poetry reading led by middle schoolers. And there’s Motown karaoke, a photography class, movie screening,
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Sergeant Gaspar Teri speaking at PS 195 in Manhattan Beach. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)“My job is not to scare anybody. I’m just here to give you a kick of reality,” Army Sergeant Gaspar Teri shouted at a crowd of about 150 people gathered in the auditorium of
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(Photo: chelleny [https://www.instagram.com/p/BA7Oyl_Li6k/] / Instagram)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. Get your sci-fi fix at a free screening of The Martian. There’s also a television production class, an emergency preparedness class, lots of options for exercise and much more. Send us
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PS 195. Source: Google MapsJoin the Manhattan Beach Community Group Wednesday night in celebrating 75 years [http://www.manhattanbeachbrooklyn.org/?p=487] of service to the neighborhood. In the past, the annual event has drawn hundreds of visitors and featured speeches from many local politicians [/wednesday-72nd-annual-manhattan-beach-community-group-membership-meeting/]. The meeting also promises
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(Photo: vivi_gon_falc [https://www.instagram.com/p/8mVgAjyLw7_WopwAF4lLFzxDgKaPNuzeRz3S40/] / Instagram)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week. City Councilman Chaim Deutsch is giving away free smoke alarms, there is a poetry jam session in Coney Island, a mask making workshop and a free movie at the library.
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(Photo: Luna Park NYC [https://www.facebook.com/LunaParkNYC/photos/pb.375624901061.-2207520000.1445277449./10153769264521062/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Lots to do in southern Brooklyn this week! Pick up some cheap books and support your local library, hang out at the Halloween Harvest, or relax at the yoga session