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Senate Contender Barkan Fields Questions at The Owl’s Head on Monday
BAY RIDGE – About 25 people gathered Monday night at The Owl’s Head bar in Bay Ridge for a Q&A...
Flies, Roaches and Rodents: Brooklyn School Cafeterias Rack Up Critical Health Violations
Mice and roaches in the kitchen. Students sickened by school lunches. With data obtained from the New York City Health...
Fighting Sex Trafficking in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN – “Sex trafficking in Brooklyn?” – This very question made a young woman create a documentary, a young survivor...
#SaveBarSepia: After 14 Years, Beloved Prospect Heights Bar Slated To Close
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A longtime local institution is slated for closure. Delissa Reynolds, owner of Prospect Heights’ Bar Sepia, announced...
Wednesday Crime Blotter: A Foiled Purse-Snatching in Williamsburg, A Rock Throwing Assault & More
WILLIAMSBURG – Police are looking for a man who attempted to snatch a woman’s purse in the area of North...
Treyger To Introduce Two Common Sense Bills To Facilitate Road Repairs
BENSONHURST – “We have all seen it time and again in our communities: the Department of Transportation resurfaces our streets, only...
Traffic Signals Finally Being Installed By PS889/IS890
DITMAS PARK/KENSINGTON – NYC Department of Transporation (DOT) had promised to have the traffic light by the new elementary (PS889)...
Today’s Links: A Six Year Street Project, Bikers Going Postal Over USPS Parking & More
Myrtle Ave Plaza Construction Took Six Years to Complete [NYC StreetsBlog] Horse Fortress: Photos of Historic Clinton Hill Stables [Brownstoner]...
Gowanus Pilot Dredging Project Stalled As Bulkhead Installation Causes Damages
GOWANUS – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced last week that the Gowanus Canal cleanup has been stalled due to...
McCarren Park’s Soccer Field Will Close For One Year, Starting Mid-March
WILLIAMSBURG – After two years of planning and procurement, the reconstruction of McCarren Park’s synthetic turf soccer field is about...
Bay Parkway McDonalds & A Bit Of History
BENSONHURST/GRAVESEND – A neighbor asked the other day to look into what has been going on at the McDonald’s on Bay...
Mixed-Income Residential Building Will Replace Two Wyckoff Gardens Parking Lots
BOERUM HILL – The city announced last week that a 16-story mixed-income residential building will be built on two parking lots...
McNally Jackson, Beloved Independent Bookstore, Opens Williamsburg Outpost
WILLIAMSBURG – After more than a decade as an independent bookselling icon, McNally Jackson has finally made its way to...
Two Trees Buys Two Commercial Sites In Gowanus
GOWANUS – Real estate development and investment firm, Two Trees, has purchased two adjacent commercial sites in Gowanus for more...
