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2227 Homecrest Avenue. (Source: Google Maps)A 30-year-old woman died Sunday after being caught up in a basement fire at a two-story residential building on Homecrest Avenue, near Avenue V, the Daily News reports [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/hospitalized-blaze-tears-brooklyn-home-article-1.2531246] . The cause of the fire is still under
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Shore Boulevard in Manhattan Beach was flooded during high tide. (Photo: Councilman Chaim Deutsch [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=561447090690789&set=a.368600459975454.1073741830.100004765095752&type=3&theater] / Facebook)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you
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Photo by jordie_starbaby [http://instagram.com/p/yU7FxOIsEe/?modal=true]The frigid cold snap will at least bring some relief to Q train riders who’ve had their weekend commutes disrupted by shuttle bus service [/q-train-out-of-commission-four-weekends-in-a-row/] between Kings Highway and Atlantic Avenue. The MTA reports they have cancelled planned
Education
A classroom at the Warbasse Nursery School. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)For more than 46 years the Warbasse Nursery School [http://www.warbassenurseryschool.com/] in Coney Island has provided early childhood education for children in southern Brooklyn. Now, the program is in danger of disappearing after the lease was
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCity Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for the mayor’s agenda, which involves rezoning
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Click to enlargeCompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Kings Highway, Homecrest, Madison, Manhattan Beach, and Gerritsen Beach.
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Rendering via New York YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2015/01/revealed-271-fourth-avenue-park-slope.html] City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made
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Housing along Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for the mayor’s
Central Brooklyn
Housing along Ocean Avenue. (Photo: Google Maps)City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for the mayor’s
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