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Photo via Prospect Park [https://www.facebook.com/ProspectParkBrooklyn/photos/a.10154373720995385.1073741837.10150099384115385/10154373721785385/?type=3&theater] Ready to start checking items off your summer bucket list? One of our favorite summertime events takes place right in Prospect Park, on Friday, June 19 at 6:30pm, when the
Arthur Whaley
Arthur Whaley. Photo courtesy the NYPDPolice announced late last night that they arrested the man who was shot by an undercover 70th Precinct sergeant [/blog/crime/70th-precinct-sergeant-fires-shot-at-suspect-who-pulled-a-knife-on-him-cops-looking-for-two-suspects-nypd] after the suspect allegedly threatened the cop with a knife when the policeman confronted him for being involved in stripping a car on
Hawk
Many thanks to neighbor Linda Howell for snapping this photo of this proud-looking fella on Rugby Road! The young hawk and his family have set up their home on Argyle Road, near Avenue H, Linda let us know. We haven’t gotten to spot them ourselves yet, but we’re
182 Minna Street
The crowd at Monday night’s CB 12 public hearing.Following an outcry of anger from neighbors and stamps of disapproval from local elected officials, Community Board 12 [http://www.brooklyncb12.org/] members on Monday denied an Orthodox Jewish school’s bid for a variance at 182 Minna Street that
Photo via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition/photos/a.486367641437049.1073741826.268117579928724/854953344578475/?type=1&theater] Want to see a rent freeze for neighbors living in rent-stabilized apartments [http://nycrgb.org/html/resources/zip.html]? The Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition?fref=
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Photo via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition/photos/a.486367641437049.1073741826.268117579928724/854953344578475/?type=1&theater] Want to see a rent freeze for neighbors living in rent-stabilized apartments [http://nycrgb.org/html/resources/zip.html]? The Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition?fref=
Residential real estate
Neighbors traveled to Albany last week to advocate for stronger rent regulations. Photo via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition/photos/a.851935758213567.1073741872.268117579928724/851938288213314/?type=3&theater] The state’s laws regulating rent increases and eviction policies for the more than two million New
Auria’s Malaysian Kitchen
Auria Abraham at last year’s Flatbush Frolic.A big congratulations is in order for neighbor Auria Abraham [/?s=%22Auria+Abraham%22], the force behind Auria’s Malaysian Kitchen [https://www.facebook.com/AuriasMalaysianKitchen], who is one of four winners in the “Taste of NYC: Fancy Food Fellowship,” a city-sponsored
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Neighbors traveled to Albany last week to advocate for stronger rent regulations. Photo via the Flatbush Tenant CoalitionThe state’s laws regulating rent increases and eviction policies for the more than two million New Yorkers who live in rent-regulated housing — including thousands of our neighbors — expired Monday night after Albany
Village Community Boathouse
Always wanted to try your hand at rowing in the Prospect Park Lake? In the coming months, the Prospect Park Alliance [http://www.prospectpark.org/about-prospect-park/alliance] and the Village Community Boathouse [http://www.villagecommunityboathouse.org/vcb-at-prospect-park/] are teaming up to make rowing accessible to all. From 12-4pm on the
We got pretty pumped when we saw Samanthafontneau [https://instagram.com/p/3_z3hDjacR/?taken-by=samanthafontneau] posted this glimpse into Kettle & Thread [https://www.facebook.com/kettleandthreadbrooklyn?fref=ts], the arts & crafts shop that will soon be opening [/business/neighbor-to-open-arts-crafts-shop-with-a-cafe-garden-at-1219-church-avenue] at 1219 Church Avenue (between Argyle and Westminster
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Holler. Photo courtesy PS 217Tomorrow, Thursday, June 18, at 6pm, grab a picnic dinner, your friends and family and head out to the final performance in PS 217’s spring concert series [/blog/events/ps-217-announces-its-full-2015-spring-concert-series-lineup]. Holler [http://hollerinbrooklyn.bandcamp.com/] will be playing a free concert in PS 217’s