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District Leader Nancy Tong and Assemblymember William Colton at the South West Brooklyn Transfer Station site. (Photo via William Colton’s office)Construction has been temporarily halted after workers found asbestos at a former incinerator site in Gravesend, where a new waste facility is slated despite vehement protests from local
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via brooklynbotanic [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRtoMSRA7Px/?taken-by=brooklynbotanic]/instagram) The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –NYC street art secrets, from Little Italy’s ‘Temper Tot’ to Brooklyn’s ‘Not One More Death’
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(Photo via bookprint [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ5ksyul86W/?tagged=onebookny] /instagram)You’ve seen the celebrity-dotted subway ads, voting kiosks, and videos. You read, you voted, and now the results are in. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah was announced this morning as the winner of an inaugural literary contest
Central Brooklyn
Ditmas Park in storm Stella. (Photo by Keka Marzagao)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Prospect Park Seeks 16 ‘Inventive and Interesting’ Food Vendors. [DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170314/park-slope/food-vendors-prospect-park] ] –Op-Ed: De
Central Brooklyn
Image via iamtonyang [http://iamtonyang.com/1007/ticket_machine.jpg].Both straphangers and motorists will dole out more at the farebox and toll both when the latest MTA hikes go into effect this Sunday, March 19. MetroCard fares will increase for the 7-day (from $31 to $32) and 30-day (from
![[Updated] Man Attacked & Robbed By Group At Flatbush Chicken Joint [Video]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Screen-Shot-2017-03-15-at-9.59.16-AM.png)
Central Brooklyn
Video via NYPDSurveillance video via NYPD [Update 3/21: Police have arrested two 21-year-old men in connection with this assault, who have been charged with gang assault, robbery, and menacing.] A man was critically injured after being pummeled and then robbed at a fried chicken joint on Ocean Avenue after
Arts & Culture
(Image via laolunyc [https://www.instagram.com/laolunyc/?hl=en]/instagram) Instagram celebrity Laolu Senbanjo [http://www.laolu.nyc], a Nigerian-born artist based in Ditmas Park, was making his mark all over NYC before getting the gig to body paint for Beyoncé’s Lemonade [http://www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade-visual-album/
Central Brooklyn
Across from P.S. 217 in Ditmas Park. (Photo by Carly Miller)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. -Ponies Run Free In Icy Streets of Staten Island During Snowstorm. [DNAinfo [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/
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2034 East 5th Street in Gravesend. (Photo by Christopher Bride/PropertyShark)In February, a Gravesend home sold for $5 million, becoming the second most expensive single-family home sold in Brooklyn that month, according to The Real Deal. The two-story detached home at 2034 East 5th Street between Avenues S and
Central Brooklyn
(Screenshot via NYCTsubway [https://twitter.com/NYCTSubway?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor] /twitter)Storm Stella morning updates: Blizzard warning canceled! Snowfall predictions have melted this morning, as forecasters are now expecting less than 10 inches with a wintry sleet/snow mix throughout Tuesday, forecasters said [http://www.
Bensonhurst
View from Tea & Burger, 7202 New Utrecht Avenue at 72nd Street. (Photo by Carly Miller)These days it can be hard to find a good burger in Brooklyn for less than $15 — before toppings. But at Tea & Burger on New Utrecht Avenue in Bensonhurst, a no-frills burger joint
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(Photo by Carly Miller)Construction started today on the green roof at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Windsor Terrace branch, a project neighbors voted on through participatory budgeting in 2014. The branch, at Ft. Hamilton Parkway and East 5th Street, will get a 7,500-square-foot green roof [http://ecobrooklyn.com/