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(Photo via Brooklyn Historical Society [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNhsRK-jX0h/?taken-by=brooklynhistory] / instagram) Catch up on the best Brooklyn news with highlights from our sister sites: Long Island man indicted for murder of L&B Spumoni Gardens owner, being held without bail [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/12/
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City Council Member Mathieu Eugene at City Council Chambers. (Photo via Dr. Mathieu Eugene [https://twitter.com/cmmathieueugene?lang=en] / twitter)This week, City Council passed a resolution to formally ask the Department of Homeland Security to extend protections for Haitian immigrants and to stop detaining Haitian nationals in the
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(Photo via Church Ave BID / Facebook)The weekend is finally here and we’d like to help you unwind or get riled up just blocks from your home. Whether you’re looking for holiday parties, comedy shows, or legendary live music — this is your spot for the hottest weekend events
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(Photo by Joe Strini / PropertyShark)Today, we received an email from a concerned tenant regarding a notice about new locks in their apartment building tomorrow and a potential lockout for people in the building. The sign at 415 East 16th Street between Cortelyou and Dorchester Roads, states that the management
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(Photo by Joe Strini / PropertyShark)Today, we received an email from a concerned tenant regarding a notice about new locks in their apartment building tomorrow and a potential lockout for people in the building. The sign at 415 East 16th Street between Cortelyou and Dorchester Roads, states that the management
Arts & Culture
Karen Friedland in her living room. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)“I had an art teacher who said ‘You stop when beauty comes’,” said Karen Friedland, a Ditmas Park painter and teacher as I toured her gallery living room, as she revealed her artist’s secrets and her “creativity revolution.
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(Photo via Nicole Johnson [https://twitter.com/nikreport/status/806587202662756353] / twitter)Yesterday, two children were killed after a radiator valve apparently burst and shot steam into the room where they were taking a midday nap. The Bronx building shares an owner with 2010 Newkirk Avenue [/?s=2010+newkirk+avenue], a
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909a Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Demolition has started this week on the single-story stucco shed at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street, a relic of “Eddy’s shoemaker” & watch repair shop. The stone hut was built as a 5-car garage in 1923, and
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909a Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Demolition has started this week on the single-story stucco shed at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street, a relic of “Eddy’s shoemaker” & watch repair shop. The stone hut was built as a 5-car garage in 1923, and
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(Photo via 3bulldogges)Holiday donation drives are in full swing, but there’s still time to contribute to these five local toy drives to brighten the holidays for kids — and families — right in our neighborhood. Council Member Jumaane Williams’ Holiday Toy Drive [http://myemail.constantcontact.com/WILLIAMS-INVITES-COMMUNITY-TO-PARTICIPATE-IN--DISTRICT-45-s--HOLIDAY-TOY-DRIVE.html?soid=1102557709761&
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(Sample 2-way bike lane image via Transportation Alternatives petition [https://campaigns.transalt.org/petition/two-way-protected-bike-path-flatbush]) [Update 12/7: We spoke to the petition’s founder and added in her story throughout] Local Council Members take note: A petition for a 2-way protected bike lane on Flatbush Avenue [https://campaigns.transalt.
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Surveillance video via NYPD Help cops find a man who threatened a fast-food worker and stole his phone near Brooklyn College on Tuesday. The suspect cajoled an employee to open the door at Popeye’s, 2158 Nostrand Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H, at 1:15am on November 8,