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A happy diner at the annual Thanksgiving lunch at the Flatbush Reformed Church. Photo by Arthur de Gaeta.The Flatbush Reformed Church [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushReformedChurch] (located at Church and Flatbush Avenues) is inviting everyone to celebrate Thanksgiving this weekend at their free holiday lunch on Saturday, November 19,
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(Photo via Sean Casey Animal Rescue)Looking for a new companion? 2-year-old Patches could be your perfect pet. Sean Casey says: > Patches is a lovebug who enjoys a good snuggle and if you sit down he will happily plop in your lap. He loves cat nip, chasing feather toys,
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Flatbush BID Thanksgiving shopping group. (Photo courtesy: Flatbush BID)This Thanksgiving, do more than give thanks at the dinner table — put your words into action by giving back to community members in need. Especially now, local organizations need our help to stay afloat. Below find a list of some great
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Photo Credit: Nick NormalToday, northern Brooklyn Council Member Stephen Levin and Flatbush Council Member Jumaane Williams introduced two bills that would put checks and balances on buildings receiving the 421-a tax abatement. Williams’ Int.1366 bill [http://on.nyc.gov/2g2ubVf] would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development
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421-a protest in front of 626 Flatbush Avenue. (Photo via DPC)Today, Flatbush Council Member Jumaane Williams and northern Brooklyn Council Member Stephen Levin introduced two bills that would put checks and balances on buildings receiving the 421-a tax abatement. Williams’ Int.1366 bill [http://on.nyc.gov/2g2ubVf] would
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421-a protest in front of 626 Flatbush Avenue. (Photo via DPC)Today, Flatbush Council Member Jumaane Williams and northern Brooklyn Council Member Stephen Levin introduced two bills that would put checks and balances on buildings receiving the 421-a tax abatement. Williams’ Int.1366 bill [http://on.nyc.gov/2g2ubVf] would
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Today, led by a hankering for dumplings, I wandered into Samir Restaurant, the Uzbek and Russian spot that debuted in April on Coney Island Avenue [/blog/food/restaurant/new-uzbeki-restaurant-comes-coney-island-avenue/]. Uzbek and Russian dishes fill the menu ranging between $7 and $30 — some of them without
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1357 Flatbush Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)With a tentative deal struck on the controversial 421-a tax credit for developers [/blog/news/deal-reached-controversial-tax-credit-affordable-housing-construction/] , construction is projected to continue at a rapid pace with many new buildings in our area. Here’s a quick roundup of what we’ve spotted,
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1357 Flatbush Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)With a tentative deal struck on the controversial 421-a tax credit for developers [/blog/news/deal-reached-controversial-tax-credit-affordable-housing-construction/] , construction is projected to continue at a rapid pace with many new buildings in our area. Here’s a quick roundup of what we’ve spotted,
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Photo via NYPDCops are searching for a man suspected of punching a woman in the face at a Q train stop last Thursday during morning rush hour. At 8:00am on November 10, the suspect repeatedly punched a 34-year-old woman in the face on a stairwell inside the Q station
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Left to right: Saba Ismail, Samson Salamat and Shahid Khan, wearing the hallmark orange of the Rwadari Tehreek movement, borrowed from Sufi symbolism. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Samson Salamat, a Pakistani human rights defender, is igniting a global movement to combat terrorism, a movement whose voice is reaching Brooklyn’
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(Photo via jenboudz / Instagram)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Flatbush man attacks family members with meat cleaver after brawl over 2016 presidential election. [Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brooklyn-man-attacks-family-knife-fight-election-article-1.2871358] ] –A