Central Brooklyn
(Photo via kbob63 / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHUym-dhiqo/?tagged=july4th])Staying in town to enjoy the long weekend? There are tons of ways to have a lively or relaxing holiday, blocks from your home. Whether you’re looking for a spectacular fireworks show [/blog/events/independence-hassle-guide-july-4th-brooklyn/], an america-themed
Animals
(Photo via Christin Friley)Looking for a companion who’s also an absolute sweetheart?Christin Friley, who rescued this adorable cat from a kill shelter, says: > Apollo is pretty much the ideal kitten. He’s about four months old, and since being rescued he’s been living with a
Animals
Photo via Christin FrileyLooking for a companion who’s also an absolute sweetheart? Christin Friley, who rescued this adorable cat from a kill shelter, says: > “Apollo is pretty much the ideal kitten. He’s about four months old, and since being rescued he’s been living with a family
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Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)The Lt. Federico Narvaez Tot Lot, a neighborhood playground on Cortelyou Road at Argyle Road, is a small but vital corner park named for a local fallen police officer. It’s also been the cause of angst for local parents over the past few years,
Health
(Photo by SimonQ / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/qiaomeng/7476574314/in/photolist-coFp4G-8Au5is-3DEXQR-3nwUhH-4tzxq5-CM2cF-3vdiS-W9dLz-7CPUtt-tDQUk-ofWYUo-anALKn-2B2MAs-7e8CrT-7sePbz-7TAatL-79pm1K-4XrfUr-8Gp2ob-qiig6R-5ptr19-79oXRX-4Jo1Cu-6XCxNC-o4HG2t-5GdqxV-8rPZGV-5ErMZ2-79sPLG-8rT6a7-5VPvJE-79ozm6-79sr5J-o4UBvU-5Bonze-79oWrP-6XKWw1-79sr6W-79rnhD-79ozga-79piTZ-dpwXyd-4xy3nV-7GfseM-79pax2-79rni8-pPYMiu-EcJT2a-8QCBbS-bvn7a7] )Sixteen daycare centers in Brooklyn failed to meet lead testin
Central Brooklyn
2210 Cortelyou Road, between East 22nd and East 23rd Streets (Screenshot via Google Maps)Police are searching for two men suspected of robbing and hitting a delivery man in the lobby of a Cortelyou Road apartment building last Tuesday. On June 21, at approximately 9:30pm, the two perpetrators (pictured
Central Brooklyn
(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Over the past 28-day period, overall reported crimes are down in the 70th precinct, compared to the same time period last year, with the notable exception of felony assaults most of which are related to domestic abuse cases, according to the precinct’s commanding officer.
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(Photo by the Flatbush Tenant Coalition / Facebook)For the second consecutive year, the Rent Guidelines Board voted last night to approve a rent freeze on one-year leases for over one million tenants in rent stabilized housing. The news was bittersweet for local tenants rights advocates, who were fighting for more
Business
Co-owners Shinji and Eunsuk Fuse, inside Tina’s Dry Cleaners and Tailor shop. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Husband and wife team Shinji and Eunsuk Fuse have been running Tina’s Dry Cleaners, at 1315 Foster Avenue [http://www.yelp.com/biz/musong-tailoring-and-tinas-cleaner-brooklyn], for 12 years. Shinji, originally from Japan,
fort greene
(Photo by the Flatbush Tenant Coalition / Facebook)For the second consecutive year, the Rent Guidelines Board voted last night to approve a rent freeze on one-year leases for over one million tenants in rent stabilized housing. The news was bittersweet for local tenants rights advocates, who were fighting for more
Arts & Culture
Jack Houghteling at Sycamore (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Jack Houghteling, 24, has found a unique way to blend two of his identities — picture-perfect millennial and evolving writer. When we sat down together for a beer in Sycamore’s backyard garden, I immediately saw that Houghteling is smart, confident, and
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanFor the second consecutive year, the Rent Guidelines Board voted last night to approve a rent freeze on one-year leases for over one million tenants in rent stabilized housing. The news was bittersweet for local tenants rights advocates, who were fighting for more this year — a rent-rollback.