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/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2337-16-78-PCT-Burg-08-11-16-Final.mp4A robber is on the run after he stole several iPads and an ATM holding large amounts of cash from a Prospect Heights restaurant last Thursday morning, police said. An unidentified man broke into Zaytoons Restaurant (594 Vanderbilt Avenue [https://www.google.com/maps/place/
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/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2337-16-78-PCT-Burg-08-11-16-Final.mp4A robber is on the run after he stole several iPads and an ATM holding large amounts of cash from a Prospect Heights restaurant last Thursday morning, police said. An unidentified man broke into Zaytoons Restaurant (594 Vanderbilt Avenue [https://www.google.com/maps/place/
Arts & Culture
Ethiopian food at the NYC African Food Festival. (Courtesy: socinna / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJGbXLMDPik/?tagged=nycafricanfoodfestival])With temperatures at nearly 100 degrees over the weekend, foodies still made their way to the first annual New York African Food Festival [/blog/2016/08/10/new-yorks-first-annual-african-food-festival-debuts-in-brooklyn-this-weekend/] at the Brooklyn
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Proposed 39 South Elliott Place plan. (Courtesy: Landmark Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/presentation-materials/05_21_16/39_South_Elliott_Pl.pdf] )The City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] (LPC) approved a revised proposal to construct
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(Courtesy: Brooklyn Navy Yard)The Brooklyn Navy Yard has released photos of its new shuttle buses as part of its improved transportation system. The Yard says its transportation plan will provide its growing workforce with direct access to all corners of the city. The brand-new shuttles can be tracked in
News
Photo by Ann DwyerKeep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/sunsetparkvoice], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sunsetparkvoice], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/sunsetparkvoice/], and sign up for our daily newsletter. If you have any news tips, story
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“Spread love, it’s the Brooklyn way.” (Photo: Elizabeth Elizalde / Fort Greene Focus)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus/], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/fortgreenefocus/], and sign up for
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Fulton Street art scene. (Courtesy: FAB Fulton / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCnsLpDlOVk/])Make sure to stay cool during the unbearable New York heat this weekend. But first, take the time to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some
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Rainbow over Sunset Brooklyn. (Courtesy: jeremyfrankly / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BI_CN7PDdJL/?tagged=sunsetparkbrooklyn])Make sure to stay cool during the unbearable New York heat this weekend. But first, take the time to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled
![Man Slashed Outside Shake Shack In Downtown Brooklyn, NYPD Says [Updated]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/7931341754_6c39c73c8d_k.jpg)
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A man was slashed outside the Shake Shack in Downtown Brooklyn Thursday afternoon, cops said. (Courtesy: Ms. Carter / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/hopsckotch/7931341754/])A man was viciously slashed in the arm by another man carrying a weapon outside the Shake Shack in Downtown Brooklyn [https://www.shakeshack.
Police & Fire
/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2308-16-66-Pct-Robbery-8-11-16-VIDEO-1.mp4A city sanitation worker was robbed at gunpoint while on the job in Sunset Park early Thursday morning, police said. Two men approached the 32-year-old worker in front of 4020 Ninth Avenue at 3:10 a.m., as he was performing his duties, authorities said.
Events
(Courtesy: makeshiftmay / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEsCkSrRtMB/?tagged=fortgreenebrooklyn])WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/14/seven-places-to-enjoy-wine-tastings-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/] weekly options! Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE [http://myrtleavenue.org/kids-guide-to-myrtle-avenue/] also has great listings. Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/] or