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The Atlantic Avenue elevated train station around 1895. (Photo courtesy the Brooklyn Historical Society ["http://brooklynhistory.org/])This week’s #ThrowbackThursday photograph shows the elevated BMT Fifth Avenue line train station at Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.684112,-73.977486,3a,75y,338.
Big Ben
Dory Weiss is one local who sees a streetcar trolley connecting Queens and Brooklyn as a tourist attraction. (Photo by Emily Field)A streetcar trolley line connecting Queens to Brooklyn could make it easier to travel between the boroughs – but it might be more of a tourist attraction, according to
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NYCHA residents discussed public safety issues at the Ingersoll Community Center. (Photo by Emily Field)Residents from New York City Housing Authority developments in the 35th District, including the Ingersoll Houses, Farragut Houses, Atlantic Terminal Houses and the Walt Whitman Houses, gathered yesterday evening at the Ingersoll Community Center for
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Police warn locals about scammers using Green Dot MoneyPak cards. (Image courtesy the NYPD)Police in the 88th Precinct want locals to be on the lookout for telephone scammers using Green Dot MoneyPak [https://www.moneypak.com/] cards – a reloadable debit card sold at pharmacies – to swindle New Yorkers out
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Locals headed outside to enjoy the spring weather by Fort Greene Park. (Photo by Francisco Daum ["https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/<Francisco])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We hope you enjoyed the warmer weather this weekend. It looks like we won’t be getting any
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Police arrested Donnell Whitehead, 23, and Kenwan Givens, 19 for allegedly trying to rob a 19-year-old man at gunpoint in his apartment in the Walt Whitman Houses on April 10. The man told police that he and three other men were in his apartment at noon when Whitehead allegedly pointed
Magnolia trees blossomed in Fort Greene Park this week, despite Tuesday night’s snow. (Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/]) Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, We’ve had some surprise snow this week, but luckily the weather should warm up a bit this weekend
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The Masonic Temple on Clermont Avenue at Lafayette Avenue, built in 1907. (Photo courtesy the Museum of the City of New York [http://www.historypin.com/map/#!/geo:40.68755,-73.969959/zoom:16/dialog:18129/tab:details/] )This week’s #ThrowbackThursday is a 1910 photograph of the Brooklyn Masonic
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Captain Peter Fiorillo, the new commanding officer of the 88th Precinct, updates the community on the investigation into the March 15 shooting of Gilbert Kelly. (Photo by Emily Field)Police are close to making an arrest for the murder of Gilbert Kelly, shot last month on Grand Avenue [http://www.
Neighbors and friends placed flowers and candles where Armal Mallory was shot and killed in the Walt Whitman Houses early Monday morning. (Photo by Emily Field)A video posted on the social media site Reddit [http://www.reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/22zyrx/last_nights_shooting_outside_my_window_turn_
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Sunny skies returned to the neighborhood this weekend. (Photo by Francisco Daum [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We hope you got a chance to enjoy the beautiful weather outside this weekend. The morning might be slightly overcast today, but the clouds should
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A 52-year-old woman told police on April 1 that she had been making coffee in her kitchen after taking out the trash at 5:30 a.m. and heard the front door to her apartment building on Clermont Avenue near Lafayette Avenue open. She ran to the front door and