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Apr
10

#ThrowbackThursday: Women Working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1941

Women making national and signal flags in the Brooklyn Navy Yard for the U.S. Navy in 1941. (Photo courtesy
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Apr
10

Community Board 2 Votes to Request New District Boundary Lines

Community Board 2 members discussed moving district boundary lines to encompass the entire Atlantic Yards site at last night’s
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Apr
09
It’s Spring. Get Out And Enjoy It.

It’s Spring. Get Out And Enjoy It.

The last snow drift has finally melted, daffodils are blooming and walking to the corner store no longer resembles the
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Apr
07

The Day: Clinton Hill Fire, Community Board 2 Meeting and a Jazz Festival

Spring has finally arrived in the neighborhood, bringing sunny skies and warm temperatures. (Photo byFrancisco Daum ["https://www.flickr.
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Apr
04

Crime Report: Street Assaults, Robbery at Gunpoint and Thefts from Cars

A worker at King of Classon Avenue Deli, 504 Classon Avenue, told police on March 28 that a customer paid
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Apr
03

#ThrowbackThursday: Football in Fort Greene Park

A group of men playing football in Fort Greene Park, circa 1872-1887. (Photo by George Bradford Brainerd, courtesy the Brooklyn
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Apr
01

Neighborly Neighbors: John Dammer

John Dammer, 31, at work at Bittersweet on the corner of Cumberland Street and DeKalb Avenue. (Photo by Emily Field)
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Mar
31
Pet Spotlight: Misiu the Black Labrador Mix

Pet Spotlight: Misiu the Black Labrador Mix

We met Misiu, pronounced Mee-shoo, on a sunny spring day walking in Fort Greene Park with Izabela Socha, his owner’
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Mar
31
The Day: Oldest Man in New York City Dies at 112 and Traffic Safety on Atlantic Avenue

The Day: Oldest Man in New York City Dies at 112 and Traffic Safety on Atlantic Avenue

Now that the weather is finally warming up, take a stroll around the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene
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Mar
27
#ThrowbackThursday: A Milkman on Fulton Street

#ThrowbackThursday: A Milkman on Fulton Street

A milkman making his deliveries on Fulton Street in 1900. (Photo courtesy the Brooklyn Museum [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/home.
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