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#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 the National Archives [http://docsteach.org/documents/195918/detail?menu=closed&page=21].)This week’s #ThrowbackThursday photo takes us back to World War II, when women were working

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 general meeting. (Photo by Emily Field)Community Board 2 voted last night to request the city redraw the district boundaries to include that the entire Atlantic Yards site. Currently, Atlantic

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 Shakleton Expedition; it’s safe to say the long winter of 2014 is finally over. Now that going outside isn’t physically painful, we’ve rounded up some things to

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 for a sandwich that morning. with a $1 bill, then claimed he had handed over a $20 bill and demanded the $20 back. He told police he saw a black

#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 Museum [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/home.php])Now that the weather is finally warming up (fingers crossed!), locals will spend more time in Fort Greene Park, just as they did

Neighborly Neighbors: John Dammer

John Dammer, 31, at work at Bittersweet on the corner of Cumberland Street and DeKalb Avenue. (Photo by Emily Field)Neighborly Neighbors [http://www.thenabe.me/blog/tag/neighborly-neighbors/] is a series of posts in which we stop random people, ask them a few random questions, take their picture and

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’s sister. Socha said her sister and her fiance adopted Misiu, now almost two years old, a year and a half ago from Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue [http://www.badassbrooklynanimalrescue.

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 Park. (Photo by Francisco Daum ["https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. We hope you got enjoyed the weekend, despite the rain. This

#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.php].)This week’s #ThrowbackThursday photograph takes us back to 1900, when locals could get milk delivered to their doorsteps every morning. A stamp on the back of the photograph