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Morning Mug: Springtime In Bloom In Sunset Park

Photo by Ann Dwyer.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to editor@sunsetparkvoice.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Sunsetparkvoice], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sunsetparkvoice], and Instagram

Sunset Park Week In Review: Don Paco Lopez, School Upgrades Funded, An Unidentified Body

Photo by Ann Dwyer.Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [http://www.twitter.com/sunsetparkvoice], Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/sunsetparkvoice], and Instagram [http://www.instagram.com/sunsetparkvoice], and sign up for our daily newsletter [http://eepurl.com/bToRw1]. And

Flashback Friday: 58th Street And Fifth Avenue, Circa 1919

Photo courtesy of Tony Giordano.Back in 1919, this corner was home to Kartevolo Jeweler and Goldensohn’s shop. Now, it’s a grocery store/bodega. But it’s still a commercial street full of small businesses serving Sunset Parkers! Image via Google Maps.

New Ambulance Service To Provide Chinese Language Health Care And Jobs To Brooklynites

Photo by Heather Chin/Sunset Park Voice.Brooklyn’s Chinese American community now has its own ambulance company — the first on the East Coast — to address a growing need for paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who speak Chinese dialects such as Mandarin, Cantonese, and Toisanese. Launched in early April,

This Week’s Sunset Park Rental And Open House Round-Up

Are you looking for a new place to live can be a headache, but don’t fret, we’ve rounded up some cool and interesting places. Image via Halstead Properties.637 41st Street, #4C [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/637-41st-St-APT-4C-Brooklyn-NY-11232/89467611_zpid/] Size: studio, 1 bath co-op Cost: $285,000

Adoptable Animal Of The Week: Take A Chance On White Sox

Image via Sean Casey Animal Rescue.We may be Mets and Yankees fans here, but don’t let that stop you from loving Mr. White Sox here. > We never would’ve imagined when we rescued White Sox that she would still be looking for a home, 2 years later.

Morning Mug: Puerto Rican Pride In Sunset Park

Image via guerilah [https://www.instagram.com/p/BExgTocHdQg/?tagged=sunsetpark]. Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to editor@sunsetparkvoice.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/Sunsetparkvoice]

Gap Design Studio Is Coming To 35th Street Space In Industry City

Industry City may be seeing some tenants leave [/business/made-brooklyn-no-3-d-printing-company-makerbot-move-manufacturing-china/] , but it’s also continuing to bring in new ones at the same time. The newest arrival? Gap Inc., the national clothing retailer that’s popular with low-key budget shoppers. As reported in [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160428/REAL_

UPROSE Wins Small Business Grant To Strengthen “Economic And Environmental Resiliency”

UPROSE volunteers painting a sunflower banner in support of climate resiliency. (Photo courtesy of UPROSE.)Small businesses are often touted as the backbone of any community economy, particularly here in Brooklyn, where big business and mom-and-pop shops continue to fight for space. That’s why the city Department of Small

Brooklyn Nets’ Industry City Building Will Soon Get A Makeover

Rendering via Industry City.A building renovation is coming to what is known as Building 19 in Industry City, located at 168 39th Street. The upgrades, according to Commercial Observer [https://commercialobserver.com/2016/04/jamestown-belvedere-positioning-500k-sf-in-industry-city-building-19-for-creative-tenants/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CO%204%2F26%20make%