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Borough President Adams watching surveillance footage with Rabbi Eli Cohen (Courtesy Patrick Rheaume of the Brooklyn Brooklyn Borough Office)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has introduced Operation Safe Shopper, a pilot program between civic groups and the NYPD in which security cameras will be installed throughout commercial strips borough-wide to
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Happy hour, you say? (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)You know those places that you always walk by and think “oh, I need to try that place one of these days”? Where you see people laughing and eating plates of enticing food? Pequeña is one of those for me.
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Janette Sadik-Khan (l.) and Tucker Reed (r.) (Courtesy Twitter/TuckerDBP [https://twitter.com/TuckerDBP/status/733402830892093440])The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [/?s=downtown+brooklyn+partnership](DBP) is about to begin a new phase in its development, as its president prepares to step aside. The DBP has announced [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/posts/
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Borough President Adams watching surveillance footage with Rabbi Eli Cohen (Courtesy Patrick Rheaume of the Brooklyn Brooklyn Borough Office)Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams [/?s=eric+adams] has introduced Operation Safe Shopper, a pilot program between civic groups and the NYPD [/?s=nypd] in which security cameras will be installed
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Look at that hardwood floor! (Courtesy Nadine Abramson of Brown Harris Stevens [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/119-Vanderbilt-Ave-Brooklyn-NY-11205/30611594_zpid/] )It’s no secret that neighborhood real estate prices are rising, and now there’s further proof! Actor Lake Bell has listed her [http://www.bhsusa.com/brooklyn/119-vanderbilt-avenue/townhouse/
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Broadway is coming to Brooklyn! (Courtesy Instagram/lilalikesyou [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHqm1KiDJSe/])The cast of Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is coming to Fort Greene Park [/?s=fort+greene+park]. Cast members will perform a series of excerpts from the musical about the native Brooklynite for the public
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300 Ashland Place (Courtesy Instagram/cityrealty [https://www.instagram.com/p/BHSX4zVhxdw/])Affordable housing at 300 Ashland Place will be discussed at a seminar taking place later this week. The Fifth Avenue Committee is hosting a seminar on applying for affordable housing that will take place at Brown Memorial Baptist
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Photo by Heather Chin/Fort Greene Focus.Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR. MONDAY JULY 11 (Courtesy Gabriella Mann)Mindful Mondays [https:
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Spike Lee attended the march (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Children and their parents gathered in Fort Greene Park to mourn the recent violence taking place across the country while also discussing a path forward. A large crowd met at 10am by the Prison Ship Martyr’s Monument [/?s=
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The chicken shish kebab entree at Deniz is only a menace to those with tiny appetites. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and
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Photo by Mitchell J. Silver.A group of local kids and their parents will be leading a Sunday morning peace march in the aftermath of the deaths of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and five police officers in Dallas. The march is scheduled for 10 am tomorrow, July 10, at the
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(Photo by Francisco Daum)We’re in the midst of the warmest part of the year and the news from around Brooklyn is hot, hot, hot! Find a comfy spot, pour a cold beverage, and read up on the best of what’s been going down ’round the County of