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Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / FlickrAn 84-year-old man was found lying dead in his bed with a gunshot wound to the head, according to the NYPD. A man identified as Sydney Bragg was found lying face up in his bed on the first floor at
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Gabay’s widow, Trenelle Gabay, (l.) and his brother, Aaron McNaughton (r.) at the dedication. (Courtesy Mayor Bill de Blasio)Carey Gabay, the slain attorney and former assistant to Governor Cuomo, would have turned 44 yesterday and his birthday was marked by the renaming of a street in his honor
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Govinda’s promises to fill and fulfillHere’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 check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and subscribe to our newsletter [http://eepurl.com/
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(Courtesy Flickr/Ethan Oringel [https://www.flickr.com/photos/eoringel/2603594468/in/photolist-4Y56VN-9VbioV-eKyXk8-7wywuG-9Ve6SG-ckrbL3-9Vbn8x-9VboKe-9Vbdr2-9VdYWu-9Ved65-4DxbES-9Vbhqe-9Vbj7z-5fs9Zv-5BAZaz-9VearU-ehLcTG-9VebrE-ay7drN-9Ve1dw-5eNPi3-7bP4Zt-5bL7Rw-4HXjjv-8872ns-7bSUk9-7bP5Ba-ay4uez-7o4Vxj-ay4vq4-bp7Bwj-6ug38w-8C3o2K-nFmqZ6-48vsXW-6ubWov-8C3o7Z-8C3r4M-5xtDHo-7bP54x-6genQ2-7nzy8v-7bSSmj-6gixH9-6geo4H-89YG2j-6genvt-5xpgLR-8C3nWv] )WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/
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Photo via BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn [hhttps://www.instagram.com/p/BBV0SbBmnSP/?taken-by=briccelebratebk&hl=en]The weather is getting better (theoretically, anyway) and that means it’s time to head outside for entertainment. We present to you this handy dandy guide to summer concerts in the Brownstone Belt. AFROPUNK’
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(Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/17482416106/in/photolist-sCRXem-Kr87X-Kr86Z] )Alibi was named merely the second best dive bar in New York City, further proving that the internet (thankfully, finally [http://www.poynter.org/2016/ap-style-change-alert-dont-capitalize-internet-and-web-any-more/404664/] spelled with a lower case i) is full of lies and
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Screenshot via Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ office.Charges against postal worker Glen Grays have been dropped according to District Attorney Ken Thompson. Grays was arrested for disorderly conduct on St. Patrick’s Day after he yelled at a car that had nearly run him over. The car was an
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461 Dean Street (Courtesy BerlinRosen.)The 32-story residential building at 461 Dean Street [/?s=461+dean+street] has long dominated the skyline; It also dominated the discussion at Wednesday’s community board meeting. Neighbors bombarded representatives from Forest City Ratner, the developer behind the project, about affordable housing in the
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Govinda’s promises to fill and fulfillLike any nice Jewish boy ought to, I decided to have lunch at a Hare Krishna temple. Govinda’s Vegetarian Restaurant [http://www.radhagovindanyc.com/govindas/] opened in 2007 in the basement of the ISKCON New York Hare Krishna temple at 305 Schemerhorn Street
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226 St. James Place, home of the Notorious B.I.G. (Courtesy Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/226+st+james+place+brooklyn/@40.6835497,-73.9638132,3a,75y,260.58h,105.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szJLYihMFwcmDxplPnHeCew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb6fdca03a8049ded!6m1!1e1] )Clinton
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You can help spruce up Fort Greene Park on May 21. (Courtesy Instagram/MyrtleAveBk)Here’s a roundup of press releases and other mishegoss that came through the mailbox and deserves a mention: * The Myrtle Avenue Partnership will convert over 40 tree beds into sidewalk gardens as part of its
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Commodore Barry Park would see significant changes. (Courtesy Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://assets.downtownbrooklyn.com/documents/Brooklyn-Strand-Community-Vision-Plan.pdf] .)Following a two year community input process [/blog/2015/10/20/brooklyn-strand-community-workshops-come-to-fort-greene-this-week/] , Downtown Brooklyn Partnership has released its full plan for the Brooklyn Strand waterfront revitalization project [http://assets.downtownbrooklyn.com/documents/