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Hype’s Kitchen Opens In PLG

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN – Social media celebrity turned standup comedian Majah Hype is now the co-owner of Hype’s Kitchen and Juice Bar, a Carribean eatery in the heart of PLG. Hype’s Kitchen and Juice Bar in PLG at 589 Flatbush Avenue (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)The social media star who

Business

Crown Heights/PLG: Openings

CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS/PLG – It’s restaurant season and here’s what’s opening in Crown Heights, Prospect Heights and PLG. Gruit Garden & Eatery. Replacing the old Toomey’s Diner on the corner of Empire Blvd as Rogers Avenue. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)GRUIT GARDEN & BEER After seven years,

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Another Shooting Near Elijah G. Stroud Campus

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – On May 21, officials sheltered in P.S. 316 [http://www.ps316brooklyn.org/] (Elijah G. Stroud Elementary School) and M.S. 353 because of a gun-related incident. That evening, third graders were performing The Wiz at a special evening musical. Less than two weeks later, and another shooting

Arts & Culture

Third Annual PLG Arts Event, June 15

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN – The PLG Arts Film Festival [https://plgarts.org/events/plg-arts-music-festival/] is just around the corner and here’s the official lineup. The non-profit promotes the arts and local artists from PLG and the surrounding areas. Now in its third year, the festival boasts 12 performances spaces between Parkside

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Gounardes Inches Closer To Passing Verrazzano Discount

BAY RIDGE — Soon Brooklyn residents can travel across the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge at the same discounted rate as their Staten Island neighbors. Verrazzano Bridge. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe New York Senate passed 55 – 2, State Sen. Andrew Gounardes’ bill [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/s4490] allowing Brooklyn residents to

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Sushi by Bou Opens On Emmons Avenue Thursday

SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Sushi by Bou is bringing it’s rapid-fire take on sushi to one of Brooklyn’s waterfronts today. Sushi by Bou at 1811 Emmons Avenue (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)Located at 1811 Emmons Avenue, the rapidly-expanding omakase spot, Sushi by Bou [https://www.sushibybou.com/#locations], is destined

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Search For CB9 District Manager Drags On And On And On & More

CROWN HEIGHTS — Another contentious Community Board 9 meeting for the record. This time three members of the executive board walked out of the monthly general board meeting. The gesture subsequently killed quorum for what should have been an opportunity to hear from four candidates in the long-vacant district manager’s

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Tastes Of Franklin Festival Launches In Crown Heights This Sunday

CROWN HEIGHTS — Retailers along the Franklin Avenue retail corridor are joining the food crawl trend this Sunday with the first-ever Tastes of Franklin Festival. The event runs four hours from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm along Franklin Avenue between Park and Sterling Place on June 2. Try tastings

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Chirlane McCray Takes Mental Health Conversation Nationwide

EAST NEW YORK — Just as a songstress belted out a high note on the ground floor of the East New York Seventh Day Adventist Church, New York City’s first lady was also testifying on a much more secular topic, “How was Iowa?” First lady Chirlane McCray addresses a congregation

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City Council Launches Interactive Map Of Public Parks

BROOKLYN — For many, Memorial Day marks the start of the summer and the New York City Council is arming New Yorkers with its latest rollout. Ahead of the holiday, the council launched an interactive map [https://council.nyc.gov/data/parks-in-nyc/] of public parks with details of each facility’s

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Podcast Alert: JEC Launches The Economic Explainer

GREENPOINT — Politics podcasts aren’t just for policy wonks these days. The Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of which Brooklyn’s U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney is vice chair is starting a podcast dubbed The Economic Explainer. The podcast [https://www.blubrry.com/economicexplainer/44187450/the-credit-card-act-turns-10/] looks to demystify the impact

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Underhill Walls Transforms Into An Urban Jungle

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — It’s the changing of the guards at Central Brooklyn’s Underhill Walls — the 17-panel art display near the Brooklyn Public Library [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/] that attracts onlookers throughout the borough and beyond. This year, Jeff Beler, the curator, and 16 other artists cooked up an Urban

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Lyft Adds Citi Bike To Their Rideshare App

BROOKLYN — Lyft has integrated Citibike into their rideshare app, giving more users the option to get around the borough on two wheels or four, though all the pedal assist bikes have been taken out of commission until the fall to improve the brakes. [https://ny.curbed.com/2019/5/13/

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LookBack Law Could Change Rental Game

CROWN HEIGHTS — Three years ago, Barbara Boon rented a room in Crown Heights for $975 a month on exrny.com – an online portal for apartment-seeking New Yorkers. With two dogs in tow, she moved into her spacious 3-bedroom share. Three years later she discovered she and her two apartment mates

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Vocational Training Gets $175M Boost

BEDFORD STUYVESANT — Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul came to Bedford Stuyvesant Monday to highlight a $175 million initiative that will boost funding to the workforce development programs across New York state. Hochul joined Councilman Robert Cornegy Jr. at Per Scholas. Kadia Goba/Bklyner The initiative aims to help improve the pipeline

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Flatbush Neighbors Rally To Save Scoops

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — Scoops, an ice cream parlor and vegetarian shop in PLG that opened in 1984, faces eviction in an area undergoing rapid gentrification and neighbors are upset. Scoops and Plates Photo: Kadia Goba/BklynerThe news first broke on a closed Facebook group. Stefan Sirucek posted that the business, located

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Crown Heights Man Fatally Shot In Head

CROWN HEIGHTS – Police are looking for suspects in connection to a shooting Thursday night that took the life of Jamal Simms of Crown Heights. Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] NYPD officers responded to reports of a man

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Community Rallies To Fund Weeksville Heritage Center

CROWN HEIGHTS — Elected officials rallied Thursday to make the historic Weeksville Heritage Center [https://www.weeksvillesociety.org/] part of the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs after lack of private funding threatened the Crown Heights house museum’s existence. Weeksville Heritage Center by Nic LehouxThe city agency currently provides funding

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Park Slope Neighbor Runs For President

PARK SLOPE – Amid much anticipation, Mayor Bill de Blasio, our Park Slope neighbor, finally announced his bid to become the 46th president of the United States and some Brooklyn electeds think the idea is pretty hairy. “I have a better chance of regrowing a head of hair than he has

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Farah Louis Snags Council Seat

EAST FLATBUSH/MIDWOOD — The duel between two former staffers vying for the city’s 45th council seat ended (temporarily) Tuesday, with Farah Louis as the victor, in large part because of the votes from the Orthodox Jewish community. Farah Louis (Photo credit: Farah Louis)The top two contenders secured more

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Elijah G. Stroud Playground Celebrates Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

PROSPECT HEIGHTS/CROWN HEIGHTS — The Department of Parks and Recreation celebrates the official opening of Stroud Playground with a skating event and movie night this Friday. Elijah G. Stroud Playground (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)Start the weekend off with a fun-filled three hours of roller skating and a host of

Greenpoint

Dawn Smalls To Run For Congress, Sources Say

GREENPOINT — Dawn Smalls is considering a run against U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney of the 12th congressional district in 2020, according to sources close to the former public advocate candidate. Dawn Smalls (Photo: Dawn Smalls’ Twitter account)Smalls, a Democrat, who placed sixth in a 17-person race this year, recently

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Heated Questions On Housing At Crown Heights Forum

CROWN HEIGHTS—State Sen. Zelllnor Myrie hosted a dozen city representatives and advocates on Thursday who informed residents on housing issues including the recent change in the city’s area median income. [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/renters/area-median-income.page] The area median income (AMI) for a family of

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Schumer, Jeffries Talk Weed Decriminalization

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Two Congressional lawmakers shot a weed ad Wednesday and they did it in Brooklyn. (From left to right) U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and U.S. Sen. Charles “Chuck” Schumer at BRIC shooting a video to promote the decriminalization of marijuana. (Photo: Courtesy of the offices of Jeffries

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Red Hook Recreation Center Gets Fed Funding For Sandy Repairs

RED HOOK — Nearly seven years after Superstorm Sandy, Congressional lawmakers announced, on Tuesday, an $8 million rehab for the Red Hook Recreation Center. Red Hood Recreation Center at 155 Bay St. (Photo credit: NYC Parks Dept.)The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided $8,038,976.40 in federal funds