The cannons at Fort Hamilton fired yesterday morning as ships sailed under the Verrazzano bridge into New York harbor, marking the beginning of the Fleet Week. Church bells rang 21 times today to remember the lives lost in the school shooting in Texas. Congressional and State Senate lines were finalized,
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This weekend we celebrate Notorious B.I.G. across the city; Open Stages - 15 of them - will bring lots of music to Park Slope; and Brooklyn Half returns on Sunday for the 40th time, so plan on that. Oh, and it will be hot, 90 degrees hot this
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Lots of stuff this week, including another Special Election, two parades, food with a side of politics and so much more.
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Polls, crime, e-bikes, cash for kindergarteners, oxtail pizza, Flatbush Sears redevelopment plans, history of Sea Gate, and more.
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New York's voters can be forgiven for not being able to keep up with all that is happening. Just when you thought you knew what congressional or senate district you live in, that changed this week after New York's highest court tossed out the Democrat-drawn lines
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Between the City elections last November, special elections this February, March, and May in some Brooklyn Assembly districts, now June and August primaries followed by a November general election, some of us will be heading to the polls four times!
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Lots of little news this Earth week, from garbage container pilots and bike lane sweeping, to new rides at Coney Island, new ball fields, and more.
Politics
If you live in any of the areas along Sunset Park, Bensonhurst, where there has been an incredible influx of Asian residents, you now likely reside inside a district that was drawn to give Brooklyn's Asian community a voice in the New York senate. And that voice is
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The subway shooting in Sunset Park that injured over 20 people [https://bklyner.com/subway-terror-in-sunset-park/] was the biggest thing that happened in Brooklyn this week. Thankfully, no one died, and the shooter was apprehended the next day [https://nypost.com/2022/04/13/brooklyn-shooting-suspect-frank-james-in-police-custody/] . But yesterday, just around 5:30
This morning, at a busy subway station in Sunset Park, a stocky, dark-skinned man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and a green construction type vest, pulled on what appeared to be a gas mask, opened a canister that filled the train car with smoke and started shooting as the Manhattan-bound
Development
The average rent in Brooklyn is over $3,000 a month, and year-over-year rental prices are up across-the-board with studio, one- and two-bedroom units up by 20.98%, 25.16%, and 23.66%, respectively, MNS real estate report shows.
Politics
Ana María Archila [https://www.anamariaforny.com/], a lifelong immigrant advocate, and Brooklyn resident, is running for Lt. Governor’s office in this June’s primaries. Originally from Colombia, she has spent the last 20+ years working in working-class communities in Staten Island, Queens, and Brooklyn, organizing, educating, advocating, and