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Malcolm Pinckney/NYC ParksCANARSIE – The cracked concrete patch is no more. The ground was broken this morning on a $3.8 million renovation of the I.S. 68 Playground, which was first opened in 1965 and is officially known as Bildersee Playground. NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher, City
Arts & Culture
The Visit haunts you. First, I saw the trailer, and could not stop thinking about it. Who’s visiting whom? Why? The short film, all 12 minutes and 30 seconds of it, makes you hold your breath, and just when you think you’ve figured it out, offers a twist
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GERRITSEN BEACH – The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) installed six rubberized temporary pedestrian islands on Gerritsen Avenue last week in its latest attempt to calm the traffic. [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/gerritsen-ave-traffic-calming-oct2016.pdf] Residents are concerned about having to veer into oncoming traffic to
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GRAVESEND – Southwest Brooklyn Marine Transfer Station (Southwest MTS) quietly opened on October 1, 2018. The facility has a capacity to accept 700-900 tons of garbage a day and is now the destination for waste from the surrounding Community Boards 11, 12, 13 and 15. All of it was previously headed
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NOW: 3rd Annual Brooklyn Horror Film Fest [http://brooklynhorrorfest.com/], Oct 11 – 18Calling on the Spirits [https://www.green-wood.com/event/calling-on-the-spirits/], Green-Wood, Oct. 13 – Discover the curious world of nineteenth-century mediums, magicians, and spiritualists in New York’s foremost Victorian-era cemetery, Green-Wood. There is a waitlist. BAY RIDGE kicks
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Renderings used in a presentation for Franklin Avenue Rezoning on 09/26/2018. The Lincoln/Continuum site of the old Spice Factory is to the bottom right with the tall chimney stack.CROWN HEIGHTS – There are two large projects proposed for Franklin Avenue between Empire Boulevard and President Street in
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There are not that many options in this city for those wishing to get rid of books, whatever the reason – kids grew, parents died, moving or simply downsizing. Here are some ideas of what you can do: The Big Brooklyn Book Sale – Once a year, you can drop your book
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KENSINGTON – Last night, a new Thai restaurant softly opened its doors on Church Avenue. Thai Farm Kitchen is the latest addition to the already excellent Thai dining options we have in Kensington and Ditmas Park (Sawasde, Corthaiyou, Monday’s Off, and Am Thai Bistro, to name a few), and it
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DITMAS PARK – Mouse Ceramic Studio [https://www.mouseceramicstudio.com/] opened this Monday, October 1, on time as promised – equally surprising and delighting owners Lauren Berodt-Ramirez and Pedro Ramirez – and shall we say – every potter and aspiring potter south of Prospect Park. Adrianna with clay.The studio, set on the ground
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Al Contrera at the Bookmark Shoppe in SeptemberBENSONHURST – Despite the rain, Bookmark Shoppe [https://www.bookmarkshoppe.com/] in Bay Ridge was packed on Tuesday, September 25, for an evening of reminiscing about The Mystics and Brooklyn history, and to celebrate Al Contrera and his book – “Hushabye: The Mystics, the Music,
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Errol Louis introducing Dr. Mitchell Katz (first from left). To his right is Martine Granby of BRIC TV and Pedro Frisneda of El Diario La Prensa. Liena Zagare/BklynerLast week in a conversation with local journalists at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York,
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KENSINGTON – Thai Farm Kitchen is opening next Thursday, October 11 at 5:00 pm at 416 Church Avenue (between E4th and E5th) in Kensington. Behind it are husband and wife duo Jess and Kanyawee Calvo, who also have a restaurant in Thailand, and hope to bring both – authentic Thai food,