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Yesterday’s news about DNAinfo shocked us at the BKLYNER newsroom on Coney Island Avenue. The disappearance of DNA Info leaves a lot of great reporters out of work, and many communities with much less coverage. Over years of bootstrapping local news coverage in Brooklyn, I’ve become convinced that
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MARINE PARK – In his Sheepshead Town Hall back in September, Mayor De Blasio promised many things [/mayors-promises-sheepshead-last-nights-town-hall/]. Among them was a STOP sign by a local school – which he was adamant would be installed by the end of October, if warranted. The exchange at the town hall was extremely memorable:
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – When Art Chang put the pro-Constitutional Convention (ConCon) yard sign by his residence, he was hoping to send a message to his neighbors. He was not quite expecting to engage in lamp post exchange on pros and cons in his Prospect Heights neighborhood. Next day he woke up
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RED HOOK – This Friday, November 3rd, head over to the Harold Ickes Playground in Red Hook, where the NYC Parks Department will be holding a Skate Fair (3-5pm) and community input session for a new skate park at the playground (5-6pm). NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher, City Council
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Councilmember Mathieu Eugene (center) at groundbreaking for PS889/IS890 in 2014/ BKLYNERDITMAS PARK/KENSINGTON – Councilman Mathieu Eugene (D, 40th) put out a press release last Friday, touting his hard work in getting a traffic light and crosswalk approved that will likely be installed next year by PS889, IS890 on Coney
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“You know it’s really frustrating the way people park their cars”, a neighbor remarked in Ditmas Park, home to endless movie shoots [/sinner-filming-ditmas-park-massive-production/], and increasingly scarce parking. Never mind folks in Kensington, Bensonhurst or Sheepshead Bay, where curb cuts and illegal driveways [/community-boards-want-de-blasio-to-crack-down-on-curb-cutting-bensonhurst/]are adding to congestion [/mayors-citywide-zoning-plan-fails-to-address-parking-issues-in-bensonhurst-sa
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New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Joseph Esposito unveils a six-foot high water mark sign, Wednesday, October 26, 2017, at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Coney IslandCONEY ISLAND– As the time passes, it’s easy to forget just how much water came into the city during the storm surge.
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WINDSOR TERRACE – When the school year started back in September, one crossing guard never appeared. Two weeks ago – the other one disappeared, with no explanation, leaving parents worried about the safety of their kids getting to and from school. The two intersections are located by the former Bishop Ford High
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KENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK — NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) has finished their traffic study, according to the Assemblymember Robert Carroll, and have agreed to install a traffic light at the corner of Coney Island Avenue and Hinckley Place to aid in traffic calming in front of IS 890 and PS 889
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PROSPECT PARK – Mayor Bill DeBlasio announced this morning that Prospect Park will go car free starting January 2, 2018. DeBlasio was surrounded by Council member Brad Lander, Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Marty Mar, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Musa Moor of CB9,Sue Donoghue, President of the BProspect park Alliance and
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PS889/IS890 on Coney Island AvenueKENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK – It’s getting to be the end of October soon, mornings are getting darker, and getting to school will become an even bigger challenge to students at the new PS889 / IS890 on Coney Island Avenue. We’ve written about the issues surrounding
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CONEY ISLAND – Nabiu Mansaray, who is also known as “Monchichi” and “Chich”, age 33, was arraigned this afternoon in Federal court in Brooklyn on charges of racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, narcotics trafficking and unlawful use of firearms, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New