Source: dtanist/FlickrB LINE From 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednesday to Friday, Manhattan-bound B trains run local from Kings Hwy to Prospect Park Q LINE All times until summer 2014: Coney Island-bound Q trains skip Parkside Av, Beverley Rd, and Cortelyou Rd. From 10 p.m.
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Photo by Brian HooIn a rare victory for Southern Brooklyn wildlife, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced on Friday that it will revise its plan to eradicate the state’s 2,200 mute swans [/draft-mute-swans/] and consider non-lethal methods to keep numbers down. The reversal came on
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The location of the fire. (Source: Google Maps)A 38-year-old man died in an early morning fire on 73rd Street near 18th Avenue on Saturday. Joseph Barbara was found inside his home unresponsive and unconscious by firefighters, who were summoned to 1759 73rd Street just after midnight for a second
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Source: Recchia campaignFormer City Councilman Domenic Recchia on Saturday officially announced his bid for the 11th Congressional District, the seat currently occupied by Republican Michael Grimm. Recchia made the announcement before a crowd of supporters in front of his mother’s Staten Island home, where he and a host of
Source: Recchia campaignFormer City Councilman Domenic Recchia on Saturday officially announced his bid for the 11th Congressional District, the seat currently occupied by Republican Michael Grimm. Recchia made the announcement before a crowd of supporters in front of his mother’s Staten Island home, where he and a host of
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Ed Eisenberg at the 2010 Sheepshead Bay Memorial Day ParadeFor more than 40 years he was entwined in the fabric of the Southern Brooklyn community. He was ever-present at community meetings, where he was frequently recognized for stellar attendance. He was a member of numerous civic groups; so many that
Source: wallyg/FlickrQ LINE All times until early summer 2014: Coney Island-bound Q trains skip Parkside Av, Beverley Rd, and Cortelyou Rd. From 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday, Q service is extended to Ditmars Blvd. F LINE From
Source: wallyg/FlickrD LINE There are no subway service adjustments scheduled at this time. N LINE All times until October 2014: there are no N or R trains running between Court St, Brooklyn and Whitehall St, Manhattan. Late-night N (11:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.) and weekend R
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Loehmann’s discount clothing store at 2027 Emmons Avenue closed for good on Wednesday, wrapping up its seven-week-long closeout sale. We first announced the impending closure of Loehmann’s in early January [/loehmanns-on-emmons-avenue-set-to-close-putting-nearly-100-out-of-work/], after the retailer filed for bankruptcy and won a court decision permitting it to sell of inventory
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It’s several months later than expected, but at least part of the new 7-Eleven coming to Cropsey Avenue and 20th Avenue is now open. Our Elle Spektor filled us in that the gas station portion of the operation is now open to customers. Work at the site stopped or
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Photo by Erica ShermanSecurity officials at Edward R. Murrow, James Madison and Midwood high schools were on high alert Thursday and are again today, after threats to shoot students emerged on social media. Parents at the schools were notified yesterday morning by robocalls from the schools’ principals. A recording of
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Source: jeweledlion/FlickrThe following is a press release from the offices of City Councilman David Greenfield: As an immediate first step in the ambitious Vision Zero plan to end traffic deaths in New York City, Councilman David G. Greenfield, a member of the Council’s Transportation Committee, is calling on