Source: queenscampaigner.comVoters head to the polls today for the special election to decide the new representative for the 9th Congressional District – the seat vacated by Anthony Weiner [/video-weiner-resigns-at-press-conference-heckler-denies-chance-at-dignified-departure/] . Not sure where you can vote? Registered voters can find their polling station using this online tool [http://www.vote411.org/
Right smack dab in the middle of town I’ve found a paradise that’s trouble proof (up on the roof) And if this world starts getting you down There’s room enough for two Up on the roof (up on the roof) — Gerry Goffin & Carole King Photo by
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Rockin' Ray Fiore touches up the memorial wall during the event. (Photo by Erica Sherman)The weather looked dreadful in the hours leading up to the Brooklyn / Bedford Park 9/11 Memorial yesterday evening, honoring the fallen friends and families of those who passed 10 years ago. But minutes
I’m talking about today. And I’d much rather be outside, pounding pavement and finding stories, than be here writing a needlessly wordy open thread. So I’m going to do that. It’s an open thread. You know what to do.
The Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Association is inviting residents of the area to their September meeting this evening at 8:00 p.m. The meeting is at P.S. 195, 131 Irwin Street. The association will discuss traffic, security, zoning and other issues relevant to residents of Manhattan Beach.
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The emergency evacuations of low-lying areas in advance of Hurricane Irene [/city-orders-mandatory-evacuation-of-zone-a-including-manhattan-beach-brighton-beach-and-sheepshead-bay/] might have seemed like an overreaction to those residents who didn’t live in the small pockets of the city pummeled by the winds and rain [/photos-hurricane-irenes-first-round-sees-floods-fallen-trees/]. But, despite the small scale of the damage, it’s undeniable
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Local reporter Neil Friedman took the above photograph on July 28, 2011, during a tour of the World Trade Center site. Building at left is One World Trade Center, formerly called Freedom Tower, next to Seven World Trade Center. In the foreground is the National September 11 Memorial and Museum
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The Handsome Little Devils’ Squirm Burpee Circus is just one of the performances on the 2011/12 lineup.Kingsborough Community College hosts one of the finest – and most under-appreciated – cultural venues in Southern Brooklyn, with a top-notch theater as its crown jewel. The On Stage at Kingsborough program, which produces
We sure hope you weren’t planning a night out in the city, or perhaps a visit to Ground Zero for September 11. If so, don’t expect the MTA to cooperate with your plans: there will be no Q subway service this weekend in Southern Brooklyn. From 10:00
Click to enlargeAnother week of overall increase in the crime rate. CompStat reports are produced by the New York Police Department on a weekly basis. We summarize the week’s statistics for the 61st Precinct reports every Friday. The 61st Precinct is the police command responsible for Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend,
It’s been a while since a new seafood restaurant opened in the Sheepshead Bay area. We’ve seen burger joints [/top-brgr-now-open-on-emmons-avenue/], German-themed bars [/sheepsheads-draft-barn-grand-opening-is-today/], even French, uh, “cousin.” [/eat-your-french-cousin-er-spell-check-please/] But the most recently opened establishments focusing on fish and other seafood are probably Clemente’s Maryland Crabhouse and Liman,
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The 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks is this weekend, and thousands – if not millions – will be commemorating one of the most tragic days in our nation’s history through scores of events throughout the city. Some tributes will be grand and star-studded, like that expected to occur