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GOP presidential candidate John Kasich visiting Shema Kolainu yesterday. Pictured from left to right — Joseph B. Stamm, Governor Kasich, Ezra Friedlander, and Dr. Joshua Weinstein. (Photo: Dov & Shmuel Lenchevsky)Ohio governor and GOP presidential contender John Kasich visited the Orthodox Jewish community of Borough Park yesterday afternoon. Governor Kasich’
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Still from video showing package thief on Buckingham Road last Friday.UPDATE (4/23/16, 1pm): A suspect has been arrested in this case — who has confessed to several thefts — as confirmed by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the 70th Precinct. More details to come. ****************************************************************** (This story was
Announcements
Photo: Ditmas Park CornerAll area residents are invited to this month’s meeting of the 66th Precinct Community Council. The Community Council is “the critical interface between citizens and the police,” says the NYPD. Boundaries of the 66th Precinct. Screenshot from NYPD website.The 66th Precinct Community Council meeting is
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerIn two separate incidents, women were robbed of their phones yesterday along the B/Q subway line. One of the robberies led to a situation in which the thief was locked in a subway car with bewildered passengers. A 65-year-old woman’s phone was snatched while she
Business
Photo via Di Fara PizzaThe Avenue J building that houses neighborhood institution Di Fara Pizza is up for sale, reports NY Eater [http://ny.eater.com/2016/4/7/11385778/di-fara-pizza-building]. The owners of 1424 Avenue J have put the building on the market for roughly $4 million, but Di
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Photo via Di Fara PizzaThe Avenue J building that houses neighborhood institution Di Fara Pizza is up for sale, reports NY Eater [http://ny.eater.com/2016/4/7/11385778/di-fara-pizza-building]. The owners of 1424 Avenue J have put the building on the market for roughly $4 million, but Di
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Interior of Butterfunk Kitchen. (Photo by Butterfunk Kitchen)Butterfunk Kitchen [http://butterfunkkitchen.com/] — a “Soul Food Restaurant & Juke Joint” — opened its doors this past Saturday, April 2nd and it’s definitely a standout, with family recipes handed down over several generations making their Windsor Terrace debut thanks to husband-and-wife
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Image by Wikipedia and Nick Solari.This list is in formation. If you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/events/got-an-event-coming-up-share-it-on-our-new-calendar/] or email us at
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Photo: Liena ZagareWe’ve been intrigued by the Bernie Sanders for President signs that have been popping up in the front windows of some of the businesses on Cortelyou Road. It’s an interesting range of businesses. What are you seeing in the neighborhood from the presidential campaign? Please send
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Photo: Liena ZagareThe cuisine of Uzbekistan — and the romance of the Silk Road — have a new home on Coney Island Avenue. Uzbeki restaurant Samir, which is on Coney Island Avenue near Avenue C, has recently opened. The restaurant is finalizing its menu but owner Danny Azizov showed us a preliminary
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Photo via New York Restoration ProjectYou can help make our community greener! Tree Giveaway events are starting this week. Register at one of six New York City events this month — including two in our area — to take home your free tree! Registration is now live on the New York Restoration
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The block of Coney Island Avenue, near Glenwood Road, on which Pearl Travel was located. (Photo: Google Maps)A local travel agent has been indicted for defrauding area taxi cab drivers, home health aides, postal workers and Uber drivers who paid for travel packages and plane tickets that never materialized.