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Flatbush District #1 School Building in 1931. (Photo: Brooklyn Public Library)A landmarked Church Avenue school building — which was constructed when Flatbush was still an independent village — is no more. The Flatbush District #1 School Building, a designated New York City landmark [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/cpc/
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Photo via nycgo [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJcgh3u03k/?tagged=ftrain&hl=en] Some of our local Councilmembers, along with a group of business, labor, and transit advocates, will be pushing the de Blasio administration and the MTA tomorrow on the issue of renewed F express service in Brooklyn.
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Nostrand Junction. Photo: Google MapsThe Flatbush Nostrand Junction Business Improvement District [http://www.flatbushjunctionbid.com] has just won $100,000 from the City through its Neighborhood Challenge [http://www.nyc.gov/html/sbs/html/neighborhood_development/neighborhood_challenge.shtml] grants program. The Flatbush Nostrand Junction BID will use the
Central Brooklyn
On the grill at the Flatbush Avenue Street Fair.We really liked Brokelyn writer William Widmaier’s recent piece on “The best of Flatbush Ave.’s deliciously cheap Caribbean food” [http://brokelyn.com/brooklyn-snackdown-caribbean-food/]. Widmaier picks out five spots that all sound great and span the Caribbean: * The Ultimate Bakery
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Freelancers work away at Kos Kaffee. (Photo via Yelp [http://www.yelp.com/biz/kos-kaffe-roasting-house-brooklyn])Are you a freelancer who is struggling to get paid in a timely fashion? New York City Councilmember Brad Lander wants the city to go to bat for you. The City Council’s Consumer Affairs
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Photo by ricangeekn [http://instagram.com/p/y3MWjiuzak/?modal=true]Some of our local Councilmembers, along with a group of business, labor, and transit advocates, will be pushing the de Blasio administration and the MTA tomorrow on the issue of renewed F express service in Brooklyn. Councilmembers David Greenfield of
Arts & Culture
Screenshot of the WNYC map of film shoots in Brooklyn.Do you ever feel like you’re living in Hollywood? Probably not (the weather certainly destroys that illusion), but Brooklyn is often called Hollywood East, what with the filming boom for TV shows and movies across the borough and particularly
Central Brooklyn
Cafe Madeline on Cortelyou Road, one of many area establishments where freelancers work. Photo: crissachappellAre you a freelancer who is struggling to get paid in a timely fashion? New York City Councilmember Brad Lander wants the City to go to bat for you. The City Council’s Consumer Affairs committee
Central Brooklyn
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Neighbors
The dedicated team from the Sean Casey Animal Rescue. Source: KARMABrooklyn Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams will honor an emergency room doctor in East Flatbush dedicated to ending gang violence and two animal lovers who rescued a malnourished dog in Prospect Park that was left chained to a tree with
Central Brooklyn
Madina Restaurant on Coney Island Avenue. Photo: Ditmas Park CornerOne of Coney Island Avenue’s most well known Indian / Pakistani restaurants is launching delicious satellites. The owners of Madina are about to open two new restaurants, one in Kensington, and the other in Borough Park, right next to Maimonides Hospital,
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