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Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote
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Rendering showing one of the proposed designs for the former site of Long Island College Hospital. (Image via Fortis Property Group)It now seems unlikely that any new development planned for the site occupied by Long Island College Hospital will include affordable housing. As first reported by Politico [http://www.
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Tim Monti-Wohlpart distributing informational fliers outside Kensington’s PS 130 on May 12th. Monti-Wohlpart has helped to spearhead an effort to reform New York State adoption law. (Photo: Cameron Mizell)(This story was updated on 11/11/16 with comments from readers. They are included at the bottom.) Today’s
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Tim Monti-Wohlpart distributing informational fliers outside Kensington’s PS 130 on May 12th. Monti-Wohlpart has helped to spearhead an effort to reform New York State adoption law. (Photo: Cameron Mizell)(This story was updated on 11/11/16 with comments from readers. They are included at the bottom.) Tomorrow’s
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Aerial photo of Coney Island Creek via the New York City Economic Development Corporation.A representative from the Department of Environmental Protection has agreed that the City could have done a better job alerting area residents about illegal sewage dumping that created unsafe water conditions in Coney Island Creek this
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Aerial photo of Coney Island Creek via the New York City Economic Development Corporation.A representative from the Department of Environmental Protection has agreed that the City could have done a better job alerting area residents about illegal sewage dumping that created unsafe water conditions in Coney Island Creek this
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Assemblymember Dov Hikind. (Photo via the Assemblymember’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/assemblymandovhikind/])A Brooklyn Democratic Assemblymember, who said in September that he was considering a vote for Donald Trump [/assemblyman-dov-hikind-clinton-not-option-trump-possible-president/], now says that he cannot vote for the Republican nominee. Local Assemblymember Dov Hikind, who represents sections
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Assemblymember Dov Hikind. (Photo via the Assemblymember’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/assemblymandovhikind/])A Brooklyn Democratic Assemblymember, who said in September that he was considering a vote for Donald Trump [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/09/assemblyman-dov-hikind-clinton-not-option-trump-possible-president/] , now says that he cannot vote for the Republican nominee. Local
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Screenshot of video showing the pier off Owl’s Head Park during Hurricane Sandy. (Video by John Huntingtonvia Vimeo [https://vimeo.com/52418093])In recognition of the fourth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, we’re taking a deeper look this week at the status of recovery efforts along the Brooklyn waterfront.
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Image of 300 Ashland Place via Two Trees Management [http://www.300ashland.com]. Another harbinger of change — Apple is coming to Fort Greene. Apple has signed a 10-year lease for approximately 12,000 square feet of ground floor space at 300 Ashland Place [http://www.300ashland.com] in Fort Greene,
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Rendering of a possible BQX streetcar station at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, at Clinton Avenue. (Courtesy New York City Economic Development Corporation)It’s been at least six decades since you could hop a streetcar [http://www.brooklynstreetcar.org/the-streetcar/] and ride it from Queens to Brooklyn. That’s going
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December 6th, 2012 photo of damage to Sea Gate after Superstorm Sandy. Sand appears missing in the top left of this photo, while it temporarily took over the road in the foreground. Coney Island is to the right. (U.S. EPA photo by Jeanethe Falvey via Creative Commons/Wikimedia [https: