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Sep
27

Several Brooklyn Schools Among State’s Highest Scoring

The Brooklyn School of Inquiry located at 50 Avenue P in Bensonhurst (Source: Google Maps)Several of Brooklyn’s schools
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Sep
26

When The Edge Of The City Meets The Wild Of Nature

Four Sparrow Marsh, Flatbush Avenue near the Belt Parkway. (Photo by Adrian Kinloch via Slate)English photographer Adrian Kinloch submitted
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Sep
26

Hikind Being Investigated By Cuomo’s Anti-Corruption Commission For Maimonides Ties

Source: assembly.state.ny.usAssemblyman Dov Hikind’s activities involving his radio show and Maimonides Medical Center is being investigated
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Sep
26

Schumer Secures $3.8 Million For Kingsborough Community College

Photo by Erica ShermanKingsborough Community College (2001 Oriental Boulevard) was rewarded with millions of federal dollars today thanks to the
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Sep
26

Quaglione Wants City To Mark Parking Spaces

(Source: CubaGallery via Flickr)City Council candidate John Quaglione (R) wants to bring order to the commercial streets of Bensonhurst,
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Sep
25

Nets Sign NBA Player Andrei Kirilenko, Looking To Appeal To Russians In Brighton Beach

Andrei Kirilenko (right) (Source: oso via Flickr).The Brooklyn Nets have had a busy off season, making trades for NBA
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Sep
25

Borough Park And Midwood Are Getting $1 Million In Security Cameras, Stirring Some Controversy

Source: CeCILL via Wikimedia CommonsBorough Park and Midwood are getting $1 million in security cameras installed on its streets in
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Sep
25

Brighton’s Bright N’ Green Condo Almost Completed

Source: www.ny.curbed.comThe ‘Bright N’ Green’ environmental building project being constructed at 67 Brighton First Lane is nearly
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Sep
25

Sheepshead Bay Library Wins $10,000, Kings Bay Library Wins $5,000

Sheepshead Bay LibraryCongratulations are in order for the fine folks at the Sheepshead Bay Library (2636 East 14th Street) and
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Sep
25

Man Talked Out Of Jumping Off Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

Source: Glabb via Wikimedia CommonsA man tried to jump off the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge but was successfully talked out it by
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