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Photo: Zainab IqbalFLATBUSH – It’s early morning on a warm Thursday in May and there’s a line of over two dozen people in front of a small building on Coney Island Avenue between Avenues J and K. A woman wearing a green apron sits in front of the door
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Photo via Assembly Member Bichotte’s office.FLATBUSH – Today is Haitian Flag Day and to celebrate, elected officials gathered on the corner of Newkirk and Nostrand Avenues to announce that Little Haiti Business and Cultural district is coming soon. They also unveiled a new sign for Toussaint L’Ouverture Blvd
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Photo: Gregg RichardsSUNSET PARK – The Sunset Park Interim Library is officially open for use until the new library re-opens in 2020. “Sunset Park is one big step closer to getting the modern and more useful library our community envisioned,” District 38 Council Member Carlos Menchaca said. “I look forward to
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Bayfest, the free, family-friendly South Brooklyn festival, is back this Sunday, May 20! The popular event is organized by the Bay Improvement Group and attracts thousands of Brooklynites every single year. Emmons Avenue will be transformed into a festival with two main stages for music, the main lineup
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERIt’s that time of year again! Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, will begin either tomorrow or this Thursday, depending on if we spot the moon tonight. It is a time where Muslims fast every day from dawn to sunset, and in the US that is
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERFLATBUSH – NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/ccrb/index.page]), an independent agency that investigates complaints against NYC police officers alleging the use of excessive or unnecessary force, abuse of authority, discourtesy, or the use of offensive language (FADO) held a community
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Screenshot via JTALast week, after a video of a Brooklyn man mocking a Hasidic boy’s hairstyle went viral on Twitter, local officials were quick to condemn the incident as hateful anti-Semitism. Now, the video’s author has offered a sincere apology and the Jewish community of Brooklyn has responded
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Photo: Macerich [http://www.macerich.com/Leasing/Property/159911]MARINE PARK – The highly anticipated grand opening of discount fashion chain in Kings Plaza, Primark [https://www.primark.com/en-us/homepage], will no longer take place on May 16th. [/discount-fashion-chain-primark-to-open-first-brooklyn-store-next-month-at-kings-plaza/] Primark cited “technical issues” to be the reason for the delay
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Photo via Kristine Paulus, Flicker Creative Commons.BARREN ISLAND – Want to celebrate Mother’s Day a day early? Like a clean beach? Help clean up Floyd Bennett Field [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Floyd+Bennett+Field/@40.5928423,-73.8984197,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x31e3536e533a6d2a!8m2!3d40.5910174!
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Brooklyn College Library. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)FLATBUSH – Tuition is going up, the faculty is fearing more cuts, and facilities not in direct public view are crumbling. Students are demanding full, proper funding. Students of the City University of New York (CUNY), the largest urban university system in the US
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Awaiting the F Train. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER)TGIF and you know what that means? Subway changes! Here’s what’s happening this weekend, so plan your commute! Due to construction, M train shuttle buses will now be running from Willoughby Ave (Eastbound) and Hart St. (Eastbound) from 6 AM
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Brooklyn Borough Hall was filled with chatter, Arab music, Arab food, artwork from Arab painters, and lots of excited children yesterday, Tues. April, 5, celebrating Arab-American heritage. This event was a part of Borough President Eric Adams’ “Embrace Your Hyphen” series, through which he encourages