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Central Brooklyn
Photo: Donna SchneidermanGRAND ARMY PLAZA – Hundreds of protesters assembled at Grand Army Plaza yesterday, August 13, to condemn Charlottesville, Virginia’s neo-nazi violence, and the counter-protesters who risked their lives. The “Rally for Peace and Sanity” was initially to speak out against nuclear war and North Korea, instead it started
News
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] CYPRESS HILLS – Emotionally disturbed gunman took his own life after shooting an NYPD officer three times yesterday afternoon [/breaking-police-officer-shot-ozone-park-armed-suspect-barricaded/], NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill said in a press conference yesterday. It
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Tenants protesting landlord treatment.Tenants will now have greater protections against landlord harassment and living in horrible conditions, thanks to the 18 bills that were passed yesterday, August 9. Eleven of the bills are a part of the “Stand for Tenant Safety” package. The package includes Intro. 944 which would
bergen beach
Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsBERGEN BEACH. An off-duty MTA bus driver had hot coffee thrown on his face during meal break by a woman who needed a bus ride last night at 11:30pm. According to authorities, the bus driver was behind the wheel on break on Veterans Ave. and E.
Arts & Culture
What I am reading. Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERIt’s National Book Lovers Day! To celebrate, we asked our local independent book stores what the five most popular books were right now among their customers. Here you go: Books Are Magic [https://www.booksaremagic.net/] (Cobble Hill) 1. Girl in Snow
Bensonhurst
Photo via nycgo [https://www.instagram.com/p/BCJcgh3u03k/?tagged=ftrain&hl=en] “For a city that has 6 million riders a day, it is a travesty that we are not educated by the MTA about basic safety procedures in the event of an emergency,” Michael Sciaraffo said. “And
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Prospect Park West protected bike lane. (Photo via Park Slope Stoop)A new report by the Department of Transportation (DOT) revealed that a few “Priority Bicycle Districts” including Ditmas Park and Flatbush could get more bike lanes in an effort to prevent fatalities and injuries. Cycling is more popular than
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Richard Basher, Mayoral candidate. (Photo by Tom Sullivan)Many politicians aspire to run for higher office, but it’s new territory for 30-year Brooklyn resident, Richard Bashner, who will be on the NYC mayoral ballot this Fall as a Democrat. “To do this difficult job correctly, a mayor must focus
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Ditmas Park
Photo: NYPD[Updated: August 4, 2017, 9:45am] Police report that Vivian Wilde has been found and is safe. Cops are searching for a missing 18-year-old girl seen in the above photo. Vivian Wilde was reported missing on Tuesday, August 1. She was last seen at approximately 12:30pm leaving
bath beach
Photo: The Brannan CampaignThe 43rd District currently has nine candidates running for Vincent Gentile’s City Council seat. Those candidates include four Republicans and five Democrats vying to represent Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, and Bath Beach. We’re reaching out to all nine candidates for a Q & A
Announcements
Photo: FlickrProperty tax relief is now on the way for senior and disabled homeowners, as per a bill signed by Governor Cuomo yesterday, July 25. As long as the citizens are living on a fixed income, Senator Diane Savino’s [/tag/diane-savino/]legislation to expand the Senior Homeowners’ Exemption (SCHE)
Announcements
Photo: William CarusoGet ready, Bensonhurst’s annual Festa di Santa Rosalia is back! The 42nd annual Italian-American Feast will start on August 17, on the boulevard named for Cristoforo Colombo, between 68th Street and 75th Street and will last through August 27. On weekdays, the Feast [/everything-need-know-41st-annual-18th-avenue-feast-bensonhurst/] will bring delicious