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The News From Brooklyn This Week

Odochi Ibe

Apr 23, 2016 — 1 min read

Screen shot 2016-04-23 at 2.59.30 PM — (Photo: U.S. Works Progress Administration, Five Boroughs Project.) According to Wikimedia Commons: this is a 1936 view of railroad approaches to the Brooklyn Bridge. On the left, under the elevated tracks leading down to the Ferry under the bridge, is Fulton Street with Court Street ending on its left. In the right is Washington Street, later renamed Cadman Plaza East, running past the Post Office in the lower right corner. Beyond the Post Office, the unwidened Tillary Street runs east / west. Between them, to the left (west) of Washington, the large trolley station shown has been replaced by Cadman Plaza. Photo taken after the area was cleared for widening the roadway approach to the Brooklyn Bridge.

After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites.

Straphangers mystified by massive bottle collections blocking N train doors. [Bensonhurst Bean]

Bicyclist killed by a truck on Sterling and 6th Avenue. [Park Slope Stoop]

The ballot was short one Sanders delegate in the 8th Congressional District. Here’s why. [Sheepshead Bites]

BBC comes to Sunset Park pizzeria to talk tech and pizza. [Sunset Park Voice]

An entire block in Clinton Hill was omitted from the voter rolls during Tuesday’s Democratic primary fiasco. [Fort Greene Focus]

Cops discovered a terrifying stockpile of weapons during a raid in Sheepshead Bay. [SB]

Here’s your Passover miracle: Matzo Iced Cream unites Ample Hills Creamery with The Matzo Project. [PSS]

The best dim sum restaurants in Sunset Park. [SPV]

Hundreds attend grand opening of Bensonhurst Carvel. [BB]

Spike Lee announced on Instagram that he’d have a block party in honor of prince. [FGF]

How to help Ecuadorian earthquake survivors from Brooklyn. [SPV]

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