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Elections are just a week away, and the pressure is building up in Southern Brooklyn. While the primaries in September pretty much decided who will represent most of Brooklyn in Congress, State Senate and Assembly, there are a few races that are not quite done yet. * Congressman Dan Donovan, a
Announcements
No Electioneering. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe city announced they’ll provide language interpreters at 86 polling sites throughout Brooklyn, but the translators will be left out in the cold again this year. Voters whose native language is Russian, Haitian Creole, Italian, Arabic, Polish, and Yiddish will have to seek interpreter services
bath beach
Photo Courtesy of Aviator Sports and Events CenterIce skating has been a winter pastime in New York City since 1858 [https://hyperallergic.com/422185/160-years-of-ice-skating-in-new-york-city/] when the first dedicated rink opened on a lake near 72nd Street in Manhattan. Its popularity has only grown since then. Well, that chill in
Business
Ditmas Park Helpers will help keep Cortelyou Road clean. From right Kathie Lee (Co-President of CORMA, The Farm on Adderley/Sycamore) and Susan Siegel (Co-President of CORMA, Brooklyn ARTery), Anthony Finkelstein of DPH and the men you will see sweeping the street. Liena Zagare/BklynerDITMAS PARK – The busy commercial stretch
Events
RED HOOK – The fifth annual Barnacle Parade [https://www.facebook.com/barnacleparade/] returns on Monday, October 29 to commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Sandy flooding the streets of Red Hook. Despite the tragedy and destruction caused by the storm in 2012, the event is a fun, raucous, and very Red
Announcements
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMIDWOOD – In a press conference yesterday to condemn the murder of 11 Jewish people in the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 27., Borough President Eric Adams called for off-duty officers to carry firearms when they go to their house of worships to pray.
Animals
FORT GREENE – Despite being rescheduled from Saturday due to the Nor’easter, Fort Greene Park was packed on Sunday for the 20th annual Fort Greene PUPS Great PUPkin Dog Costume Contest [http://www.fortgreenepups.org/copy-of-events]. Winners of the 2018 Great PUPkin: Kody “Oscar the Grouch” and Kara Pezzillo-Foldes (Photo:
News
A rendering of the new development that will replace a gas station on Flatbush Avenue (Via S9 Architects)FLATLANDS – A gas station on Flatbush Avenue near Brooklyn College will be replaced by a 13-story mixed-use development. The building will consist of residential rentals above ground floor retail, with a design
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The corner of Lorimer and Montrose, near Sternberg Park, where the crash took place (Screenshot via Google Maps)WILLIAMSBURG – More than a week ago, a man was struck by an SUV on a Williamsburg street, suffering severe injuries. A few days later, he succumbed to his injuries and died, police
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – At last Thursday’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 Landmarks & Land Use Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] meeting, representatives from Fortis Property Group [https://fortispropertygroup.com/] presented plans to build a nine-foot-tall brick wall on the Amity Street side of the developer’s
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Zito was found shot to death in his Sheepshead Bay home on Friday, police said (Screenshot via Google Maps)SHEEPSHEAD BAY – An elderly man was shot in the head at his home in Sheepshead Bay on Friday, police said, in what is thought to be a mob-related hit. Vincent Zito,
Central Brooklyn
St. Marks Avenue, Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story