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Photo courtesy e.ann.s / Instagram(This story was updated on 11/10/16 at 10am.) Here are the winning candidates in yesterday’s historic election. Candidate for President / Vice President Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/ny/en/ballot/election/44-fcc614/address/null/zip/
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Photo via bklynspoke / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMl4vC_jZnN/?taken-by=bklynspoke&hl=en]The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. –Cuomo signs bill seeking
Central Brooklyn
Photo courtesy e.ann.s / InstagramCandidate for President / Vice President Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/ny/en/ballot/election/44-fcc614/address/null/zip/11218/contests/contest/12806/candidate/129869] (Republican) [Updated 11/10 with complete totals from the NYC Board of Elections] In Brooklyn,
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Photo via Flickr/DavidDonald Trump came out on top in this historically crass election, and all of the pundits are speaking about the divisions in our country as if it was any news to anyone. Simply judging by the reactions by neighbors to this shift in power, Sheepshead Bay, and
Bensonhurst
Photo via Army Corps of Engineers.The deadline to give input to the Army Corps of Engineers is November 17, but local politicians are pushing for it to be extended until the end of the year. Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz and other pols penned a letter to Colonel David A. Caldwell,
Bensonhurst
(Photo courtesy Prospect_ Park / Instagram)New Yorkers have a new way to learn about our urban landscape just in time for the last hurrah of the autumn leaves. The NYC Parks Department’s newest tree census data charts our urban forest on a micro and macro scale, so we can
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A surge in development is transforming greater Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and Kensington — three neighborhoods where historic homes [/blog/education/murder-house-33-hinckley-place-torn-make-way-new-school/] are being razed and replaced with multi-story apartment buildings [/blog/real-estate/modern-apartment-complex-replaces-single-family-home-
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A surge in development is transforming greater Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and Kensington — three neighborhoods where historic homes [/blog/education/murder-house-33-hinckley-place-torn-make-way-new-school/] are being razed and replaced with multi-story apartment buildings [/blog/real-estate/modern-apartment-complex-replaces-single-family-home-
Central Brooklyn
Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote
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Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote
Bensonhurst
Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote
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Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote