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Photo via crossroadsbklyn [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMPaGAYBKkl/]Stay up to date on community happenings and take care of your body with various free flu shot events and local group meetings this week in southern Brooklyn. For even more things to do around Brooklyn, or to add your own
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Stryker Court before the parking was removed. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. The Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] struck a chord with Stryker Court residents when they removed parking from one side of the Gravesend street. It happened three weeks ago
Neighbors
Photo via Raisa Chernina.You might know her from food drives around the holidays or from celebrating grandmothers and police officers with grandiose pageants and parties. Raisa Chernina came to the United States from Belarus in 1979 with no English skills and zero expectations, and quickly adopted this country as
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Photo by Walker EsnerWith a controversial Presidential race dominating headlines, it can be hard to learn about local candidates who’s decisions directly affect our day-to-day lives. Here’s an opportunity to hear from a local candidate in their own words. Glenn Nocera, Republican District Leader of the
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Photo by Bala HuseinovicActor, comedian and native Brooklynite Tracy Morgan, known for being a cast member on Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock, was spotted filming in Bath Beach this weekend. It was recently announced that the Emmy-nominated star will be returning to television, starring in a new TBS
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Crews work to place sand and restore the beach at Coney Island in September, 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it placed roughly 600,000 cubic yards of sand at Coney Island to replace sand lost during Superstorm Sandy and also to “restore the Coney Island project
Arts & Culture
The long-shuttered Circles Restaurant appears on the left of the Pavilion Theater in this photo from 2008. (Photo via Kristian Rickert / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ifoo/3151359223/in/photolist-5NtxiH-hHxEi-68hLYY-8wdFgH-eaNTMa-9LCx6d-2TTKrc-xp6hr-9yRWmE-8KDbDR-9iiwdT-jZEY5-nA2AGd-9yRBfh-aZQ34p-9yRE5J-9yRyE3-9yRCbf-
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Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNERThe 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. –Times Square Cookie Monster Stabbed In the Back During Fight Over Racist Costume. [Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/
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This Saturday Brooklyn came out in full force for the 7th annual Children’s Halloween Parade at Coney Island’s MCU Park. Festivities for the yearly free event began at 10 a.m. this year. The parade procession ran along the Boardwalk from West 19th Street to West 10th Street.
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Stryker Court before the parking was removed. Photo screenshot from Google Maps. The Department of Transportation (DOT) [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] struck a chord with Stryker Court residents when they removed parking from one side of the Gravesend street. It happened three weeks ago
Events
“Trump Clown” may be haunting the Park Slope Civic Council Halloween Parade tonight at 6:30pm. (Photo by Justin Fox)Weekday events, you ask? Check out Halloween, Ferrante Night Fever, and more, we answer. Our new expanded coverage features events this week in Park Slope, South Slope, Gowanus, Fort Greene,
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Crews work to place sand and restore the beach at Coney Island in September, 2013. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it placed roughly 600,000 cubic yards of sand at Coney Island to replace sand lost during Superstorm Sandy and also to “restore the Coney Island project