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SUNSET PARK – There are goats on the loose in Sunset Park along the N tracks, the MTA has announced. At this point, they are not affecting the train traffic ahead of you, though MTA promises to let us all know if they do. N trains are running on D train
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DITMAS PARK – Shortly after relocating Twig Terrariums [https://twigterrariums.com] from Gowanus [/years-construction-3rd-avenue-impacts-gowanus-small-businesses/]to 642 Coney Island Avenue in Ditmas Park, owners Michelle Inciarrano and Katy Maslow adopted a Russian Dwarf hamster who has been greeting visitors at their new shop since. Princess Ophelia (courtesy of Twig Terrariums)Princess Ophelia
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WINDSOR TERRACE – As the site adjacent to the beloved Kensington Stables [http://kensingtonstables.com] undergoes the ULURP [https://citylimits.org/zonein/ulurp-explained/] process, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams released his recommendations for the project Thursday, approving with conditions the rezoning of a portion of the block where the two properties
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Last Three, the 17-foot-tall bronze sculpture depicting the last three northern white rhinos in the world stacked atop one another has been relocated from Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn. The Last Three by Gillie and Marc Schattner, MetroTech Commons (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Originally installed at Astor Place
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MARINE PARK – Infant mosquito killing will commence in select areas across the city on Tuesday, June 19, and continue through Thursday, June 21 between the hours of 6 a.m. and 7 p.m., weather permitting. The city will apply a larvicide called VectoMax® FG, which contains naturally occurring bacteria
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The Mayor visited Bushwick and looked on as workers packed rat burrows with dry ice (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)Yesterday, Mayor De Blasio announced a new campaign of aggressive rat extermination strategies at the 10 NYCHA developments with the worst infestations in New York. In Brooklyn, that means the
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Photo: BKLYNERKENSINGTON – The historic Kensington Stables is safe– it has been sold to the president of the GBX-Gowanus Bay Terminal, John Quadrozzi Jr. Kensington Stables, built in the 1930s, is one of the few remaining stables in New York City and is the only one that serves Prospect Park. Quadrozzi
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A Brooklyn man was arrested early Sunday morning after siccing his dog on a police officer working at a MetroTech Center security post. Tech Place and Flatbush Avenue Extension via Google MapsThe incident occurred at approximately 5am on Sunday, February 4 at MetroTech near the Flatbush Avenue Extension,
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CANARSIE – “Our dog is missing, we need Brooklyn’s help!” Meredith, a Manhattan resident, tells BKLYNER. Meredith and her fiancé went to visit family out of state for the holidays and entrusted their one-year-old Shih Tzu/Maltese mix, Lily, in the care of her usual dog-walker. The walker was familiar
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[UPDATED: Monday, December 11, 2017 at 10:30am] Good news! Teddy, the dog lost in Prospect Park on November 30 while out for a walk with a Wag! dog-walker, was caught and reunited with her owner yesterday. “TEDDY HAS BEEN FOUND!” Kane Giblin, Teddy’s owner posted to Facebook yesterday.
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WINDSOR TERRACE – Kensington Stables [http://kensingtonstables.com] may be safe for the next five years, according to the property’s seller. Kensington Stables (Photo: BKLYNER)The stables, located near Prospect Park at 55 Caton Place near East 8th Street, went on the auction block in February [/historic-kensington-stables-sold-bankruptcy-auction-week/]. The property was
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PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS – A concerned dog-owner is requesting the community’s help in locating her lost dog, Teddy. “I know this may sound small, but it means the world to me,” Teddy’s owner wrote in an email asking that we post info about the lost pup. “While on a walk