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PARK SLOPE – Last week a reader in Park Slope sent in the above photo of a sign posted by the NYC Department of Design & Construction (DDC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/ddc/about/about-ddc.page] advising neighbors about BED798, a major construction project that began on Wednesday, January 31
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If you own a house in Brooklyn, you received this week a notice of your property’s value from the City. It likely went up. Likely, your property taxes did too. The value city assigns to your property forms the basis of tax calculations, which notoriously penalize those living in
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BRIGHTON BEACH – Rybak Development, the folks behind the Vue on Emmons, have released a rendering of what their proposed new tower at 271 Sea Breeze Avenue, [https://www.google.com/maps/place/271+Sea+Breeze+Ave,+Brooklyn,+NY+11224/@40.5759024,-73.9713877,3a,90y,10.03h,92.9t/data=
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UPDATE 1:30 PM: Scratch that—the MTA has decided not to update its MetroCard vending machines this weekend, which would’ve prevented credit card transactions for more than two days, according to a recent post on Twitter. “We heard you all loud and clear,” they tweeted in response to
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBROOKLYN – “Sex trafficking in Brooklyn?” – This very question made a young woman create a documentary [http://inourbackyard.nyc/], a young survivor tell her story, and a historic Brooklyn Heights church take a big step to help combat sexual exploitation in the borough we call home. “We Are
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The expansion store is located at 76 North 4th Street in Williamsburg (Photo via McNally Jackson)WILLIAMSBURG – After more than a decade as an independent bookselling icon, McNally Jackson [http://www.mcnallyjackson.com/] has finally made its way to Brooklyn. Over the weekend, their new shop quietly opened its doors
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The Brooklyn Public Library is hosting a reading and reenactment of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s The Drum Major Instinct sermon on Sunday, February 4—fifty years to the day that he originally delivered the speech and two months before he was assassinated. Martin Luther King’s
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FORT GREENE – The first east coast Whole Foods Market 365 [https://www.365bywholefoods.com/] location opens on Wednesday, January 31 at 9am at 292 Ashland Place, right next door to the new Apple store in the 300 Ashland building and across the street from BAM. Whole Foods Market 365, 292
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DUMBO – In more healthcare news, Mount Sinai hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week to celebrate the opening of its new state-of-the-art urgent care center in DUMBO. Mount Sinai Urgent Care DUMBO, 110 York Street (Photo courtesy of Mount Sinai Health System)Located at 110 York Street (at the corner of
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Photo: NYS SenateUPDATE- 5:55 pm: Senator Marty Golden just released this statement: “To anyone who was offended by my choice of words regarding the heroin and opioid crisis facing our state, I sincerely apologize. While my words were not articulated clearly or properly, the point I was trying to
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PARK SLOPE – Just last week it was announced that the Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] approved Hidrock Properties’ plans to restore the single-story retail space [/landmarks-approves-plan-restore-retail-space-beside-pavilion-theater/] beside the former Pavilion Theater across from Prospect Park. The first Ample Hills Creamery store located at
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PARK SLOPE – Local middle and high school students can show their educators some love and appreciation by nominating them in Barnes & Noble’s 8th annual “My Favorite Teacher Contest.” [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/h/my-favorite-teacher] Barnes & Noble Park Slope, 267 7th Avenue (at 6th Street) via Google Maps