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Photo: BKLYNERDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Brooklyn District Attorney, Eric Gonzalez, just released a statement [https://twitter.com/BrooklynDA/status/908730435504615426] on the three Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arresting four men, outside Brooklyn Criminal Court yesterday. “It is outrageous that ICE is using courts to round up immigrants, a tactic that
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Industry City hopes to be home to Amazon’s HQ2 (Photo via Industry City)BROOKLYN – Amazon.com is looking for somewhere to build its second home, HQ2, and many in Brooklyn think it would be a prime location for the online mega-retailer. Borough President Eric L. Adams and Brooklyn Chamber
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FLATBUSH – The New York City Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/] (EDC) filed construction documents this week for a 255-unit, 100% affordable rental development at 2119 Caton Avenue. Flatbush Caton Market on the corner of Flatbush and Caton Avenues (via Google Maps)BRP Companies [http://www.brpcompanies.com], Urbane
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Historic Erasmus Hall in Flatbush.Welcome to the school year! If you have kids looking at starting Middle School and High School next year, you are probably bracing yourself for the circles of hell you’ll travel through until March. This too, shall pass, but it will be easier if
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BUSHWICK/CROWN HEIGHTS/SOUTH SLOPE – Affordable housing lotteries recently launched for three Brooklyn buildings. 810 Flushing Avenue via Google MapsFirst is Bushwick’s 810 Flushing Avenue (at Beaver Street) which has nine one-bedrooms available for $1,039/month. The seven-story building was built in 2016 and houses 42 units, according
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Flatbush Frolic (Photo Liena Zagare)This weekend in Brooklyn: Let’s start with the fun. There is the Sunset Park 5th Avenue Fair, and Flatbush Frolic, and Myrtle Avenue Fair, and The Great Irish Fair … and a good amount of construction as well.There are tons of events for the
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Tonight, Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 7:00 pm, is the Neighborhood Coordination Officer (NCO) Safety Summit Meeting at Touro College Auditorium (1604 avenue J) for those residing in 70th Precinct Sector A. Come and meet your NCOs and bring your questions. These are small meetings, designed to target issues
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Tomorrow, September 14th, Mayor Bill De Blasio will hold a town hall meeting at PS 811K, located at 2525 Haring Street [https://www.google.com/maps/place/2525+Haring+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11235/@40.5911934,-73.9409077,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c244807d091de5:0xcb8fe534937f4090!8m2!3d40.5911934!4d-73.938719]
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Polling booths at Agudath Senior Center. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)In a nutshell – Voter turnout was abysmal, polling stations were poorly sited, and the results favored incumbents. According to NYC Board of Elections [https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_apr17.pdf], as of April 2017, there were exactly
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There will be a neighborhood-led clean-up in “Little Pakistan” (Coney Island and Foster Avenues) this Sunday, September 17, from 5 to 8pm. It is organized by the Pakistani American Youth Organization [https://www.facebook.com/payousaa/] (PAYO) in partnership with the Department of Sanitation in an effort to keep the
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Sharifa Hodges, founder of Seneca Village Montessori (by Megan McGibney/BKLYNER) “I’m so excited!” Sharifa Hodges exclaims as she gives a tour of the site of her upcoming pre school, Seneca Village Montessori [http://www.senecavillagemontessori.com/about-us.html] in Crown Heights. “There will be three classrooms,” Hodges says
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Photo by BKLYNERTuesday, September 12 is New York City’s Primary Elections. Polls will be open from 6am to 9pm. Our coverage area has variation depending on exactly where you live. To get detailed information based on your exact address, visit New York City Campaign Finance Board [http://www.nyccfb.