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Image via FromThePod.com [http://www.fromthepod.com/calling-all-brooklyn-inspired-artists]Online grocer Peapod [https://www.peapod.com/] is seeking a “fresh look” for its fleet of green delivery trucks and the company is calling upon Brooklyn artists for help. Since launching its services in Brooklyn in 2015, Peapod [http://www.prnewswire.
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(Photo via Dan Donovan’s office)Next week, the 11th Congressional District will get two separate town hall meetings to discuss legislative issues and ask questions about how federal policy will play out in their neighborhoods. But one will be held without the district’s congressman. On Wednesday, April 19
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Photo courtesy of Alliance for Coney IslandConey Island officially opens this weekend for another fun-filled season of rides, games, food, concerts, fireworks, Cyclones baseball games, Cosmos soccer matches, Flicks on the Beach, and more. While all will be up and running on Saturday, the official kick-off happens on Sunday, April
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Photo by linknycofficial via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BL_rfSKF6G4/?taken-by=linknycofficial]Ever find yourself running around and suddenly realizing that you desperately need to recharge your cell phone? Who hasn’t ever been in this situation? Now it’s a cinch for Park Slopers to juice up
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East One Coffee Roasters (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The founders of London’s New Row Coffee [http://newrowcoffee.co.uk/] and Free State Coffee are bringing East One Coffee Roasters [http://www.eastonecoffee.com/]—a roastery, café, and full-service restaurant—to the heart of Carroll Gardens. Opening Thursday, April
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Louis Valentino, Jr. Pier in Red Hook (Photo by Eddie Cheaz via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10205353122345978&set=br.Abq4yba1hYwK3czo1s7hVEgPokIwS2VHlfhTREoxDHJqY8olUUG7Nm5lG1Oke9hftEaPrECCzgaFyUzz8TwOhIvU1AC7bBFtrYah0Gh40i3FawdL4w7iAuWIQ0jBUQGhwbn3CMliVqmpiMvJaiMvviKXOyY9CMwZdzqcT39zJHIuViOPiMZus9g73lpF2eG-Pbly9a0GwTyohx7RdsvONkh7Wk_lva2MY9pjtR74XLPtChC5bDchAqtEb_U-BVNUJo4&type=3&theater] )Dust off your portfolios and CVs, Brooklyn creatives! The NYC Department of Cultura
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Don’t miss the party!A Taste of Fifth [http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2875655]spotlights Park Slope 5th Avenue’s best and tastiest food and drink from 45+ destination restaurants and legendary watering holes that line the Avenue. Come hungry to fully enjoy the annual festival of fine food
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NYC Compost Bin (Photo by Sparkle Kitchen via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sparklekitchenhome/photos/a.476761679149323.1073741828.476273699198121/509098995915591/?type=3&theater] )Good news for eco-friendly Brooklynites! The NYC Department of Sanitation is expanding its organics curbside collections to additional neighborhoods throughout the borough, including Downtown Brooklyn, Southern
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New MTA photo shows a high-tech upgrade planned for the 53rd St. station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. (Courtesy: MTA Renderings)To all Sunset Parkers: your daily commute is set to change starting on Monday. And Bay Ridge — you’re next. Three subway stations on the R line will close for
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(Photo via bookprint [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ5ksyul86W/?tagged=onebookny] /instagram)You’ve seen the celebrity-dotted subway ads, voting kiosks, and videos. You read, you voted, and now the results are in. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah was announced this morning as the winner of an inaugural literary contest
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After a contentious, last-minute, public meeting on Saturday, March 4 [/homeless-shelter-proposed-1173-bergen-street/] discussing the opening of a homeless shelter at 1173 Bergen Street in Crown Heights, a follow-up informational meeting will be held tonight. Rescheduled from yesterday due to the snow, tonight’s meeting (6:30pm at P-Tech School, 150 Albany
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(Photo by Carly Miller)Construction started today on the green roof at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Windsor Terrace branch, a project neighbors voted on through participatory budgeting in 2014. The branch, at Ft. Hamilton Parkway and East 5th Street, will get a 7,500-square-foot green roof [http://ecobrooklyn.com/