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National Weather Service forecast for tropical storm Isaias [https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/084832.shtml?tswind120]We have another tropical storm heading our way. Tropical Storm Isaias is expected to bring heavy rainfall and strong winds starting around midnight tonight, and through the day tomorrow. Expect
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This is from Eid 2019, during a time where there was no pandemic. (Todd Maisel/ Bklyner)BROOKLYN – A pandemic will not stop Muslims from celebrating Eid al-Adha tomorrow, Friday, July 31. Eid al-Adha is also referred to as the Festival of the Sacrifice and is observed after the completion of
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Aleksejs Saveljevs was sentenced to 10 years in prison today. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office)FLATBUSH – The man who stabbed a 57-year-old Black woman in the Church Avenue subway station two years ago was sentenced to ten years in prison. Back on November 9, 2018, at around 7:30
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Blackout in Mill Basin, July 21, 2019. Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner“We got a warning this morning from Con Edison, and there is a problem in Southern Brooklyn,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at this morning’s press conference. “We’ve got to protect our electricity supply for all New
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The MTA Mask Force giving out free masks to straphangers. (Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)It’s Wednesday! How are you enjoying the weather? Remember, we are still in a pandemic. Please keep wearing your face coverings when outside. * We talked to two young Milken Scholars,
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Naomi Nesmith (left) and Ayan Rahman. (Photos were given by Nesmith and Rahman) BROOKLYN – For Naomi Nesmith (18) and Ayan Rahman (18), March 13 — the day the NYC Schools shut down in the face of COVID-19 pandemic — was their last day of high school before college. Their last semester of
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Nostrand Playground. (Photo via NYC Parks)FLATBUSH – After an uptick in shootings, a recreation center for the youth is coming soon to the Nostrand Playground to “put them in the right path, to stop problems before they begin,” Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today. “We know there’s been a
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Clarkson Estates will be located on Clarkson Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Garden. EAST FLATBUSH/PLG – As part of the Vital Brooklyn initiative, 291 affordable housing units are coming to Flatbush, Assemblywoman Diana Richardson announced. Vital Brooklyn [https://www.ny.gov/transforming-central-brooklyn/vital-brooklyn-initiative-0] is a $1.4 billion plan funded through
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Map of the county of Kings, showing the Senate districts; October 1869, Map Collection, B A-1869d.Fl; Brooklyn Historical Society.On July 16, Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) granted public access to its latest digitization effort – 1,493 maps from its collection of flat and folded maps are now available for
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Sunset Park Pool. Courtesy NYC Parks.No, it will not be as crowded as before, but some relief is coming within easy distance of residents of Sunset Park and Bed Stuy when the community pools open tomorrow, and when Betsy Head Pool [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B008/facilities/outdoor-pools]
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535 4th Avenue & 555 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – After much delay and controversy, one of the two large family homeless shelters announced for 4th Avenue, the Shirley Chisholm Family Residence at 535 4th Avenue, officially opened its doors last month. The other is expected to
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Emily Gallagher (left) and Phara Souffrant Forrest (right).BROOKLYN – Almost a month after elections, Emily Gallagher finally declared victory in the 50th Assembly District beating incumbent Joe Lentol. In Assembly District 57, Phara Souffrant Forrest declared victory against incumbent Walter Mosely. On June 23 Primary day, both candidates were trailing