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Photo: NYPDBUSHWICK — Cops are looking for a man that broke into an apartment and raped a young woman early yesterday morning. On Wednesday, December 18 at around 4:30 a.m., a man broke a window of a basement apartment with a brick on Central Avenue and Madison Street, and
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSUNSET PARK/SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Two women, a 75-year-old and an 80-year-old, are dead after being struck by cars while crossing the street. Only one driver was arrested. On Friday, December 13 at around 10:24 p.m., a man driving a 2010 Toyota Rav 4 was headed
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Pastrami Master’s pastrami on rye with mustard. Rachel Baron/Bklyner.EAST WILLIAMSBURG — For the past five decades, David’s Brisket House and Deli [https://davids-brisket-house.business.site/] at 533 Nostrand Avenue has been the main purveyor of buttery sliced meats on the border of Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights. While
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Members of South Central Brooklyn United for Progress. Courtesy of SCBUP.New York Senate District 17 for Progress, a group of progressive activists and organizers in Borough Park and Midwood, are rebranding their organization as South Central Brooklyn United for Progress (SCBUP). With the new name comes hope for political
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The Other Art Fair Brooklyn, fall 2019. Lydia Lee/The Other Art Fair.GREENPOINT — The Other Art Fair Brooklyn is coming back to the Brooklyn Expo Center April 30 through May 3, 2020, and is looking for artists for its eighth installation. The upcoming Brooklyn fair will showcase 130 exhibiting
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Eleven Consignment Shop in Park Slope. Via Google Maps.PARK SLOPE — Eleven Consignment Boutique, with Brooklyn store located at 70 Fifth Avenue, and Manhattan store in East Village, shut its doors abruptly sometime in October (Brooklyn) /November (Manhattan) with no notice to its customers, leaving many puzzling over what has
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At a protest in Downtown Brooklyn last month. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)Back in June, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that 500 additional cops will be patrolling MTA subway stations throughout the city to combat crime. Local politicians think it unnecessary and have written to the Governor to say so. Recently
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Bushwick Political and Civic Club flyer. Courtesy of BPCC.BUSHWICK— Many longtime Bushwick residents are disturbed by the upheaval they see [/anti-gentrification-cb4-bushwick/] in their community due to rezoning and recognize the need for political empowerment. To that end, about 35 residents braved the freezing rain on Monday night, December 16,
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The list of the worst landlords in NYC is out, and yes, NYCHA is still the worst. Of private landlords, the number one slumlord in 2018 has downgraded (or upgraded, depending on how you look at it) to number three, while last year’s number nine landlord has gone up
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Doug Gordon. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE — Street safety advocate Doug Gordon, 45, has over 20,000 followers [https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.google.com/url?q%3Dhttps://twitter.com/BrooklynSpoke%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;ust%3D1576274883841000&sa=D&ust=1576274883854000&usg=AFQjCNGqWkQy5mLQPsLURATbwAupZy5SPw]
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Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups, art shows, and recent closures. Openings Plum & Honey [https://www.plumandhoney.com/] Cooking & Baking School Plum & Honey cannoli class. Courtesy of Plum & Honey.Katie Rosenhouse, the woman behind Buttermilk Bakeshop in
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BORO PARK — A teenage girl was robbed early Wednesday by two young men who smashed her phone in Boro Park. On Wednesday, November 27, around 1.25 a.m., in front of 1164 60th Street, an 18-year-old girl was walking home when two unidentified young men in their late teens