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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – DeKalb Market Hall [https://www.dekalbmarkethall.com] (445 Albee Square West) has added two new vendors to its always bustling 27,000-square-foot food hall—Thank You Come Again, featuring Thai and Chinese cuisine, and Brooklyn Hummus, offering all-kosher falafel and hummus. Courtesy of Thank You Come AgainAlong with
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This year’s Church Avenue Street Fair is going to be better than ever! The fair will take place on Sunday, May 5 from noon to 6:00 p.m. on Church Ave. between Coney Island Avenue and Argyle Road. Celebrate community at the Church Avenue FairCome shop and dine
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WINDSOR TERRACE – Assembly Member Robert Carroll [https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Robert-C-Carroll/] will host the first annual Brooklyn Answer Fair on Sunday, May 19 at P.S. 130, The Parkside School (713 Caton Avenue). During his three years in office Carroll has regularly hosted community service events along with an individual
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — April and warm weather usually mark the arrival of Sakura Matsuri, the borough’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. This year is no different. Kaoru Tani of the Yoshi Amao and Samurai Sword Soul poses by bloomed cherry blossom. (Photo Kadia Goba/Bklyner)The
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CROWN HEIGHTS — The restaurant that brings you the best sidewalk BBQ in Crown Heights was robbed earlier this month and police are looking for the two suspects. On April 11, around 2:30 am (kitchen closes at midnight), a man approached Royal Cuisine Yard Food restaurant at 324 Utica Avenue
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PARK SLOPE – Council Member Brad Lander announced the winners of this year’s District 39 Participatory Budgeting (PBNYC) projects [https://pbnyc39.com/2019-capital-projects/] last week. The seven capital projects and ten expense projects on the ballot were presented at a Project Expo held at the Park Slope Library in early
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People leaving Easter Service. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – Hundreds of people attended Easter service at the Old First Reformed Church on Sunday. It was their first time being back after the sanctuary closed in 2011 for massive repairs. “This morning, we remember the people of Sri Lanka; the
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CROWN HEIGHTS – After three years of renovation and a yearlong closure, the St. Johns Recreational Center [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/B245] in Crown Heights reopens the end of April. St. John’s Recreational Center Photo: Kadia Goba/BklynerThe center, located at 1251 Prospect Place (between Troy and Schenectady
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GOWANUS – The NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) is hosting a Scoping Meeting next Thursday, April 25 at M.S. 51 to collect community feedback on the proposed Gowanus Neighborhood Rezoning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page#navigation]
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A ghost bike to commemorate the death of a cyclistBORO PARK – A 26-year-old cyclist died after being struck by a box truck early evening yesterday. At around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, Pedro Tepozteco was cycling westbound on 47th Street on the right side of the road.
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PARK SLOPE – The community is encouraged to attend a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, May 1 at the John Jay Educational Campus (237 7th Avenue) to discuss two new homeless shelters planned for 535 and 555 4th Avenue in Park Slope. Council Member Brad Lander is co-hosting the community meeting with
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EAST FLATBUSH — Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has endorsed Monique Chandler-Watermann to replace him to represent council District 45, dealing a devastating blow to his former deputy chief of staff. A bevy of other electeds will follow suit, Bklyner has learned. Monique Waterman (Photo credit: Otis Danne Jr.)The City &