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Council Members Treyger, Reynoso and Rivera are allocating $5M to rehab Woodhull Hospital’s emergency room/department. Kadia Goba/BklynerBROADWAY TRIANGLE – NYC Health + Hospitals Woodhull is getting a much-needed infusion of capital funds thanks to the Speaker Corey Johnson and Council members Mark Treyger, Antonio Reynoso and Carlina Rivera. When
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PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN — Developers are accepting applications for four affordable units at a new rental development at 346 Rutland Rd. between New York and Nostrand Avenues. New building in PLG listing four affordable housing units. (Renderings: Nooklyn) The 4-story building features 9,693 sq. ft. of residential space across 13 units
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BROOKLYN — Five Brooklyn neighborhoods lead the nation in underreported census tracts in 2010, and New York City officials hope they can convince all residents regardless of their status to be counted next year. At stake are congressional seats and lots of federal money. The Census launches in March 2020, but
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Borough President Eric Adams honored a sergeant and four organizations for their work, hoping people get inspired and encouraged to give back just like these organizations and individuals did. “This diverse group of public servants, faith leaders, and small businesses share a common commitment,” Adams
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UPDATE: Cops are telling us an 11-year-old boy was taken into custody for the shooting threat made on Instagram last night. It is not clear if the boy was a student at Bay Academy. SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A person threatened to shoot inside Bay Academy Junior High School last night, telling
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Community Board 8’s permits and licenses committee on Monday voted against recommending to support a “change of operations” to allow live music and backyard entertaining at Soda Bar in Prospect Heights. Drinks at Soda Bar & Lounge. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)According to the New York
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — First lady Chirlane McCray and former Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen will unveil Wednesday the next four She Built NYC [https://women.nyc/she-built-nyc/] monuments to include iconic songstress, Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday (Screenshot Billie Holiday Instagram)The celebrated jazz singer was born Eleanora Fagan Gough, on April 7,
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PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDEN — NYPD needs your help in looking for a man connected to an attempted rape incident in Prospect Lefferts Garden (PLG). Police say on Friday, March 1 at 7:30 am, an unidentified man walked into a laundry room of a multi-unit residential building near Lincoln Road and
affordable housing
FLATBUSH — Applications are now being accepted for seven affordable one-bedroom units at a new rental building at 2527 Church Avenue (between Bedford and Rogers Avenues). That’s right – seven. 2527 Flatbush Avenue (Renderings compliments of Bernard Schwimmer Regal Builders Realty LLC )The resident features 16,349 sq. ft. of residential
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Mathieu Eugene. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MADISON/MARINE PARK – Many people stood on the left side of the podium inside James Madison High School on Sunday. There was a Muslim woman, her hair covered in a scarf, her daughter standing in front of her. Right next to her stood a
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CROWN HEIGHTS — Community Board 9 (CB9) will hold a public hearing [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/event/notification-of-community-board-public-hearing-960-franklin-avenue-rezoning/] this week about rezoning plans proposed to allow developers to construct two 39-story towers on Franklin Avenue, exceeding in size, neighboring Ebbets Field by nearly 300 apartments. The project is proposed at the
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995 President Street, By Kadia Goba/BklynerCROWN HEIGHTS — Developers have filed permits to transform the vacant lot on President Street in Crown Heights into a seven-story apartment building, as first reported by YIMBY [https://newyorkyimby.com/2019/02/permits-filed-for-995-president-street-in-crown-heights-brooklyn.html] . The lot at 995 President Street is located between Franklin