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Shirley Chisholm Photo: Screenshot Library of CongressFLATBUSH – First Lady Chirlane McCray announced on Friday, November 30, that the city will honor U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm with a monument in Brooklyn. The city will erect the statue at the Parkside entrance of Prospect Park as part of the She Built
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RED HOOK – Notices have gone out to Red Hook residents that Universal Television will be shooting scenes for a new series, FBI [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7491982/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1], at the Brooklyn Port Authority Marine Terminal/Red Hook Container Terminal from 3:30pm on Friday, November
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The re-named New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE/EAST FLATBUSH – Two more Brooklyn hospitals settle with the state for illegally billing sexual assault survivors for their rape examinations, said Attorney General Underwood. New York Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital [https://www.nyp.org/brooklyn] and
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Art work by ulie Peppito (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – Council Members Mark Treyger and Justin Brannan– who are literally district neighbors– each introduced a new bill this week to allow for interpreters in poll sites. The only difference? Brannan’s bill [https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=
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Pickles (left) and Violet via FBDITMAS PARK – It took three months, but finally Pickles the Dog, has been found. But wait, there’s more! Pickles brought along a friend, Violet, who had been missing since 2016! Today Pickles returned home to his family and Violet is safe at Sean Casey
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Photo via Rodneyse Bichotte.MIDWOOD/FLATBUSH/DITMAS PARK – After intense rain over Thanksgiving weekend, streets in parts of Brooklyn turned into rivers and lakes. Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte was caught in one yesterday, tweeting, “We are under water!” She said she reached out to various City agencies including the Mayor’s
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The New York State Reform Party is sponsoring a public advocate forum on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, between 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm at Bklyn’s Pizza in Dyker Heights. Frank Morano, secretary of the New York State Reform Party [https://www.nyreformparty.com/] and host of AM
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Photo: Katie MillerBROOKLYN BRIDGE – One person is dead and five are injured after three cars crashed and erupted into flames on the Brooklyn-bound side of the Brooklyn Bridge this morning at 7:15 a.m. Photo: Katie MillerBoth sides of the bridge were forced to shut down the day before
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The 10th edition of the Latke Festival, one of the most delectably fun events on New York City’s annual holiday season calendar will make the Brooklyn Museum very tasty place on Monday, Dec. 3 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Courtesy of the Sylvia CenterThe potato-powered evening will
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Families for Safe Streets. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BOROUGH HALL – “Traffic crashes do not discriminate by religion, race, age, sex, political affiliation, or neighborhood,” Devan Sipher, a member of Families for Safe Streets [https://www.transalt.org/familiesforsafestreets] said. The first thing one noticed when entering the Borough Hall yesterday,
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KENSINGTON/WINDSOR TERRACE – Beware! There are reports of a raccoon inside the Fort Hamilton F/G subway station. Have you spotted it? The poster outside the station reads: “Sick raccoon in station – BEWARE.” A neighbor tells us he saw it inside the tunnel near the stairs yesterday: “It was in
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Instead of unloading your bank account on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, consider participating in Giving Tuesday—the world’s biggest day of giving—this November 27th! And it’s never been easier to support nonprofits right here in Brooklyn thanks to a new campaign and website. Brooklyn Community Foundation