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UPDATE- as of 9:30 am, thanks to the quick intervention by the Public Advocate’s office, water will no longer be shut off at 250 Parkville Avenue today. “This is outrageous. It should not be happening,“ Francisca Montaña from the Public Advocate’s office said upon reading our story.
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Photo: Magiceye/Flickr Creative CommonsTomorrow, Muslims all over the world will celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a holiday that lasts three days after the month-long Ramadan [/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-ramadan-in-brooklyn/]. Tonight, hundreds of people will celebrate on Coney Island Ave at the annual Chand Raat Mela [/chand-raat-mela-on-coney-island-avenue-in-this-thursday/], where there will be henna stalls, shopping opportunities,
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Michael Grimm (Left) and Dan Donovan (Right)BAY RIDGE – Tonight at 7 pm tune in to watch Congressman Dan Donovan and convicted felon Michael Grimm debate at College of Staten Island – broadcast live on NY1. It should be interesting. Congressional primaries are on June 26th. We are just hours from
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BOERUM HILL – “The Brooklyn Book Festival is amazingly unique compared to other book festivals I’ve participated in,” author Gregory Pardlo [http://pardlo.com] remarked Wednesday evening at the annual launch of the Brooklyn Book Festival [http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org]. Addressing a crowd of approximately eighty authors, publicists, and publishers
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There were an estimated two million rats [http://www.businessinsider.com/how-many-rats-are-there-in-nyc-2014-11] living in New York City in 2014, and according to a recent study released by RentHop [https://www.renthop.com/studies/nyc/rats-continue-to-thrive-in-new-york-city-especially-during-summer] the number of sightings have been increasing each year. Via brooklyn-usa.org [http://www.brooklyn-usa.
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Dust off those old photo albums! On Tuesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and the Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/] (BHS) announced the launch of “A Blast from Brooklyn’s Past,” a photo challenge inviting Brooklynites to submit images that capture the borough’s “evolution in architecture, streetscapes,
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On June 1, the minimum price of cigarettes in New York City increased from $10.50 to $13 per pack, the highest in the nation. Depending on how heavy your habit, that adds up really fast. “For someone who smokes cigarettes regularly, cigarettes can cost as much as two months’
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This summer, the New York Blood Center [http://nybloodcenter.org/] is in desperate need of donors, to the tune of 1,500 more per month. The situation is dire enough that the center has declared a “blood emergency” in New York. Residents are urged to make a donation [http://nybloodcenter.
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BENSONHURST – Streets will be closed around Lenny’s Pizza (1969 86th Street) tomorrow,Tuesday, June 12for a ceremony at 1:00 pm celebrating actor John Travolta who made Bensonhurst, double-decker slice, and Lenny’s Pizza famous in the Saturday Night Fever:“Travolta changed the culture of Brooklyn and America forever
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BOOKS AND BEATS – The program begins with Sum [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend]mer [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend] Jam [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend] W [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend]eekend [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/summer-reading/weekend], June 9 and 10, featuring performances at library
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBENSONHURST – Earlier today on Bay Parkway Dunkin’ Donuts unveiled what the company touts as the Dunkin’ Donuts of the future – its first New Generation Concept store. Cold brew is on tap, whether you want cold brew coffees (including the new Nitro) or iced tea. Employees are sporting
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WILLIAMSBURG – On Sunday, June 10, Domino Park – New York’s newest public park on the waterfront will open to the public with grand opening celebration between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. The six-acre, privately-funded park, designed by the lead designers of the High Line, James Corner Field Operations,