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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMANHATTAN BEACH – The cold, rainy day was not enough to stop the co-naming street sign ceremony honoring the late rabbi, Dr. Eli B. Greenwald. “There’s not a more fitting tribute than to name a street sign after him,” president of Ohel David and Shlomo Synagogue Albert
Central Brooklyn
Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/GivingTuesday/photos/a.346276608784385.79581.321653937913319/1543141992431168/?type=3&theater] Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but Giving Tuesday [http://www.givingtuesday.org/]—a global initiative focused on giving back to the community—is today, and there
Central Brooklyn
Ocean Parkway and Church Avenue, via 2014. (Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)Four months after he introduced the legislation, State Senator Simcha Felder said he’s dropping his controversial bill to increase the speed limit on Ocean Parkway to 35mph. “I thought a lot about that bill as a result
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(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)After a renewed uproar over party boaters sullying the Bay [/more-party-boats-more-trouble-on-sheepshead-bay-piers/] this year, Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz announced that extra cops will patrol a docking and tailgate-party infested Sheepshead Bay thoroughfare. Starting this weekend, expect to see more cops and traffic enforcement agents on Emmons Avenue
Central Brooklyn
Service road, Ocean Parkway and Avenue J, Jan. 17 (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Just when you thought the battle was over, more drama is stirring up the gravel on Ocean Parkway as State lawmakers try to raise the road’s speed limit. This month, State Senator Simcha Felder sponsored
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James Madison High School students and teachers celebrate creating the borough’s longest chain of plastic bags, 2016. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites) Yesterday, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a moratorium on the controversial plastic bag fee [/albany-legislators-working-block-nycs-plastic-bag-fee-sheepshead-bay/] set to begin today, effectively killing the bill after a long battle in