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Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Churchby Megan McGibney The Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church [http://threehierarchsbrooklynny.org/] at 1724 Avenue P, near Kings Highway, is getting ready to hold its annual three-day Greek Festival this weekend [https://www.facebook.com/threehierarchsfestival]. At the same time, it is preparing for some big changes
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Natik Nisimov (Source: Facebook)Police identified the 29-year-old man who was found shot dead on an Ocean Parkway sidewalk [/man-found-shot-dead-ocean-parkway/] Tuesday morning as Natik Nisimov, a Kensington salon owner who the NYPD said lived on East 8th Street, near Kings Highway. Cops found Nisimov with a gunshot wound to the
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Source: NYPD’s 70th Precinct, via TwitterIt was a whodunnit of proportions usually seen on Saturday morning children’s cartoons. A crime was in progress, but the suspect had left the scene. How will they find him? Oh, the criminal mastermind left footprints in the snow. That’s what happened
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The following was sent to us by Community Education Council 21: Click to enlarge
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The following was sent to us from the office of City Councilman David Greenfield: Click to enlarge
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After the Department of Transportation erroneously posted a sign on a residential stretch of Nostrand Avenue indicating two-hour metered parking, several nearby residents received wrongful summonses. Now Councilman Chaim Deutsch is leading the fight to get those tickets thrown out. Deutsch announced the agency’s error at last night’s
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The following is a press release from the offices of the Community Education Council of District 21 [https://sites.google.com/site/cecdistrict21/]: Last Thursday’s announcement regarding the continuance of charter co-locations at I.S. 96, Seth Low, and I.S. 281, Joseph B. Cavallaro, is a major setback
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Seth Low Playground’s softball fields. Players say they’ll be displaced when the renovation is complete (Source: NYC Parks Department)Community Board 11 passed a proposal on Thursday to expand and redesign Seth Low Playground on Avenue P and Stillwell Avenue. The new change include a Tai Chi space,
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsA plan that has riled parents and school activists throughout Southern Brooklyn is coming to a hearing tonight, at 6:00 p.m., at Seth Low Intermediate School (99 Avenue P). The Department of Education is proposing the co-location of a Success Academy Charter School within the same
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Source: Friends of Ocean ParkwayIf you’re a bicyclist or pedestrian who makes Ocean Parkway a part of your routine, you’ve probably noticed how nice the pavement is above Avenue O. And you’ve probably noticed how cruddy it is south of that spot. That’s because the Parks
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Existing and proposed bicycle routes in Community Board 15. Dotted red lines are "potential bike routes." (Click to see the full map)Community Board 15 Chairperson Theresa Scavo is blasting the city’s plan to add three new bicyle routes in the Sheepshead Bay area, saying it puts
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We’re hearing on the police scanner that a pedestrian has been struck by a vehicle on East 15th Street and Avenue P. Officers are on their way to the scene. The condition of the injured and the circumstances leading to the accident remain unknown. UPDATE (11:01 a.m.
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This little guy was spotted strutting his stuff on Avenue P and East 10th Street by reader ShadowLock, right around the corner from where Weiner resigned yesterday [/video-weiner-resigns-at-press-conference-heckler-denies-chance-at-dignified-departure/] . I wonder if he smelled all the garbage that packed into the area yesterday and decided to check it out. Unfortunately, residents
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There seems to be an an increase in accidents. Yesterday, March 27, 2009 there were two serious accidents in our area and nearby. If anyone has any information of pictures of the accidents, you can send them our way. There was a child struck on Ave P and East 7