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Little Pakistan Will Celebrate Pakistan Independence Day With A Cultural Caravan On Sunday

Before the pandemic, thousands of people would gather on Coney Island Avenue to celebrate Pakistan’s independence in August. (Photo via Bklyner)MIDWOOD – The annual Pakistani Independence Day mela will not be taking place this year because of COVID-19, but don’t fret, there will be a Cultural Caravan to

Announcements

Man Sleeping Outside Garage Struck And Killed By Driver In Midwood

MIDWOOD – A man was killed while sleeping in front of a parking garage early this morning. Around 12:30 a.m. on August 26th, the NYPD believes a 49-year-old man was sleeping by the entrance to a parking garage on Coney Island Avenue between Avenue H and Glenwood Road when

Announcements

Cops Release Photo Of Suspect That Assaulted A Muslim Woman

MIDWOOD – The NYPD has released a photo and video of the man believed to have assaulted a Muslim woman last week. To recap, on March 16, Umber Nisar was walking home when a man approached her and kicked her. The incident took place between Avenue H and Rugby Road, right

Central Brooklyn

To the man on Avenue H who told me to “take it off”

FLATBUSH – I pass the Avenue H subway station every morning. There are always men who sit on the chairs in front of the station taking a hit of weed. Quite frankly, the area stinks. I’ve walked this way for over seven years. But today for the first time I

Central Brooklyn

Muslims In Brooklyn Celebrate Ramadan’s Final Days On Coney Island Avenue

Photo: Hassan IqbalThe month of Ramadan [/guide-ramadan-2017-brooklyn/]is over, the moon has been sighted and on Sunday, June 25, the majority of Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr (which lasts three days). How did Muslims in Brooklyn celebrate? With the annual Chand Raat Bazaar on Coney Island Avenue [/coney-island-avenue-packed-for-annual-chand-raat-bazaar-ditmas-park/

News

Real Estate Roundup: Greetings From Ditmas Park

This living room has more than enough room for “Dancin’ In The Dark.” (Courtesy RealDirect/Doug Perlson [http://streeteasy.com/building/811-cortelyou-road-brooklyn/5n].)Ditmas Park, let me in, I want to guard your dreams and visions. Just wrap your arms around these wraparound views and strap your hands across in-unit

Central Brooklyn

Real Estate Roundup: Greetings From Ditmas Park

This living room has more than enough room for “Dancin’ In The Dark.” (Courtesy RealDirect/Doug Perlson [http://streeteasy.com/building/811-cortelyou-road-brooklyn/5n].)Ditmas Park, let me in, I want to guard your dreams and visions. Just wrap your arms around these wraparound views and strap your hands across in-unit

Business

After Rent Hike, Midwood Martial Arts Center Searches For New Home

Midwood Martial Arts and Family Fitness Center. (Photo: Google Maps)One of Ditmas Park’s most beloved neighborhood institutions will soon be on the move. After receiving a rent increase of 70 percent, the owners of Midwood Martial Arts and Family Fitness Center [http://www.midwoodmartialarts.com] have confirmed they

Central Brooklyn

How Our Street Names Were Almost Interesting: The History of Local Street Names

Photo by sirsamuelortiz [https://www.instagram.com/sirsamuelortiz/]Do you live on Hiawatha Avenue? Well, you almost did if you live on Avenue H. The street names of Brooklyn are mostly pretty direct numbers and letters; however, had Walter B. Brown, the representative of the Flatbush Board of Trade in

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Cops Find Hundreds Of Heroin Packets In Apartment Near Brooklyn College

> Another Great Search Warrant by 61 Pct F.I.O Sgt Attia & 61 Special Ops. 245 Glassines of Heroin were recovered. pic.twitter.com/4S0vpCeAkF [https://t.co/4S0vpCeAkF] — NYPD 61st Precinct (@NYPD61Pct) October 22, 2015 [https://twitter.com/NYPD61Pct/status/657168533177126912] Officers seized hundreds of packets of heroin and

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How Gross Is Your Subway Station? New Map Shows Bacteria Linked To Urinary Tract Infections, Toxic Cleanup, Food Poisoning & More In Our Area

Now you don’t have to wonder what exactly you’re touching — or avoiding — on the subway because there’s a comprehensive map [http://graphics.wsj.com/patho-map/] of almost every type of species (of bacteria, food remnants and other organic material) there, and it’s conveniently organized by train

Argyle Road

CBS’ Person Of Interest To Film On Argyle This Friday – Move Your Cars By Thursday Night

The CBS show “Person of Interest,” [http://www.cbs.com/shows/person_of_interest/] a science fiction crime drama that stars Jim Caviezel [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001029/] and Michael Emerson [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256237/], will be filming on Argyle Road, between Avenue H and Glenwood Road,

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Thousands Celebrate Pakistan’s Independence At Brooklyn Mela

Thousands of people flocked to Coney Island Avenue Sunday to celebrate Pakistan’s independence day with food, dancing, and an appearance by Mayor Bill de Blasio – the first mayor in 20 years to attend the Brooklyn Mela festivities in New York City’s largest Pakistani community. Photo by Rob Bennett/

Avenue H

A Look At The Past Life Of The Avenue H Station House

If you’ve ever used the subway at Avenue H, chances are you’ve noticed how wonderfully unique it is compared to our other local stops–or really, stops all across New York City. Forgotten New York [http://forgotten-ny.com/2014/04/avenue-h-brighton-line/] took a closer look this week at

1602 avenue h

Yafai 99 Cent & Discount Open On Avenue H

The suspected 99 cent store we posted about last month [/blog/business/1602-avenue-h-gets-a-new-price-tag-a-new-commercial-tenant] has come to fruition at the much-dreamt-about [/blog/business/building-for-sale-on-avenue-h-e16th]1602 Avenue H on the corner of E 16th Street, offering all the stationery, socks, doodads and last-minute wares neighbors in the southern end of the area

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Building For Sale On Avenue H & E16th

A neighbor wrote us to say that 1602 Avenue H, the building that formerly housed P & L Laundry [http://www.yelp.com/biz/p-and-l-laundry-brooklyn], is up for sale [http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1602-Avenue-H-Brooklyn-NY-11230/2117969343_zpid/] –and what she wishes would go in its vacant retail space. > My coffee-hungry husband

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See Avenue H Covered in ’80s Graffiti

A collection [http://imgur.com/a/NcAAM]of John Conn [http://johnconnphotography.com/] and Bruce Davidson’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Davidson_%28photographer%29] old photographs from New York City subways in the ’70s and ’80s have been making the social media rounds lately, gaining a whole new

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Great Expectations at the Hotel Oak

Day three in a series [/?s=%22the+hotel+oak%22] exploring how the Hotel Oak (on the corner of East 12th Street and Avenue H) has changed through the decades. You can read day one [/blog/history/the-first-days-of-the-hotel-oak] and day two [/blog/history/the-decline-of-the-hotel-oak]. Over the course of its history,

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Avenue H Subway House Tour Tomorrow

Take a closer look at a subway station you may see every day (or that you maybe haven’t seen in a while, or ever). The New York Transit Museum is hosting a tour [http://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?ETID=5002] of the landmarked Avenue H subway house