Arts & Culture
In case Spike Lee’s 3rd Annual Prince Party, Erwin Wurm’s Hot Dog Bus [/weekend-art-events-june-8-10-salsa-hot-dog-bus-purple-party-more/], and the Brooklyn Pride festivities [/celebrate-lgbtq-pride-2018-in-brooklyn/] aren’t enough to keep you busy this weekend, here’s info on two additional festivals with more offerings to keep you entertained. Selebrasyion! [http://haiticulturalx.org/selebrasyon]
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The corner of 86th Street and Fourth Avenue will soon feature an elevator as accessibility work at the 86th Street station kicks off this month (Screenshot via Google Maps)BAY RIDGE – Accessibility is coming to the Bay Ridge subway system as the MTA announces plans to begin installing elevators at
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Chica with her youngest daughter. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – A 35 year old man from Long Island was delivering pizza to the US Army Garrison Fort Hamilton base last week. He showed his IDNYC and got inside, just like all the other times he delivered pizza there. But
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Photo: Zainab IqbalBARCLAYS – The 2018 Brooklyn College commencement at Barclays Center Thursday morning wasn’t a boring one. Pioneering disability rights activist Judith “Judy” Heumann gave a compelling speech on fighting adversity, and Borough President Eric Adams announced that he will be the next mayor of NYC. “I’m a
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PHOTO: Benjamin Kanter/Mayoral Photo OfficeBy Christina Veiga Overhauling admissions at the city’s prestigious specialized high schools could be just the opening salvo in more aggressive efforts to unravel segregation throughout the city’s school system, Mayor Bill de Blasio vowed Sunday. “Changing them sends the message that everything
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] BAY RIDGE – Police are looking for a burglar that struck a Bay Ridge apartment earlier this week, gaining entry to the building by slipping in the front door as a tenant was
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While Memorial Day weekend marks the start of summer with barbecues and trips to the beach, don’t forget to take a moment to commemorate those who lost their lives serving our country. Below are two ways to show appreciation for our service members, both past and present. Bay Ridge
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Last June, we told you about Ticket Wiper [/ticketwiper-new-app-help-fight-nyc-parking-tickets/], an app that helps you challenge NYC parking tickets. Since it’s been almost a year, we wanted to follow up and see how things are going. “It’s going great. We’re getting busier and busier. The word is getting
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] SUNSET PARK – Earlier this month, after a man attempted to abduct two different 10-year old boys [/wednesday-crime-blotter-11/] in Sunset and Borough Parks, police asked the public to help identify him. Now, they’
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Pro-Palestinian protestors gathered in Bay Ridge yesterday evening (Photo via NYC911News LLC)BAY RIDGE – As the killing of Palestinian protestors at the border with Israel dominated the headlines yesterday and the US government celebrated the move of the United States embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a group of pro-Palestine
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After a 2016 drunk driving crash took the life of a 17-year cyclist [/drunk-driver-kills-teen-cyclist-gerritsen-beach-cops-say-sheepshead-bay/] in Gerritsen Beach, a measure of closure has come to the case, as District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the driver was sentenced to jail yesterday for second-degree manslaughter. Thomas Groarke, 26, of Bay Ridge was sentenced
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Every spring, the NYC Department of Finance (DOF) sells the liens of properties that have failed to pay debts to the city [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/property-lien-sales.page], and this year the date is May 17th. Such debt includes missed payments on property taxes, water bills, emergency