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MTA Searching For Artists To Design Murals For Five Brooklyn Subway Stations

(Courtesy: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/7488701704/in/photolist-cpKy7C-mXEwG9-fr7WZ-aFxKme-gVo4MU-dCaifZ-8hwxkh-kAoV6H-8svPsD-ftTdFM-7vkab8-f7znz-bkWF4r-9bKBwQ-6Hf8g7-8hwxeu-bDx9b2-pVZiby-4F7atP-8AzhB4-asdxZx-HbzHM-8hwxhd-6z2eiq-dwBx7C-asfWX5-8J3Zsq-DcLD7b-bDx9bg-asgaNY-9KWoJK-7zBkMv-83zxqq-asdx84-frbku-xdX6u-asdmtR-asg9Yb-asdggR-dq1s4F-6Wzo2q-e9vUfD-zoFqD-5eAmgo-5evX1c-e9vUpR-XhqEQ-c2bF27-hw8xD-asdyh4] )Do you have what it takes to have

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MTA Searching For Artists To Design Murals For Five Brooklyn Subway Stations

(Courtesy: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/7488701704/in/photolist-cpKy7C-mXEwG9-fr7WZ-aFxKme-gVo4MU-dCaifZ-8hwxkh-kAoV6H-8svPsD-ftTdFM-7vkab8-f7znz-bkWF4r-9bKBwQ-6Hf8g7-8hwxeu-bDx9b2-pVZiby-4F7atP-8AzhB4-asdxZx-HbzHM-8hwxhd-6z2eiq-dwBx7C-asfWX5-8J3Zsq-DcLD7b-bDx9bg-asgaNY-9KWoJK-7zBkMv-83zxqq-asdx84-frbku-xdX6u-asdmtR-asg9Yb-asdggR-dq1s4F-6Wzo2q-e9vUfD-zoFqD-5eAmgo-5evX1c-e9vUpR-XhqEQ-c2bF27-hw8xD-asdyh4] )Do you have what it takes to have

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Here’s Who May Be Running For Gentile‘s City Council Seat

The race to succeed term-limited City Councilman Vincent Gentile — who has represented the 43rd District for more than 13 years — is starting to heat up. No campaign accounts have been set up yet, and the elections won’t be underway for more than a year (November 2017), but here is

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Man Steals More Than $13K From Brooklyn ATMs, Police Say

Police are searching for a man who stole more than $13,000 from several Brooklyn ATMs in July. (Courtesy: NYPD)A man used a skimming device to steal people’s bank account information and withdrew more than $13,000 from several Brooklyn ATMs in Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, and Bay

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MTA To Renovate Sunset Park, Bay Ridge & Park Slope Stations Under New Subway Plan [Updated]

New MTA photo shows a clean 53rd Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. (Courtesy: MTA Renderings [https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/MTA_renderings.pdf] )The New York City subway might get a much-needed makeover. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced

Police & Fire

Cops Investigate Hate Crime Outside A Bay Ridge Mosque [Updated]

A victim outside a Brooklyn mosque was harassed and cursed at by two men Wednesday night. (Courtesy: Islamic Society of Bay Ridge / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/IslamicSocietyBayRidge/photos])Two men allegedly shouted an anti-Arab slur at a man outside a Brooklyn mosque, and police are investigating the altercation as

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Gentile Endorses McCreight For 46th Assembly District Leader

Photo courtesy of Chris McCreightCouncilman Vincent Gentile announced his endorsement of Chris McCreight [http://www.chrismccreight.com] for Democratic state committee member — also called district leader — in the 46th Assembly District this morning. Together, Gentile and McCreight greeted commuters at the 95th R train station in Bay Ridge Wednesday morning.

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MTA Train Operator In Custody After Man Jumps In Front Of R Train

R train in 77th Street subway station in Bay Ridge. (Courtesy: Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/83877588@N07/13858176613/in/photolist-5woY1r-h69xfX-e8nS9e-aDm8HK-n7AM6x-quXFPA-n9fbK8-aDU9SW-q2gn85-oWhN9o-s7gDJA-pF7vJc-oGWLb7-oDnmWF-fUrLFb-pSeubC-dr2zWv-63rQZE-f7oEWZ-qenwgr-pur9dm-njraaH-ry3St3-qq2382-swjswW-ooRwVe-nhRezH-nmWK3N-p8SKVQ-4QMt1W-bxmpcU-jKJ4J2-7YYxT5-qCvRNq-8U1awe-oj2nQ9-ptWAQR-9d6XS9-oGys1M-jzzirk-pdZQXi-amqMVy-pb2yQK-eeCa24-p4zK2o-eHExZ2-c2WzZd-sN6fEg-nQQRib-cqGzUo] )A train o

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Brooklyn’s $1.1 Million Dock Wastes Away In Sheepshead Bay

Birds gather on the Eco Dock in Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)You may have noticed a new dock appeared in Sheepshead Bay this year. Lashed to the railings along Emmons Avenue, the floating metal and concrete pier hosts no boats — though it has become a favorite leisure

Arts & Culture

Pro Wrestler Colt Cabana Will Be In Bay Ridge Saturday Night

Pro wrestler Colt Cabana is coming to Bay Ridge and he’s gonna put it in a clawhold. “Create A Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Pro” will take place on Saturday night [http://www.wrestleproonline.com/tickets/april-23rd-2016-bay-ridge-ny/]at St. Patrick’s CYO Sports [http://stpsports.org/] at 9511 4th Avenue,

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‘Shimmy ‘Til Her Garters Break’: Drag Queen Visury Fox Heats Up Bay Ridge

Visury Fox performing her show at Townhouse 275. (Photo by Donny Levit / Bensonhurst Bean)Bet you can’t guess where drag queen Visury Fox got her start. “Toys For Tots [http://www.toysfortots.org/default.aspx],” says Fox, referring to the organization that provides toys to less fortunate children during

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Bay Ridge Dems Founder Chris McCreight Running For District Leader

Courtesy of Chris McCreight’s websiteBrooklyn activist and Bay Ridge Democrats [http://www.bayridgedemocrats.org/] cofounder Chris McCreight announced he is running for District Leader in the 46 th Assembly District last week. The September 13 election, will be the first for Male District Leader in the 46 th Assembly