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Election time is here! The General Election will be held tomorrow, November 6. Doors will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you are registered and eligible to vote, please do! Find out where your polling site is with this locator [https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search]
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Members of the Jewish community gather at a rally following the mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Since then, a string of hate crimes targeting the Jewish community has followed in Brooklyn (Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)An uptick in anti-Semitic crimes across Brooklyn in the weeks following the tragic shooting
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GREENPOINT – An off-duty cop was arrested after crashing his car while driving the wrong way down a one-way street in North Brooklyn this weekend, police confirmed. Harry Sepulveda, 31, was arrested and charged with driving with ability impaired, refusing to take a Breathalyzer and driving the wrong way after crashing
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CLINTON HILL – Members of the Brooklyn Nets stopped by the Christopher “Biggie” Wallace Courts at Crispus Attucks Park in Clinton Hill yesterday to spread love, the Brooklyn (basketball) way. In the late afternoon, Nets players D’Angelo Russell and Rodions Kurucs showed up to give away free basketballs and t-shirts
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SPONSORED: Sometimes the best businesses are the ones that never had any intention of being a business at all. T.J. Stone, the insanely talented comedic force of nature (Check Out his podcasts, [http://tjstoneshow.libsyn.com/] they’re frighteningly brilliant) and co-owner of Brooklyn Podcasting Studio [http://brooklynpodcastingstudio.com]
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The New York City Campaign Finance Board posted regrets Wednesday after not updating their Voter Guide to reflect an executive order restoring the voting rights of some previously incarcerated voters. On page 15 of the 2018 Voter Guide (English), a response to whether a convicted felon can vote reads, “If
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MIDWOOD – A burglar broke into the N.Y.L. Midwood League Daycare earlier this week, but left empty-handed. Still, police are on the lookout for the would-be burglar. On Monday, October 29, the suspect forced open the doors to the daycare at 1520 East 13th Street around 4:30 am.
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Photo Courtesy of Aviator Sports and Events CenterIce skating has been a winter pastime in New York City since 1858 [https://hyperallergic.com/422185/160-years-of-ice-skating-in-new-york-city/] when the first dedicated rink opened on a lake near 72nd Street in Manhattan. Its popularity has only grown since then. Well, that chill in
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SPONSORED: Join us on November 10th at the 11th Annual Toast Of Brooklyn Wine & Food Festival [http://www.thetoastofbrooklyn.com] at 55 Wythe Ave in the heart of Williamsburg, One Brooklyn’s most desirable neighborhoods. This year the festival will be located on 2 floors giving our guest a
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SPONSORED: No plans yet for this weekend? No worries, Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] has you covered. Whether it is R&B, classic rock or Broadway tunes. There is something for everyone. Kings Theatre also offers the option to buy premium tickets through their Ambassador Club. [http://www.
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Prospect Park Alliance presents the 39th Annual Haunted Walk + Fair Also enjoy the official Prospect Park Halloween After Party: BKLYN BOO! at City Point in Downtown Brooklyn Photo courtesy of Prospect Park AllianceSPONSORED – Prospect Park Alliance invites all local ghosts and ghouls to the 39th Annual Halloween Haunted Walk and
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BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – MacArthur recipient Okwui Okpokwasili took ballet classes as a child but her performance style is rooted in her Nigerian heritage, interest in Japanese dance and the desire to highlight an underrepresented narrative in the arts — “the complexity of the black woman.” “I guess I’m always looking for the