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On a narrow sidewalk on the edge of Bushwick, Brooklyn, last Friday evening, a DJ was blasting techno music, his mixer set up on a foldable table. On the other side of the sidewalk, the smell of grilled hot dogs and hamburgers wafted from the grill, while a crowd was
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Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/police-tape?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] BED STUY/BROWNSVILLE – Three people were shot and killed in two
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The crowd took to the streets to rally neighbors around putting an end to the North Brooklyn Pipeline and associated National Grid rate hikes. North Brooklyn Pipeline Protest. Audrey Carleton/BklynerLatrice Walker, assemblywoman for New York State’s District 55, still distinctly remembers what it was like growing up with
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BEDFORD STUYVESANT – On Friday, September 25, shortly before 10:30 pm, police received a 911 call of two individuals shot at the corner of Marcus Garvey Boulevard and Monroe Street (81 Precinct). They found the two men, both in their 30ies, who were shot near a black Jeep parked in
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This week we welcome lots of new places, including many on Park Slope’s 5th Avenue and some do-gooders. Sadly, we also say goodbye to several favorites. As always, let us know if we’ve missed anything [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeHXqIQrTLCPeA3dvDaAHHsm5HeU8F7gfZnscBK337wqaY6Xg/viewform?usp=sf_link] , and
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BEDFORD STUYVESANT – Cops are looking for the man who allegedly sexually harassed a woman as she was walking her child. On Monday, September 14 at around 4:20 p.m., a 37-year-old woman was pushing her child inside a stroller on the corner of Lewis Avenue and Chauncey Street when
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With colder weather coming in and a 25% capacity indoor dining set to start on September 30th, the streets of Bushwick are lined with restaurants anxious about their survival and confused over implementing the ever-changing restrictions on their operations. We checked in with two pizza places in Bushwick – Tony’s
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A fire truck hit a pole after crashing into an ambulance during an emergency. (Photo: Hillel Lichtenstein)BEDFORD STUYVESANT – One person is dead and several are injured after an ambulance and a fire truck crashed into each other while responding to emergencies early this morning. At around 12:45 a.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza tour P.S. 59 in Brooklyn with labor leaders. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Bed-Stuy’s Community Education Council of (CEC) 16 is taking legal action against the Department of Education (DOE) related to a decision that allows four schools in the
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BEDFORD STUYVESANT – A 24-year-old man is dead after fighting for his life following a shooting that took place on Tuesday. On Tuesday, September 8 at around 4:40 p.m., three people were shot on Dekalb Avenue outside the Lafayette Gardens Community Center. Tylee Felder, 24, was taken to New
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Via Center for NYC Neighborhoods [https://cnycn.org/nyc-tax-lien-sale/]UPDATE: Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Finance Commissioner Jacques Jiha announced on September 4, the postponement of the annual tax lien sale until September 25, 2020 to give New Yorkers additional time to pay debt or enter into payment
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Red Pill [https://www.harikunzru.com/] (September 1st) follows a British-Indian author living in Brooklyn who travels to Berlin for an academic fellowship. That also accurately describes Kunzru himself, but the unnamed narrator in the novel has his world tilted askew by his time in Germany. As he procrastinates by