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Site of Solidarity Space, a new community center coming to Bay Ridge. (Photo: Kadia Goba/Bklyner)BAY RIDGE – Former State Senate candidate Ross Barkan announced Wednesday that he’s turning his campaign office into a much-needed community center in Bay Ridge. Named Solidarity Space, it is located at 307 82nd
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Photo Credit: Avi GlicksteinSPONSORED – For a variety of reasons, getting to the grocery store on a weekly or even bi-weekly basis can be hard. In my case, with two kids under 5, a freelance work-life to maintain, a spouse who works full-time, and grocery stores nearby that don’t always
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Photo: Courtesy of Andrew Gounardes for State SenateBENSONHURST — Gov. Cuomo visited Brooklyn on Tuesday to endorse the Democratic senatorial candidate Andrew Gounardes, in what seemed more like a presidential campaign rally. Dozens packed into the Stars and Stripes Democratic Club to rally for Gounardes and witness a rare Southern Brooklyn
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BAY RIDGE – Before they face off in the Nov. 6 primary, the candidates for Southern Brooklyn seats are slated to go head-to-head tomorrow, Wednesday at the Bay Ridge Inter-Agency Council for Aging at the Ft. Hamilton Senior Center (9941 Fort Hamilton Pkwy), between 9 am and noon. The forum will
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The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and Explore Brooklyn would like you to join them at their inaugural BROOKLYN RUNS 5K Corporate Challenge [https://www.brooklynruns.nyc/] presented by Just Energy. Run (or walk) as an individual or as a team and join us for a complimentary cocktail reception, with bar
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] EAST NEW YORK – Last night, at 11:00 pm, police arrested Crystal Wilson, 31, in the 75th Precinct. Wilson, an NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agent, was charged with assault, harassment and disorderly conduct,
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BENSONHURST – An 87-year-old man was struck and killed by a Mack truck as he crossed the street in Bensonhurst yesterday, police confirmed. The incident took place Thursday, September 27, around 2:50 pm, at the intersection of 86th Street and 21st Avenue, said police. According to a preliminary investigation, Carmine
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CROWN HEIGHTS – An argument in the Utica Avenue subway station Monday morning spilled onto the street as a man assaulted another with a cane and a knife, police said. The incident occurred around 9:20 am on Monday, September 24, when the suspect struck his 23-year old victim with a
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Photo: Kadia Goba/BklynerBAY RIDGE — Fran T. Vella-Marrone was elected Kings County Conservative Party Chair on Tuesday, making her the first woman to sit at the helm of the party. “I’m proud to be the first woman to be elected as the chair of the Kings County Conservative Party,
Animals
When Eric Maus came across an abandoned pit bull Monday in Prospect Park, the 28-year-old didn’t know what to do. The 80-pound, grey and white pitbull lie with her head raised atop scattered leaves. “She was calm, docile, tongue out,” said Maus of Prospect Lefferts Garden. “Just looking at
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SOUTHERN BROOKLYN – If you are anything like me, you may have a box in the corner of the closet accumulating broken electronics. I seem to never get to recycling them properly, and it is illegal just to put them out with trash [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/dsny/site/services/
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Everyone’s invited to take part in the sunniest and funniest street celebration in Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party! The inaugural production under Feld Entertainment’s new partnership with the non-profit educational organization, Sesame Workshop features favorite Sesame Street pals Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and more in a