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Photo by hisaman_ [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMokriaDslq/]What southern Brooklyn news did you miss this week? Find out and catch up with The South BK Beat: Dyker Heights says goodbye to neighborhood landmark [http://brooklynreporter.com/story/dyker-heights-says-goodbyes-beloved-neighborhood-landmark/] [Brooklyn Reporter] Kids shine in Success Academy network spelling bees
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Jonathan, Veton, and Ksenia a block from their high school. Photo by Hannah FrishbergDespite Bensonhurst’s proud conservative values and largely Republican constituency — the area voted more Republican [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/numbers/clinton-trump-president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-election-results-voting-general-primary-nyc] than anywhere else in New York City hold Staten Island — Bensonhurst’s New Utrecht High
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Photo by Raisa Chernina.A serious dent was made in a notorious Russian crime syndicate that operated out of Brighton Beach and Coney Island yesterday when nine members of the Eastern European gang, Thieves in Law, were arrested, according to U.S Attorney Robert L. Capers. The nine “Thieves” are
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The home that currently stands at 1345 70th Street. Photo by Christopher Bride via Property Shark [http://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property-Report/?propkey=284843]A rare application has been filed for new construction in Dyker Heights. Submitted by a Brooklyn-based corporation called “Wonderland Inc.” has filed to build a new
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Photo courtesy e.ann.s / InstagramHere are the winning candidates in yesterday’s historic election. Candidate for President / Vice President Donald J. Trump / Michael R. Pence [http://votersedge.nyccfb.info/ny/en/ballot/election/44-fcc614/address/null/zip/11218/contests/contest/12806/candidate/129869] (Republican) Across Brooklyn, 595,086 voters
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Photo via Army Corps of Engineers.The deadline to give input to the Army Corps of Engineers is November 17, but local politicians are pushing for it to be extended until the end of the year. Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz and other pols penned a letter to Colonel David A. Caldwell,
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(Photo courtesy Prospect_ Park / Instagram)New Yorkers have a new way to learn about our urban landscape just in time for the last hurrah of the autumn leaves. The NYC Parks Department’s newest tree census data charts our urban forest on a micro and macro scale, so we can
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Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote
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A still from YouTube user Saul W’s video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS1Qyk1WIwc] of Hurricane Sandy destruction in Sea Gate immediately following the stormOn Thursday, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a bill [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/862-16/mayor-de-blasio-signs-legislation-expediting-build-it-back-construction-work] introduced by Council Member Mark
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Spotted on a Manhattan-bound Q train. Photo by Hannah FrishbergHalfway through my Q train ride from Ditmas Park to Times Square last week, I noticed a subway poster that caught my eye: the Guardian Angels Perv Busters were seeking information on a man who masturbated on an N train before
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Photos via the Office of Councilman Vincent GentileA ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday welcomed Bay Ridge’s new Istanbul Bay [https://www.yelp.com/biz/istanbul-bay-brooklyn] Turkish eatery to the neighborhood. The family-owned restaurant at 8002 5th Avenue opened at the beginning of July, but was officially celebrated by local
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Jiening Cao, photo via DCPI (L), the street Cao lives on, image via Google Maps (R)Have you seen this boy? The police are seeking public assistance locating a 17-year-old male who was reported missing on Monday, according to the DCPI. The minor, Jiening Cao of Gravesend, lives in a