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Jun
17
So Is Stoop Drinking Legal Now? Not Quite.

So Is Stoop Drinking Legal Now? Not Quite.

Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopIt’s finally warm outside, and those summer nights are here. The sun won’
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Jun
16
Southern Brooklyn Elected Officials Blast Mayor For Failing Calvert Vaux

Southern Brooklyn Elected Officials Blast Mayor For Failing Calvert Vaux

Calvert Vaux ParkIn time for summer, elected officials from southern Brooklyn are once again calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio’
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Jun
02
Tech Incubator 1776 Is Coming To Building 77 In The Navy Yard

Tech Incubator 1776 Is Coming To Building 77 In The Navy Yard

The development of Building 77. (Image via The Marino Organization)The Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard]‘s transformation is becoming
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May
12
Friends Of The BQX Launch Coalition, Hoping To Gain Community Approval

Friends Of The BQX Launch Coalition, Hoping To Gain Community Approval

Video via YouTube [“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22XH4-nNjlA”] In an effort to gain approval for the proposed streetcar
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May
05
Here’s How The Citywide Ferry System May Impact Our Neighborhood’s Air Quality

Here’s How The Citywide Ferry System May Impact Our Neighborhood’s Air Quality

Courtesy Gothamist.There are plumes of consternation [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160503/navy-yard/citywide-ferry-service-could-significantly-hike-air-pollution-at-12-sites] about a new EDC study
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May
02
Sunset Park Students Plead With Mayor: Don’t Take Away Our Summer Programs

Sunset Park Students Plead With Mayor: Don’t Take Away Our Summer Programs

Students at PS503/506’s CFL program made this sign to express their support for restoration of their budget. (Photo
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Apr
28
Elected Officials Push For Russian And French Creole Interpreters At Polling Sites

Elected Officials Push For Russian And French Creole Interpreters At Polling Sites

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Local elected officials have rallied around efforts to add Russian and French Creole interpreters and
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Apr
21
Brooklynites Purged From The Voting Rolls Have Questions

Brooklynites Purged From The Voting Rolls Have Questions

Affidavit ballot. (Photo: John Morton [https://www.flickr.com/photos/morton/3002941350/in/photolist-5zmRQS] / Flickr) Tuesday’s primaries have raised
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Mar
23
City Council Approves Mayor’s Zoning Plan With Adjusted Transit Zone

City Council Approves Mayor’s Zoning Plan With Adjusted Transit Zone

(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The City Council voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of two controversial zoning changes proposed by
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Feb
24
Renderings: Calvert Vaux Park To Get Gorgeous New Restrooms

Renderings: Calvert Vaux Park To Get Gorgeous New Restrooms

Calvert Vaux Park [http://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/capital-project-tracker/project/1038] — Gravesend’s lovely, overgrown, long-neglected [/7-reasons-to-fall-in-love-with-calvert-vaux-park/] green space — will
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