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BOERUM HILL – Smith Street was transformed into a small French heaven on Sunday, July 14, in celebration of Bastille Day, the day heroic French men and women stormed the fortress in Paris 230 years ago marking the start of the French Revolution. On Sunday, July 14, 2019, a portion of
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBOERUM HILL—As the process for the city’s plan to build borough-based jails to replace Rikers Island moves forward, Brooklynites weighed in this week on the proposed Brooklyn jail and the initiative as a whole. Ahead of Wednesday’s City Planning Commission hearing on the four
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Brad Lander at Gowanus Draft Zoning Proposal Open House (Photo: Nathan Haselby) PARK SLOPE— The MTA’s plans to run four F express trains per day drew the ire of a Council member who represents neighborhoods served by the line. On Tuesday, the MTA announced [http://www.mta.info/press-release/
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BOERUM HILL/PARK SLOPE – The long vacant Times Plaza Station Post Office on Atlantic Avenue will soon become an eleven-story residential building according to reports. Times Plaza Post Office, 542 Atlantic Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The post office closed in January 2017 [/going-postal-times-plaza-p-o-near-barclays-closing-2-new-locations-will-divide-mail-services/] , two years after the USPS lost
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Ps 32 Samuels Mills Sprole, 317 Hoyt Street via Google MapsBy Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat In a bid to relieve overcrowding and help spur integration, the education department is weighing [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2019/05/29/to-boost-diversity-and-address-enrollment-issues-brooklyns-district-15-may-redraw-elementary-attendance-zones/] whether to redraw elementary school zone lines — or remove attendance boundaries
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Yesterday, on the anniversary of Kalief Browder [/inmates-in-the-dark-and-cold-at-brooklyn-federal-prison/]’s death after being held on Rikers Island for three years, dozens of Brooklyn residents gathered at Brooklyn Borough Hall to let Borough President Eric Adams know how they felt about the city’s ULURP proposition to expand a jail
Bed Stuy
Discover a new summer cocktail or cuisine, update your wardrobe for the warm weather, or sweat off your stress – and get an extra 10% off. Just use code SUMMER when you pay with Cinch [https://cinchwallet.app.link/79Vmqb6pfX] around Park Slope! Cinch is your neighborhood app that helps support
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – After 11 years at 45 4th Avenue, the non-profit community dance and youth development center Dancewave [https://dancewave.org/] has moved a few blocks south and will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony and block party to celebrate its new home. Dancewave, 182 4th Avenue, via Google MapsLocated at 182 4th
Bay Ridge
Remember the classic video game Tetris, where players mix and match different-shaped blocks to fill up space, all to the famous Tchaikovsky soundtrack? The food from Hungryroot, delivered right to your door, helps you eat healthy in a way that’s just as simple (and fun). Combine Hungryroot [http://hungryroot.
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New York Health [https://nyhealth.com/urology/] Welcomes the arrival of three highly skilled urologists: Dr. Iván Colón, Dr. Brent Yanke, and Dr. Edward Zoltan. They will be accepting new patients at 175 Remsen Street, Suite 1225, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Dr. Ivan ColonDr. Colón continues to introduce innovations in urology,
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Swimming at the Prospect Park YMCA, Courtesy of Prospect Park YMCA 1. Two Park Slope Locations The Summer Fun pass [https://ymcanyc.org/join/guest-pass] gives you access to all 22 YMCA locations in NYC, including the Prospect Park Y and Park Slope Armory. 2. Free Child Watch The YMCA
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BOERUM HILL/PARK SLOPE – Work is currently underway for a new mixed-use building spanning several lots on 4th Avenue between Warren Street and Saint Marks Place. 4th Avenue between Saint Marks Place & Warren Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Development firm Level One Holdings [http://leveloneholdings.com] filed plans earlier