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Photo Credit: Avi GlicksteinAs a parent of two young kids, I’ve got limited time – and energy – for shopping and cooking. So I’m always on the lookout for ways to make getting those things done a little easier. As such, I’ve experimented with a variety of grocery-delivery and
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BORO PARK — Police struggled to control thousands of mourners on Tuesday who came out to funeral services to honor a Grand Rebbe. Funeral procession of The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal (Photo: Todd Maisel)During the funeral procession at 58th and 14th Avenue, two on-duty police officers went to
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BORO PARK — Thousands of mourners will descend upon Borough Park to honor The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal who died Monday. He was 95. The Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Yisroel Avrohom Portugal at Masbia in Boro Park. (Photo: Compliments of Masbia)The Rebbe died at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore,
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The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment and BuzzFeed have launched One Book, One New York – where New Yorkers get to pick the ONE BOOK they all want to read together.VOTE here [https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/trackclk/N30602.2768209BKLYNER/B22439483.242298506;dc_trk_aid=439498965;dc_trk_
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Dov Hikind at the protest last week. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)In the aftermath of last week’s protest and counter-protest in Borough Park over a council member’s comment on Palestine, a prominent community leader there has made a truly bizarre and disturbing allegation. Our reporter, Zainab Iqbal, “organized
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The MTA has begun cleaning the undersides of the elevated L lines on Stillwell Avenue and onto 86th Street of the D line trains following two incidents that occurred on the 7 line in Queens in which debris rained on vehicles, one slicing through the windshield of a car.BATH
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Some of the crowd. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)BORO PARK – A protest against Council Member Kalman Yeger’s “Palestine doesn’t exist” tweet was overtaken Thursday by a raucous counterprotest as the political divide in the Middle East flares up in New York. At about 6 p.m. on Thursday evening,
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Photo Courtesy of PJ Masks LiveSPONSORED: Weekend in the city, and a brave band of heroes is ready to face fiendish villains to stop them messing with your (Satur/Sun)day. If that slightly altered bit of narration sounds familiar, you probably have a PJ Masks fan living in your
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BOROUGH PARK/BENSONHURST — It’s fundraising time for the NRA, and they’re making their usual rounds—among them, Southern Brooklyn. Signs posted outside of a Brooklyn eatery show the fundraising arm of the NRA (National Rifle Associaton) Foundation is having an event at the Rex Manor Catering Hall [http:
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Brooklyn Tech, Photo by BKLYNERAs admissions controversy roils, data shows New York City’s specialized high schools continue to accept few black and Hispanic students. By Christina Veiga, Chalkbeat NY As New York City is engulfed in a debate over efforts to better integrate the city’s specialized high schools,
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Vitis Chandelier; Photo Via Rich Brilliant WillingSPONSORED: “We believe in the power of light to create atmosphere, that light has a profound influence on shaping the way we feel.” That’s how Theo Richardson describes the guiding principle behind the work of Rich Brilliant Willing [https://richbrilliantwilling.com] (RBW), the
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PARK SLOPE – Participatory Budgeting [https://council.nyc.gov/pb/] vote week (March 30—April 7) is almost here! If you live in Council Member Brad Lander’s District 39 [https://council.nyc.gov/district-39/], be sure to check out the upcoming Project Expo (April 2) where you can learn all