Arts & Culture
> A post shared by Brooklyn Historical Society (@brooklynhistory) [https://www.instagram.com/p/BUPUWaGgmIA/] on May 18, 2017 at 8:50am PDT July is here! School’s out for the summer and Independence Day is fast approaching. If you’re not headed to the beach or a barbecue, you
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Photo by kathywilsonnyc [https://instagram.com/kathywilsonnyc/]There are some beautiful bridges in Prospect Park! Take any photos in the neighborhood lately? Send them to editor@bklyner.com, add them to the Park Slope Stoop Flickr group [http://www.flickr.com/groups/parkslopestoop/], or tag them #parkslope on Instagram, and
![Adorable Baby Falcons Hatched And Banded Atop Two Local Bridges [Video]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/hawk.jpg)
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Two Southern Brooklyn bridges are home to some furry new faces this spring. Clutches of peregrine falcon chicks were banded last week atop the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge — unique nurseries that offer an incredible 360-degree view of New York’s skyline. Source: MTA Photos [https:
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The Ocean Avenue footbridge [/tag/ocean-ave-footbridge/] connecting Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach closed this morning, kicking off a two-and-a-half month process to rid the structure of shipworms [/sheepshead-bay-foot-bridge-close-2-5-months-fight-worm-infestation/]. The bridge was originally slated to close at the beginning of March, but foul weather caused delays until today. The Department of
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Gil Hodges Bridge in the distance (Photo by Stan Kaplan)The Marine Parkway – Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge got stuck in the up position this morning, spurring advisories to motorists to use the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge as an alternative for those going to or coming from the Rockaways. The
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Source: Ibagli via Wikimedia CommonsA reader sent us the following letter to the editor, making a case for a pedestrian and bike path spanning the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and urging neighbors to attend a rally for the cause this Saturday: A dedication was held on November 21, 1964 to open the
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Brown (DCPI)After a two-day manhunt [/authorities-offer-12000-reward-robbery-suspect-evaded-cops-verrazano-bridge/], cops nabbed Tyrell Brown on Tuesday, the suspect in a carjacking that later led to a police chase and shots fired by officers on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/officers-open-fire-carjacking-suspect-crossing-verrazano-bridge/]. Brown, 25, of Staten Island was arrested while donning a women’s wig to disguise
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Source: fawlty128 via flickr.comA plan is in the works for a new upper deck on the Verrazano Bridge, which aims to make the nation’s longest suspension bridge to be “pothole-proof.” The deck, slated for construction this fall, will be made of a “lighter steel orthotropic materia [http://en.
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Source: USPSThe United States Postal Service issued a brand new stamp depicting the Verrazano Narrows Bridge on March 4, commemorating the 50th anniversary of one of the world’s largest suspension bridges. From the postal service’s description [https://store.usps.com/store/browse/uspsProductDetailMultiSkuDropDown.jsp?productId=S_116304] : >
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Underneath the Belt Parkway overpass located on Sheepshead Bay Road and Shore Parkway, you can now come face to face with the most famous anchorman in all of pop culture, Mr. Ron Burgundy. Next to him the caption reads, “ART IS NOT A CRIME,” accompanied by an image of a
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Contractors for the Department of Transportation were at the Ocean Avenue footbridge today, putting a layer of primer down on the 132-year-old span – the first time it’s been splashed with paint since the structure was rebuilt after Superstorm Sandy [/footbridge/]. It’s a welcome sight. Passing that bridge frequently,
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Source: atomische via flickr.comThe New York Times published an editorial [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/opinion/the-price-of-made-in-china.html] by economist Peter Navarro that admonishes the MTA for using Chinese steel products in a key portion of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge [/mta-pushing-ahead-with-plan-to-use-chinese-steel-on-verrazano-deck-project/] restoration project. Navarro, who is a professor