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Staying Warm in Style: Over $25,000 Worth of Luxury Brand Winter Coats Stolen in Southern Brooklyn

Sport Tech store at 3115 Coney Island Avenue. Courtesy of Google Maps.BRIGHTON BEACH/SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Two Southern Brooklyn retail stores were repeatedly robbed of a particular luxury brand winter coats. One of the incidents happened on Sunday, October 20, around 5 p.m., when a group of 10 individuals

Let’s Talk About Trucking, the Brooklyn Way

Truck driving on the road. Photo byMatthew T Rader [https://unsplash.com/@matthew_t_rader?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] onUnsplash. [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/trucker?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Aleksey Uvarov sits in the back

9 Brooklyn Buildings are Accepting Applications for Affordable Apartments Right Now

348 Nostrand Avenue [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/AdvertisementPdf/871.pdf], Bed-Stuy 348 Nostrand Avenue. Courtesy of NYC Housing Connect. * Apartments are available for tenants at 130% of AMI. * 5 one-bedroom apartments for $2,000 with income range for one person is $68,538 to $97,110. * 4 two-bedroom apartments

Rezoning of Luxury Brighton Beach Apartment Building Advances

Rendering of Sea Breeze Tower. Courtesy of Rybak Development.Seven members of the land use committee of Coney Island and Brighton Beach [/free-resource-book-tell-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-brighton-beach-sheepshead-bay/] -based Community Board 13 voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend approval of a rezoning proposal that would allow developer Rybak Development to create 6,000 square feet

What Happened to the $10 Million the Mayor Promised for Sewage Backup Valves in Southern Brooklyn?

SOUTH BROOKLYN — At a town hall [/mayors-promises-sheepshead-last-nights-town-hall/] in Sheepshead Bay back in September 2017, Mayor de Blasio promised a $10 million initiative that would provide homeowners in Southern Brooklyn with free sewage cut-off valves. However, it seems that the mayor misspoke. That money would be coming from state funds, not

Bensonhurst Residents Say Streets are Still Scummy, Despite Funding

BENSONHURST —Trash sticks to Southern Brooklyn’s streets like gum on a shoe. Every year, residents call 311 about dirty streets, averaging a steady 57.5 complaints a month over the past three years in Bensonhurst, according to NYC Open Data. While Bensonhurst is not the dirtiest area in the

New Biz: Another Gourmet Market, a CBD Store, Driving School, and More

Welcome to our business column, where we’ll share news on expansions, new biz, pop-ups turned storefronts, and more. > [https://www.instagram.com/p/B4aTr8phEa5/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] [https://www.instagram.com/p/B4aTr8phEa5/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] Paris Baguette

Hurricane Sandy Anniversary Approaches to Remind How Perilously Unprotected Southern Brooklyn Remains

One week before the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and local and federal officials spoke about the inevitability of climate change at a town hall meeting on Climate and Resiliency at the Kingsborough Community College in Manhattan Beach. About 80 residents gathered to listen and voice their

No Heat, No Hot Water? Crown Heights Leads The City In Complaints

Montgomery Street in Crown Heights, Ben Brachfeld/BklynerResidents at 1,264 buildings in Crown Heights filed formal complaints regarding heat and hot water issues between September 2018 and August 2019, more than in any other neighborhood in New York City, according to analysis of Localize.city, a website which aggregates

DonateNYC Has A New Food Donation Portal: Matching Those Who Have and Those Who Need

A mini food pantry by a Brooklyn Temple. Liena Zagare/BklynerBAY RIDGE/ DYKER HEIGHTS – Whether your business has three bagels left at the end of the day, or your grocery store has an extra box of radishes, or your restaurant has leftovers from a catering order, you now can easily