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The Sonic Jungle Flyer via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/thesonicjungle/photos/gm.1253627338055187/1103980303064254/?type=3&theater] The forecast predicts unseasonably warm temperatures with some rain this weekend, but that shouldn’t keep you from going out and enjoying some culture. Here are 4 art events happening this
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(Photo via brooklynbridgepark/instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQd0ieuALp7/?taken-by=brooklynbridgepark])The Down-Low is our round-up of stories as well as other curiosities throughout Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Brooklyn’s 10 most expensive homes sold in 2016. [Curbed [http://ny.curbed.com/maps/brooklyn-most-expensive-homes-sold-2016]] Woman Gives
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B&H Photo’s warehouse on Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick. (Photo: Google Maps) Iconic photo, video and technology store B&H Photo [https://www.bhphotovideo.com] has announced it will close its two Brooklyn warehouses by the end of the year, leading to the elimination of scores of
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Via Brooklyn Navy Yard Development CorporationThe list of tenants at the Epicurian-delighting Building 77 [http://brooklynnavyyard.org/leasing/bldg-77/] continues to grow after the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announced the newest half-dozen diverse food and drink palate-pleasers to join the manufacturing hub and on-site food hall. Building 77 is
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376-378 Flushing Avenue (Photo: Google Maps)(This story was updated on 12/2/16 at 1:25pm.) Developers have filed initial plans to construct almost 300 apartments in an area zoned for manufacturing near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. As first reported by YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/first-look-two-building-296-unit-residential-project-on-flushing-avenue-near-brooklyn-navy-yard.
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Screenshot of video showing the pier off Owl’s Head Park during Hurricane Sandy. (Video by John Huntingtonvia Vimeo [https://vimeo.com/52418093])In recognition of the fourth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, we’re taking a deeper look this week at the status of recovery efforts along the Brooklyn waterfront.
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Rendering of a possible BQX streetcar station at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, at Clinton Avenue. (Courtesy New York City Economic Development Corporation)It’s been at least six decades since you could hop a streetcar [http://www.brooklynstreetcar.org/the-streetcar/] and ride it from Queens to Brooklyn. That’s going
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Final fitting of a spacesuit manufactured by Brooklyn Navy Yard tenant Final Frontier Design. (Photo via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/finalfrontierdesign/].)Did you know spacesuits are manufactured at the Brooklyn Navy Yard? Today is National Manufacturing Day [http://national manufacturing day] — and it is being marked in Brooklyn, including
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Solar array at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. (Photo: Mayor’s Office)Yesterday the de Blasio administration helped to dedicate a new 3,152-panel rooftop solar installation at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. The project, which will generate 1.1 million kilowatt hours of energy annually, will bring New York City
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Europe’s largest business incubator is headed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to open its first U.S. flagship and is expected to create 500 jobs for New Yorkers, the city announced Wednesday. The Netherlands-based B. Amsterdam [http://b-buildingbusiness.com/amsterdam/home/] would grant New York entrepreneurs looking to expand
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Ethiopian food at the NYC African Food Festival. (Courtesy: socinna / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJGbXLMDPik/?tagged=nycafricanfoodfestival])With temperatures at nearly 100 degrees over the weekend, foodies still made their way to the first annual New York African Food Festival [/blog/2016/08/10/new-yorks-first-annual-african-food-festival-debuts-in-brooklyn-this-weekend/] at the Brooklyn
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(Courtesy: Brooklyn Navy Yard)The Brooklyn Navy Yard has released photos of its new shuttle buses as part of its improved transportation system. The Yard says its transportation plan will provide its growing workforce with direct access to all corners of the city. The brand-new shuttles can be tracked in