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Moi Moi (and chicken) is a Nigerian steamed bean pudding dish. (Courtesy: NYC African Food Festival)Traditional Nigerian dishes like Moi Moi (steamed bean pudding), Jollof, a popular rice staple from West Africa, Lahoh, a spongy, pancake-like bread from Somalia, and other mouth-watering seasoned dishes will be featured in New
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A subway platform.A new interactive map [https://cwhong.carto.com/viz/6dfca01c-47e5-11e6-9fd3-0ee66e2c9693/public_map] focuses on proximity to subway options and reveals just how parched for mass transit some neighborhoods are. Chris Whong, a self-described [https://twitter.com/chris_whong] “urbanist, mapmaker & data junkie”, created a map [https:
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Hillary Clinton celebrates with family. (Courtesy Instagram/LindsayAwesome [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGZbZ-JDjSk/].)Last night, the Brooklyn Navy Yard was home to history as Hillary Clinton declared herself the first female major party nominee. Clinton held a rally at the Duggal Greenhouse [http://duggalgreenhouse.com/] (Building 268, 63 Flushing
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> Police identify victim of deadly #Brooklyn [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn?src=hash] bicycle crash as 27 y/o Leah Sylvaine. @CBSNewYork [https://twitter.com/CBSNewYork] pic.twitter.com/e4HpDJGYFz [https://t.co/e4HpDJGYFz] — ilana gold (@ilanagoldTV) June 7, 2016 [https://twitter.com/ilanagoldTV/status/740220891154546688] A 27-year-old cyclist
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Hillary Clinton celebrates with family. (Courtesy Instagram/LindsayAwesome [https://www.instagram.com/p/BGZbZ-JDjSk/].)Last night, the Brooklyn Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard] was home to history as Hillary Clinton [/?s=hillary+clinton] declared herself the first female major party nominee. Clinton held a rally at the Duggal Greenhouse [http:
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This picture of Hillary Clinton appeared outside the Brooklyn Plaza Medical Centerback in April. [/blog/2015/04/17/hillary-clinton-painting-spotted-on-lafayette-avenue/] (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus)Hillary Clinton [/?s=hillary+clinton] will be at the Brooklyn Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard] tonight as the presidential primary election results roll in . The Clinton campaign
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The development of Building 77. (Image via The Marino Organization)The Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard]‘s transformation is becoming downright revolutionary. 1776 [http://www.1776.vc/press/1776-global-innovation-network-brooklyn-navy-yard-innovation-new-york-city-startups/] , a start up incubator based out of Washington D.C., is coming to the top floor of Building 77 in the
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The Naval Cemetery Landscape at dusk. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.)A former cemetery in the Brooklyn Navy Yard was reborn as a public space last week. The Naval Cemetery Landscape [http://www.brooklyngreenway.org/naval-cemetery-landscape/] is a waterfront 1.7 acre public space built on the site of
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The meeting in session. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)“What do you call affordable?” asked Ingersoll Residents Association President Darold Burgess [/?s=darold+burgess] in reference to the developments rising around the Ingersoll Houses and the proposed affordable housing set-asides. The Ingersoll Residents Association Meeting was last night at
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(Courtesy Flickr/Wally Gobetz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/5084954285/in/photolist-8KkHKB-aQbeQg-dhx6jr-8KoM2G-dhx7TE-8KkHM4-5U31tJ-dhx9m3-aQbbTa-8KoLZW-aPYWMB-aPYVRi-nriGm4-dhx96J-dhx7XH-nr1GKm-dhx8d2-fUhReQ-dhx6Xy-dhx9ds-dhx9zo-dhx7LB-9bvGcT-aPYXCM-dhx7me-aPYWkM-dhx839-nt5Mmg-dhx7ec-nrnt2D-dhx6dx-n9PuyJ-nriuWk-dhx72z-79KTtq-nr2qkA-dhx9FQ-6A1fuR-n9NSxT-aQbMRz-76uwkn-5mxrvF-edeGJz-dhx8mZ-9htmyT-dhx6Sd-78aHSL-5TM4U6-daqA7M-dhx6Vr] )The Navy Yard’s revitalization [/blog/2016/03/08/visual-
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Refoundry participants (from left) Eugene Manigo, Charles McNair, Ralphy Dominguez, James Eleby. (Courtesy of Refoundry)Refoundry, a non-profit based in the Navy Yard that helps integrate the formerly incarcertated, is looking for volunteers for a pair of events next week. The Refoundry moved from Gowanus into its current space [/blog/
Arts & Culture
(Courtesy BerlinRosen)The Navy Yard is going to the birds… for a massive LED art installation. Artist Duke Riley’s “Fly By Night” [http://creativetime.org/projects/flybynight./], in which over 2,000 trained pigeons produce an LED light show at the Navy Yard [/?s=navy+yard], will start on