Announcements
The recipients of the grant. (Alford, top left; Dr. Blackstock, bottom left; Dr. Johnson, middle; Kalam Id-Din II, top right; and Smith, bottom right)BARCLAYS CENTER – Five Black Brooklyn community leaders are the first recipients of the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation Social Justice Fund, which aims to support social
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Rings displayed at Barclays Center Plaza, Saturday, June 15 for Arianna Grande concert (Photo: Nathan Haselby)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A pair of NBA stars is moving to Brooklyn (well, at least that’s where they’ll be working). Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will be joining the Brooklyn Nets for the
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CLINTON HILL – Members of the Brooklyn Nets stopped by the Christopher “Biggie” Wallace Courts at Crispus Attucks Park in Clinton Hill yesterday to spread love, the Brooklyn (basketball) way. In the late afternoon, Nets players D’Angelo Russell and Rodions Kurucs showed up to give away free basketballs and t-shirts
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FORT GREENE – There are going to be a lot fewer blue and orange jerseys around the Barclays Center. Governor Cuomo announced on Wednesday that the New York Islanders will skate away from the Barclays Center and return to Long Island to a reportedly $1 billion new complex adjacent to Belmont
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BOERUM HILL – Last Friday, December 1, NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org/] unveiled two newly renovated basketball courts at Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park located on Wyckoff Street between Hoyt and Bond Streets. Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park, Photo credit: Daniel Avila/NYC ParksNYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher
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Photo via Brooklyn Nets (Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynNets/photos/a.10152046689005255.1073741895.26426125254/10153539823540255/?type=3&theater] )Russian billionaire and Brooklyn Nets owner, Mikhail Prokhorov, is looking to sell off a 49% stake of the NBA team, Bloomberg [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-21/billionaire-prokhorov-to-sell-49-in-brooklyn-nets-ria-reports] reports.
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Schraeder (l) and Petlakh (r) Source: Social media, via Forward.The trial for Shawn Schraeder, who is accused of assaulting a significant Jewish leader two years ago [/cops-cuff-shawn-schraeder-suspect-assault-kings-bay-y-leader-hate-charge-dropped/] , started yesterday, and Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz chimed in by saying it is a major test for Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson and
News
Chinatown on 58th Street and 8th Avenue in Sunset Park. (Courtesy: redleaf8 / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BIH0_cDAUef/?tagged=sunsetparkbrooklyn]) Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/sunsetparkvoice], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/sunsetparkvoice], and Instagram
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(Courtesy: Brooklyn Nets / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynNets/photos/a.77208000254.112801.26426125254/10154122183585255/?type=3&theater] )Brooklyn is about to experience Linsanity. Point guard Jeremy Lin returns to New York with a three-year $36 million contract playing for the Brooklyn Nets. His new basketball team introduced Lin
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The Burger Paulette. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus)Here’s a recap of what went down this week. Follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/ftgfocus], like us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/FortGreeneFocus], and check out our Instagram [http://instagram.com/fortgreenefocus], and subscribe to our newsletter [http://eepurl.
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> The journey continues…thankful for the next chapter!! #Godisgood [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Godisgood?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/1PLutlFbyO [https://t.co/1PLutlFbyO] — Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) July 1, 2016 [https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/748879457411174400] The Brooklyn Nets merchandisers just got a huge shot in the arm after
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> The journey continues…thankful for the next chapter!! #Godisgood [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Godisgood?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/1PLutlFbyO [https://t.co/1PLutlFbyO] — Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) July 1, 2016 [https://twitter.com/JLin7/status/748879457411174400] The Brooklyn Nets merchandisers just got a huge shot in the arm after