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Apr
05
Briefly Noted: Boy Rescued From Subway Tracks, Woman Punched After 2 Train Altercation & More

Briefly Noted: Boy Rescued From Subway Tracks, Woman Punched After 2 Train Altercation & More

5th Street, outside the EPA’s Gowanus Canal Superfund Cleanup staging site (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) * On Thursday morning the
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Mar
29
Briefly Noted: More Measles, Fewer Plastic Bags, Tallest Politician & More

Briefly Noted: More Measles, Fewer Plastic Bags, Tallest Politician & More

Union Street Bridge (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) * The measles outbreak [/brooklyn-measles-outbreak-grows-to-121-cases/] that’s been plaguing Williamsburg and Borough Park has
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Feb
20
Briefly Noted: Raccoons Residing In A Subway Station, Unique Final Resting Places and More Links

Briefly Noted: Raccoons Residing In A Subway Station, Unique Final Resting Places and More Links

Flatbush Malls (Photo courtesy Sean Claffey via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216556796985887&set=pcb.10216556797985912&
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Feb
18
Briefly Noted: Carlos Danger Released, 50 Cent Calls Sunset Park Officer “Dirty Cop” and More Links

Briefly Noted: Carlos Danger Released, 50 Cent Calls Sunset Park Officer “Dirty Cop” and More Links

Extell Development’s 68-story Brooklyn Point, 1 City Point (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Disgraced former New York Congressman, Anthony Weiner,
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Jan
06
This Week In Brooklyn: Polar Bear Plunge, Freshman Senators, Dog-Delayed Subways & More

This Week In Brooklyn: Polar Bear Plunge, Freshman Senators, Dog-Delayed Subways & More

Carroll Street (near 7th Avenue), Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Keep up with what’s going on in the
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Dec
27
A Room at the Inn For Red Hook Homeless, Taking the Plunge into the New Year & More of Today’s Links

A Room at the Inn For Red Hook Homeless, Taking the Plunge into the New Year & More of Today’s Links

(Via Bklyner’s Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bklynerbk/])It’s that quiet time between the two final holidays of
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Dec
20
A Country Villa in Crown Heights, Anti-Gentrification Projection & More of Today’s Links

A Country Villa in Crown Heights, Anti-Gentrification Projection & More of Today’s Links

As part of some residents’ opposition [/anti-gentrification-cb4-bushwick/] to the Bushwick Community Plan [/residents-propose-bushwick-community-plan-for-rezoning-to-tame-development/], a large anti-gentrification message was on the
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Dec
18
1930s Brooklyn, A Holiday Miracle for Small Businesses & More of Today’s Links

1930s Brooklyn, A Holiday Miracle for Small Businesses & More of Today’s Links

PS 110 seen from McGolrick Park on a cold evening last week (Courtesy of Paul Stremple)Long before the age
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Dec
13
Upcycling Old Electronics for Art, The Rise and Fall of Big Sugar & More of Today’s Links

Upcycling Old Electronics for Art, The Rise and Fall of Big Sugar & More of Today’s Links

Riding under the Williamsburg Bridge on the East River Ferry (Courtesy of Paul Stremple)While everyone is opposed to Amazon
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Dec
09
This Week In Brooklyn: End of ZEN, Vegan Dance Shoes & More

This Week In Brooklyn: End of ZEN, Vegan Dance Shoes & More

Grinch elevator at Industry City, Sunset Park (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood
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