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An urban cowboy parked amid the waterfront warehouses of Greenpoint (Photo Courtesy of Paul Stremple)You’ve probably noticed that it’s Giving Tuesday—we’re raising money ourselves—but there are plenty of causes worth supporting. For example, the Mosdos Satmar of Williamsburg is looking to raise $3 million
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The Green Building, 452 Union Street, Gowanus (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)After posing for pictures on the Union Street Bridge, Senator Chuck Schumer’s daughter Alison wed Elizabeth Weiland [https://nypost.com/2018/11/18/chuck-schumers-daughter-weds-in-brooklyn/] at The Green Building in Gowanus on Sunday. Dancing at House of Yes in
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The Domino Sugar Factory from the East River (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)The big news of the week is Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, and some think Atlantic Yards serves as a warning of what could come. [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/11/15/amazon-hq2-deal-atlantic-yards-serves-warning] In East Flatbush, residents and politicians
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Fall colors in McCarren Park (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)Following a string of anti-Semitic crimes [/anti-semitic-crimes/] last week and a racist attack this week [/another-racist-attack-in-flatbush/], allegedly white supremacist graffiti was spray-painted in North Brooklyn [https://greenpointers.com/2018/11/12/white-supremacist-tag-appears-at-transmitter-park/] , as well. A mother is in handcuffs after an abandoned
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Dean Street, Cobble Hill (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story ideas,
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The Williamsburg Bridge silhouetted against the setting sun this weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Whether or not Ben Stiller showed up at your house to canvas [https://brooklynreporter.com/2018/11/actor-ben-stiller-spotted-canvassing-bay-ridge-with-dem-state-senate-hopeful/] this week, we hope you braved the rain and the long lines [/ballot-scanners-down-throughout-brooklyn/] and made it out to vote
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Amity Street, Cobble Hill (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story ideas,
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Outside the Greenpoint Library, now coming Summer 2019 (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Another axe-throwing bar has opened in Brooklyn [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/10/29/brooklyns-second-ax-throwing-bar-opens-greenpoint] , this time in Greenpoint, where bladed weapons seem to be on the rise [http://gothamist.com/2018/10/19/brooklyn_yupsters_heads_will_
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A spooky trip to the pumpkin dentist on Bergen Street, between Bond and Nevins (Photo by Nathan Hasselby)Well, the L-pocalypse officially has a date [http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-new-york-city-transit-nycdot-announce-new-schedule-details-l-tunnel] : the Canarsie Tunnel will close on Saturday, April 27, 2019 for 15 months of repairs. The next day,
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St. Marks Avenue, Park Slope (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If you have news tips, story
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The Loujaine and the Red Hook Grain Terminal (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Earlier this month, Brooklyn food incubator PilotWorks suddenly went out of business, leaving small businesses stranded. The Bridge BK took a look at what went wrong, and how they failed so quickly. [https://thebridgebk.com/cooked-sudden-fall-business-incubator/] Many small restaurants
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A tag on the backside of the NuHart plastics industrial site in Greenpoint (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)What’s old is new again: the Small Business Jobs Survival Act is gathering steam once again. Check out what you need to know about the thirty-year-old bill. [https://thebridgebk.com/small-businesses-need-a-boost-is-this-law-the-answer/] Man the