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Fort Greene mural by Misha Tyutyunik at Myrtle & Carlton (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
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Reminiscing about “old Brooklyn” from back in the day—way back (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Recent incidents with ICE—like the detention of Pablo the pizza delivery man [/pablo-villavicencio-freed/]—have been major causes for attention in Brooklyn and beyond. But as the immigration clampdown continues in the US, one Brooklyn community—
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Vape life under the lights in Luna Park (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)A shocking video has surfaced of a hit-and-run driver reversing into pedestrians in Borough Park [http://gothamist.com/2018/07/23/driver_caught_on_video_reversing_ov.php]. A local resident, Juan Paulino, was arrested, but the NYPD isn’
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Fort Greene (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, or questions,
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A streetlamp flickers on against the sunset at Empire & Bedford (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Check out a great feature on Brooklyn Councilmember Rafael Espinal, [https://thebridgebk.com/how-rafael-espinal-emerged-as-city-councils-idea-man/] the man behind legalized dancing, a ban on plastic straws, and now a major green rooftop initiative in New York—he’s
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The merry-go-round at Coney Island glows softly at night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Walt Whitman famously lived in Clinton Hill, but the aluminum siding on his former home has prevented the building from being landmarked [/coalition-seeks-landmark-designation-former-home-walt-whitman/] in the past. Undaunted, preservationists are giving it another go [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/
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Union Street, Gowanus (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, or
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At the Giglio Feast in Williamsburg last weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Ex-employees of Brooklyn Magazine and the Northside Festival are accusing their old boss of withholding wages for years, with invoices from $800 to $8,000 still outstanding… [http://gothamist.com/2018/07/12/northside_fest_brooklyn_mag.php] There
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Prospect Avenue, Windsor Terrace (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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Taking advantage of a red light, skater and camera crew work to get the shot under the BQE in East Williamsburg (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Sure, Joey Chestnut gorged on Nathan’s famous hotdogs yesterday at the big-time Coney island bash, but don’t forget Feltman’s original frankfurters… [https://www.
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Bright lights in Luna Park after dark (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Look out below! A sign tumbled from a dentist’s Bay Ridge storefront [https://brooklynreporter.com/story/signage-bay-ridge-dentist-office-falls-injuring-two-elderly-women/] and struck two elderly women yesterday afternoon, but luckily, the injuries weren’t serious. The weekend also had a long, strange list
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Movie Marquee Poem at Nitehawk Prospect Park (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