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Red Hook (Photo: Nathan Haselby)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, email
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Pleasantly arranged pipes on a Brooklyn building (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)With the reveal of the MTA’s massive plan [https://www.amny.com/transit/subway-service-plan-1.18682931] to update the subway system, residents better brace for a whole lot of overnight and weekend closures: here’s how your commute might be
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A rainy night in Williamsburg, outside Progress High School (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)A Brooklyn-to-Manhattan commuter has indulged an interesting hobby and art project on her daily subway rides: photographing straphangers’ hands. [https://www.6sqft.com/the-urban-lens-hannah-la-follette-ryan-on-her-viral-instagram-account-subway-hands/] But while some make art on their way to work, other commuters are at
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It was all good just a week ago—rainy weather makes us miss the sunshine in Greenpoint’s McGolrick Park (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Politics in Brooklyn are hot as ever—from progressives in South Brooklyn calling for the GOP to disinvite anti-Semite and Islamophobe Sebastian Gorka [/gorka-opinion/] from speaking in
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Sunset 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 tips, story ideas, or questions,
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Bikers cruise down Kent Avenue, past the old Domino Sugar Factory, in the 5 Boro Bike Tour this weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)While the 5 Boro Bike Tour took Brooklyn by storm this weekend, one visitor to the borough has been snarling traffic regularly—every time “El Chapo” comes to
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Adam Frezza & Terri Chiao, Chiaozza Zen Garden (2017) at Industry City (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
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Junk truck with flowers, on the block in Clinton Hill (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Flatbush Church Doesn’t Make The Cut For Landmarking, Will Become 9 Stories of Housing [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/30/city-rejects-bid-to-landmark-century-old-flatbush-church-slated-for-demolition/] [City Limits] * Greenpoint Waterfront Retains Industrial Charm Amid Glossy Development in Williamsburg and LIC [https:
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The Pulaski Bridge going up in the late Brooklyn evening (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * East Flatbush Residents Push Back Against “Overdevelopment” [https://citylimits.org/2018/04/23/jumaane-williams-east-flatbush-residents-call-for-contextual-rezoning/?platform=hootsuite] [City Limits] * A Toll Booth In Prospect Park Is A Relic Of Past Transit [https://www.brownstoner.com/architecture/prospect-park-flatbush-avenue-tollbooth-brooklyn-history/] [Brownstoner]
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Fitzhugh Karol’s Searches, 2017 at 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
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3rd Avenue, Boerum Hill (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * Meet Community Board 7’s New Chair [https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/15/br-checkin-in-with-cb7-chairman-ceasar-zuniga-2018-04-13-bk.html?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=main&utm_content=link] [Brooklyn Paper] * Latino Community Fears Broadway Triangle Development Will Force Them
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Practicing for the Brooklyn Folk Festival’s Banjo Toss with a paddle (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Day After Day, The New Signals Are Failing at Bergen Street [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/15/nyregion/even-newer-subway-signals-cause-headaches-on-f-train.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur] [NY Times] * Council Aims to Curb Short-Notice Pilot Programs