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Artists rendering of 1041-1047 Fulton Street. (Image via Marvel Architects [http://www.280cadman.com]).Some great news for us came out of an updated version of the city’s Brooklyn Heights Library sale: developer Hudson Companies has agreed to lower the Annual Median Income (AMI) threshold for applicants to their
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New Utrecht Library (Google Maps)Love your library? Whether your go-to branch is New Utrecht Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/new-utrecht] (1743 86th Street), Mapleton [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/mapleton](1702 60th Street), or the Dyker Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/dyker](8202 13th Avenue), you can
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Source: WikipediaLove your library? Whether your go-to branch is the Sheepshead Bay Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/sheepshead-bay] (2636 East 14th Street), Homecrest Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/homecrest] (2525 Coney Island Avenue), or the Kings Bay Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/kings-bay] (3650 Nostrand Avenue), you
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Love your library? Whether your go-to branch is Walt Whitman (93 Saint Edwards Place), Clinton Hill (380 Washington Avenue), or Bedford (496 Franklin Avenue), you can help it win $20,000 in the third annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/] – the “Oscar
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Enjoy Navidad Flamenca at the Central Library. (Photo by Angelica Escoto Photography [https://www.facebook.com/flamencovivo/photos/pb.76165887029.-2207520000.1449515779./10152377237532030/?type=3&theater] )Looking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn,
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City Kid Corner
Over the past few weeks we’ve honored the season by creating thankful trees [/kids/craft-corner-thankful-tree-grows-brooklyn], asking Brooklyn kids to share some of the things that they’re thankful for [/kids/city-kid-connect-thankful], and even offering advice on ways you can give back [/education/jumpstart-givingtuesday-by-donating-to-brooklyn-schools] to the community. Now that Thanksgiving
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Photo Courtesy of Brooklyn Public LibraryLooking for something to do with the whole family this week? There are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in Brooklyn, and we’ve selected some of our favorites. See the full details below! If you’re looking for something to do with
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Author Atticus Lish, BPL President & CEO Linda E. Johnson, and author DW Gibson. (Photo by Gregg Richards)The two winners of the Inaugural Brooklyn Eagles Literary Prize [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/support/eagles-prize] were announced on Friday, October 23 at the Park Slope Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/
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Photo via Brooklyn Visual Heritage [http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/trio-nabbed-bar-brawl]This image was taken in a precinct house after three adolescent boys cut a bartender with a piece of broken glass after being refused service at Kerrigan’s Bar in Park Slope way back on October 9, 1954. Original caption:
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Alex & the Kaleidoscope [https://www.facebook.com/alexandthekaleidoscope] Looking for something fun to do with the whole family this week? From learning about sharks to movies under the stars to learning about the aquatic ecosystem of Prospect Park, there are a lot of great kid-friendly events coming up in
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Photo via bruce_mcadam [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_mcadam/295346798/] /FlickrStart thinking spring and all the nice, warm-weather bike rides ahead of you, then sign up for the 3rd annual Bike the Branches [https://apps.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/], a one-day bike ride that lets you discover parts of