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Are you looking for easy-to-get-to summer camps? Here are a list of summer camps in and around Ditmas Park. AYSO Soccer Camp [http://www.brooklynayso.org/camp-clinics.php] Parade Ground, Ditmas Park, 917-847-8719 For children entering grades K-12 AYSO hasn’t posted summer camp and clinic information yet. Barking Cat
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The theme for travel on the B, D and N this week? Give yourself a little extra time. B service ends early [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/routeStatusResult.aspx?tag=B&date=11/4/2013&time=&method=getstatus4] Late evenings, Monday, November 4 to Thursday, November 7
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The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign [http://www.straphangers.org/] issued its third annual State of the Platforms [http://www.straphangers.org/platformcensus/13/#5] report today, and the news is, well, not particularly shocking. Turns out subway stations are gross! “We found what many riders know from bitter daily experience: Many
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In the market for a new rental? Have a large budget? Today’s three homes range in size from 2 to 3 bedrooms, and cost well over $5,000 per month. Check ’em out, and let us know what you think. 360 12th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenue [http:
South Slope
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Food & Drink
Dare we say that it’s starting to feel a bit like spring outside? Take advantage of the beautiful weather tonight, head over to Greenwood Park [http://greenwoodparkbk.com/blog/home/], sit outside, and enjoy their Wednesday night Burger + Berger special. You’ll get a beef or veggie burger and
7th Avenue
In other real estate news, Friend’s Pizza Café [http://www.friendspizzacafeinc.com/index.html] (487 7th Avenue) is up for sale [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/bfd/3464509372.html]: > Great turn key opportunity. All equipment and stock included in the sale price. Indoor seating for 28-30, outdoor garden
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It’s difficult to imagine South Slope without the Garry Jewelers sign, which has been dark for several years now. Here’s hoping that its amazing neon letters are somehow salvaged when a new owner descends on the building. Have a stellar photo to share? Send it to editor@bklyner.
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The above photo, courtesy of David Tan, shows foot-tapping commuters waiting for the next Coney Island bound D Train on the elevated platform of the 62nd Street Station. It was taken on August 13, 2011, using a Canon A-1 armed with Kodak Ultra Max 400 film [http://pic.atpic.com/
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Photo by imsorrybrendan [http://www.flickr.com/photos/imsorrybrendan/3285851585/] via Flickr.
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(from creativecommons.org)Mixed drink-devoted website The Intoxicologist is featuring a new, I mean old, cocktail named after our beloved neighborhood. The throwback beverage, called the Bensonhurst, is a variation on the Manhattan. “Bensonhurst is a cocktail descendent of the Brooklyn,” according to The Intoxicologist. The site credits Chad Solomon
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City Councilman Michael Nelson [http://council.nyc.gov/d48/html/members/home.shtml] will be hosting the NYC Department of Transportation [href=] (NYCDOT) and the NYC Economic Development Corporation [http://] (NYCEDC) at Kingsborough Community College [http://www.kbcc.cuny.edu/] (KBCC) for a meeting. The meeting, to be held on