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A food vendor at last year’s mela. Photo by Ditmas Park CornerMusic and food will fill Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue H and Newkirk Avenue, this Sunday, August 16, for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/holidays/taking-a-bite-out-of-brooklyn-mela], which celebrates Pakistan’s independence day. Sponsored by the Pakistani American Merchants
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Photo via Leeds TIDAL/Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/30296430@N03/4479562041/in/photolist-9BDTFJ-4L2Rub-9BDT3u-9BDSnq-9BAVVX-6er1KA-csCYQ-4xnGX8-7PR6Da-7PQVJi-GtuWd-4peCr3/] The end of the week is near, and with it comes a slew of holidays including Good Friday, Passover and Easter. The means a few small changes to get around the city by mass transit,
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Photo via nicspics [http://instagram.com/p/yVWG_uFXZR/?modal=true]Get out your extra blankets and hot chocolate, neighbors, and prepare to hunker down at home to ride out what’s expected to be a rocky next day or two, with Winter Storm Juno bringing what forecasters are saying
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Spotted on Prospect Avenue. Take a photo in the neighborhood lately? Share it with us! Add it to our Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/groups/southslope] group, tag it #southslope on Instagram, or email it to editor@bklyner.com, and we’ll post it on the blog. To to keep
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The polls stay open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and registered voters can cast ballot for the city’s mayor, among other public officials. (Photo by Francisco Daum [http://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Today is Election Day. If
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Source: changeschanging / FlickrA B36 bus driver picking up passengers on Sheepshead Bay Road is in the cross-hairs for refusing to let a 10-year-old child board his bus and declaring him a “terrorist.” The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/bus-driver-calls-muslim-boy-10-terrorist-suit-article-1.1499629] that the family
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The MTA has officially approved the plan to restore the B37 bus service. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is reporting [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/it%E2%80%99s-official-mta-votes-bring-back-b37-bus-2013-07-24-203000] that the vote was unanimous. Local officials had already said the return was all but certain, [/b37-bus-to-return/] although the MTA declined to
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The mayoral candidates at last Friday’s debate. Photo by Allan RosenTHE COMMUTE [/tag/the-commute/]: In Part 1 [/mayoral-candidates-square-off-on-the-future-of-transportation-part-1-of-3/] of this series, I reported on the candidates’ positions regarding major transit issues. In Part 2 [/mayoral-candidates-square-off-on-the-future-of-transportation-part-2-of-3/], I addressed financial issues. Now we will discuss safety, and sum up. The first
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MTA bus driver Robert Volkens, 42, was arrested and charged with assault in the third degree at 7:47 a.m. today at the Flatbush-Nostrand Junction, said the NYPD. “Someone wanted to get on the bus for free and was refused,” said Officer Walker at the 70th Precinct. “They tried
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A B68 bus driver was stabbed with a syringe at 11 a.m. near Greenwood Avenue and Prospect Park Southwest, reports NBC [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bus-Driver-Stabbed-Syringe-Brooklyn-MTA-Transport-Hospital-171011071.html] . > The driver was taken to Methodist Hospital in unknown condition. The Transport Workers Union president is en route to