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Rendering via Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com]DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Alloy Development [http://www.alloyllc.com] has partnered up with 32BJ SEIU [http://www.seiu32bj.org/], the largest property services workers union in the country, on its 80 Flatbush [http://www.80flatbush.com] project in an effort to create permanent
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We feel the chill in the air, holiday music is already playing in the stores and our mailboxes are quickly filling up with holiday catalogs but we know that Brooklyn is the ultimate destination to buy unique, fun, memorable Holiday gifts for everyone on your list. As part of BKLYNER’
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Since its debut on Flatbush Avenue in 1950, Junior’s Restaurant has been famous for serving “The World’s Most Fabulous Cheesecake.” The iconic restaurant is celebrating its 67th anniversary tomorrow, Tuesday, November 7, and will offer customers who purchase a lunch or dinner entree at any of
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Yesterday’s news about DNAinfo shocked us at the BKLYNER newsroom on Coney Island Avenue. The disappearance of DNA Info leaves a lot of great reporters out of work, and many communities with much less coverage. Over years of bootstrapping local news coverage in Brooklyn, I’ve become convinced that
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BROOKLYN – We at BKLYNER are sincerely saddened to learn of the loss of two great competitors and sources of local news—DNA Info and Gothamist. Joe Ricketts, Chief Executive Officer of the two sites, posted a statement [https://assets.dnainfo.com/message.html] earlier today reading: “Today, I’ve made
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The holiday season is upon us and BKLYNER is here to help you shop locally and support Brooklyn businesses. Every week we will publish holiday gift guides focused on a type of gift and by location. Happy gifting! Via Norman & Jules Facebook pageNorman & Jules [https://normanandjules.com/] Park
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PARK SLOPE – New management will soon take over Kleen Machine, the long-running laundromat located at 309 5th Avenue, and bring in new and improved machines. As reported in October [/will-new-laundromat-replace-kleen-machine/], the property’s owner, Daniel Borrero, Jr., said that he’d been looking for a new laundry service tenant for
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Maksim Zaslavskiy, a Brooklyn businessman was arraigned in court yesterday, November 1, charged with securities fraud after trying to scam investors with a cryptocurrency scheme, said the U.S. Attorney in a statement. Zaslavskiy used two companies in an attempt to defraud investors, claiming that the cryptocurrency he was launching
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RED HOOK – A massive United Parcel Service facility is headed to Red Hook. Red Hook via Google MapsUPS recently signed a long-term lease for a 12-acre site in the waterfront neighborhood, The Real Deal [https://therealdeal.com/2017/10/30/ups-signs-megadeals-in-bk-and-queens/] reports, likely with plans to open a new distribution
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Local business owner Jonathan Bayer of SkyIce, Park Slope BID Director Mark Caserta, SBS Commissioner Gregg Bishop, People With Disabilities Commissioner Victor Calise and Councilmember Brad Lander announced the new initiative in Park Slope today. (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – In front of a 5th Ave cafe, representatives from both
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October 29 marks the five year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy. BKLYNER interviewed local business owners who were affected by the historic storm about their experiences and lessons learned. Via FacebookRED HOOK – Mark Ehrhardt founded Movers, Not Shakers! [http://moversnotshakers.com], an environmentally friendly moving business, from his home in 2002.
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Man walks by The Bedford-Union Armory (Ben Foldy / BKLYNER)CROWN HEIGHTS – As plans to develop the Bedford-Union Armory work through the city’s approval process, neighbors sense an inevitability to a project some feel has ignored their concerns. Leveraging private development to address New York’s housing shortage, the armory