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GOWANUS — Operations begun today at the new Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer Station (Hamilton MTS) located in Gowanus, Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia announced. The facility will handle about 1,600 tons of trash per day from various Brooklyn districts. The $173 million facility is the third in a network of marine
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GOWANUS – F. Ranieri + Sons Corp. will shut down its masonry and building materials business situated at a Gowanus property the company has owned for more than a century, the Commercial Observer [https://commercialobserver.com/2017/08/century-old-gowanus-masonry-supplier-to-close-rent-out-property/#.WaWut33r4NE.facebook] reports. 185 Second Avenue by Kate Leonova (via Property Shark)Owner
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George’s Diner on Coney ISland Avenue (Photo Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)DITMAS PARK: George’s Diner on Coney Island Avenue is legendary. It was the first in Brooklyn to open 24 hours. And at a time when we seem to be reporting on the closure of one old-school diner [/neighbors-bid-farewell-bensonhursts-vegas-diner/
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PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — Little Mo Wine & Spirits [http://www.littlemowine.com] recently posted a photo on Facebook of a new Italian restaurant coming soon to 1146 Nostrand Avenue, in the space that formerly housed local dive bar, Maximillian Bell’s. Conveniently located steps away from the wine shop, Camillo [https:
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Unless you’re one of the lucky few who has a washer/dryer in your home, lugging all your clothes to the laundromat (or even your building’s basement) can be a pain and time-consuming. Even if you are one of those few, finding a convenient time and spot to
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KENSINGTON — This week Marshalls seized Kensington Fitness, a gym located at 202 Caton Avenue, for failing to pay rent. Many patrons were left wondering where to go now, and how to get their money back. Now, Kensington is not Park Slope, where there is a gym on almost every corner.
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Park Slope – Tabeel Rush opened Tabeel Aromatherapy Gift Shop and Salon at 76 Fifth Avenue in 1996, back when Park Slope was a very different neighborhood. “Oh my god, the changes are so many. When I first came here, I think all the businesses on this block were either black-
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The deal with Amazon will close on Monday, August 28, and as the result Whole Foods Market, the upscale grocery stores across the country will be lowering prices on their produce, the company announced in a press release [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&
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Park Slope – Mr. Wish, “No. 1 Brand in Taiwan,” debuted [/new-restaurants-coming-soon-park-slope-prospect-heights-carroll-gardens/] its first Brooklyn outpost this week, serving up fruit and milk teas with jelly cubes and tapioca pearls, fresh fruit juices, and smoothies in a small but bright and cheery storefront located at 86 5th Avenue between St.Marks
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Enma Tenezaca said she was issued a $2,000 ticket. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal)FLATBUSH – Churros. Hot dogs. Ices. Flatbush is a home to all of the above. You won’t necessarily find them in brick and mortar stores. Instead, you would walk up to a beat up cart and order
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Hiller & Moon, 814 Union Street (Photo by Liena Zagare)Park Slope – Since 2002, Blue Apron Foods has sat near the corner of Union Street and 7th Avenue, offering gourmet specialties to its Park Slope neighbors including cheese, charcuterie, pastries, coffees, chocolates, and much more. So it was surprising for
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Stems, 639 Vanderbilt Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Prospect Heights – Following a temporary Department of Health & Mental Hygiene-imposed shut-down [/developing-sycamore-closed-temporarily-doh-inspection/] earlier this summer, the flower shop Stems [http://www.stemsbrooklyn.com] has moved from the space it shared with the beloved Ditmas Park bar, Sycamore [http://www.sycamorebrooklyn.