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> A post shared by Ministry Ideaz for JWs (@ministryideaz) [https://www.instagram.com/p/34JTOQABoL/] on Jun 13, 2015 at 10:12am PDT After more than forty years, the Brooklyn skyline might be changing. With news of Columbia Heights Associates’ plans to transform the former Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower
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(Photo via Vegas Diner/Facebook)Today, an iconic Bensonhurst diner has shut its doors, and neighbors spent the weekend enjoying one last meal and reveling in memories. The Vegas Diner, a hallmark of old-school Brooklyn at the corner of 86th Street between Bay 13th Street & 16th Avenue, closed almost
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Brooklyn Eats (Photo by Paul Stremple)The Brooklyn Eats [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynEat/] food and beverage trade show took place last Friday, June 23, in downtown Brooklyn, with more than 100 exhibitors showcasing their wares in the Grand Ballroom of the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge (333
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Workers replace the Eleven-7 sign at 560 Coney Island Avenue at Beverley Road. (Photo by Gordon Rothman)What’s in a name? Apparently, for a neighborhood bodega fighting against an incoming corporate giant, a name means a lot. After a protracted, legal trademark battle, Coney Island Avenue’s longstanding Eleven
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> A post shared by Aaron (@aaronoof) [https://www.instagram.com/p/BVaCZOaF-uF/] on Jun 16, 2017 at 9:16am PDT Trader Joe’s [http://www.traderjoes.com/announcement/brooklyn-city-point-ny-opening-2016] will finally open its doors at City Point Friday morning—exactly one week after the debut of the long-awaited DeKalb
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littlefield, 635 Sackett StreetLast week, Gowanus music/art/comedy/performance space, littlefield [http://www.littlefieldnyc.com], officially moved from its longtime location at 622 Degraw Street to a bigger and better space [/big-plans-littlefield-gowanus-event-space-move-expand/] around the corner at 635 Sackett Street. Back in May the team set up a Kickstarter page
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DeKalb Market HallCity Point’s highly-anticipated DeKalb Market Hall [http://dekalbmarkethall.com] officially opened this morning. Located in the lower level of City Point (445 Albee Square West at Gold Street) in Downtown Brooklyn, this food-lovers paradise is one of the largest food centers in New York City. There are
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Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/dekalbmarkethall/photos/a.1348582261918129.1073741829.918732738236419/1348582281918127/?type=3&theater] City Point’s much-anticipated food hall, DeKalb Market Hall [http://dekalbmarkethall.com], opens this Friday, June 16 [https://www.facebook.com/events/436822653350212/?acontext=%7B%22ref%22%3A%223%22%2C%22ref_newsfeed_
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Pauline & Sharon’s, 597 4th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)[UPDATED: June 9, 2017, 2:30pm] South Slope Public House responded and informed us that they are not closed. They are currently working on interior renovations. Park Slope has lost a few popular eateries. A reader sadly pointed
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Gala Fresh Farms will now be replaced by NetCost. (Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)Looks like NetCost Market [http://www.netcostmarket.com/] has taken over the space vacated by Gala Fresh Farms at 3100 Ocean Avenue, which closed after just a year in business, having taken the space over from
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There’s nothing quite so miserable as having to run errands on a rainy day. It’s doubly as miserable if you need to do them in further-off areas of Brooklyn without a car. And the misery could compound if you get caught in one of the MTA’s increasing
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Pauline & Sharon’s, 597 4th Avenue (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Park Slope has lost a few popular eateries. A reader sadly pointed out that pizza shop Pauline & Sharon’s [/meet-t-j-oconnor-the-chef-making-everything-from-scratch-at-pauline-sharons-pizza-southslope/] , formerly located 597 4th Avenue in South Slope, has permanently shuttered. A call to the shop’s