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Smith Street Festival and Pétanque Tournament (Photo by Paul Stremple)If you closed your eyes on Smith Street on Sunday, July 16, between the myriad conversations in rapid French and the clack of boules from the pétanque court, all sound-tracked by the brass band Les Incognitos, you would have been
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The Brownstone Belt’s luxury market is hotter than any heat wave that Martha & The Vandellas [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE2fnYpwrng]could have conceived of. Let’s start with a pair of high-profile transactions. Lena Dunham [/celebrity-real-estate-lena-dunham-sells-brooklyn-heights-starter-apartment/] recently flipped a one bedroom in Brooklyn Heights. Dunham managed
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With summer in full swing, the time is right to take advantage of the long days and make your move. What move? Why *the* move… to a new pad. (Courtesy Zillow/Millie Perry of Stribling [https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/112079932_zpid/7_days/40.70187,-73.960969,
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Manhattan Beach. (Photo by Audrey Sackstein)Check out this gorgeous shot of double rainbows [/photographers-capture-double-rainbow-over-sheepshead-bay-sheepshead-bay/] in Manhattan Beach after Saturday’s downpour, against the backdrop of a dark, stormy sky. You can really see the inverted colors! Photo by reader Audrey Sackstein. (Photo by Pamela Wong)Across town, another double
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Smith Street Fair (Photo by Paul Stremple)Tents and food trucks lined eight blocks stretching from Carroll to Bergen for the Smith Street Fair on Sunday, June 25. The warm weather drew large crowds out to the street lined with vendors and food, even with the competing NYC Pride Parade
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Summer has officially started, and there is no better place to take advantage of the year’s most verdant season than Brooklyn’s Brownstone Belt. Check out these sweet deals on swanky spots. (Courtesy Venus Shum of Brooklyn Real Property, Inc)154 10th Street [http://www.brooklynrealproperty.com/property/15410St11215]
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Photos via NYPDThe NYPD is asking the public’s assistance in locating the men in the above photos in connection to two incidents of stealing thousands of dollars worth of cigarettes from two different Rite Aid locations on Smith Street. The first incident happened on Wednesday, June 14 at approximately
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In the world we live in now, there’s always a new fad—something that captures our attention, something we delve into. It can be as small as a Fidget Spinner [https://addictivefidgettoys.com/], or remember those skateboards [http://www.techdeck.com/] that could do tricks with just your fingers?
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There is a group of investigative journalists (editors, reports, producers), volunteers, and interns who report on Central Brooklyn— and only Central Brooklyn. Their analyses and stories “chronicle [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brooklyndeep/brooklyn-deep-reporting-our-truth/description] neighborhood change in Central Brooklyn and bring transparency to the institution of power.” They are
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The Brownstone Belt is home to incredible real estate, but it is also a place that celebrities sometimes [/celebs-didnt-know-clinton-hill-fortgreene/] call home. This week, we will indulge in some of the more luxurious (and occasionally [/5-celebs-probably-didnt-know-lived-fort-greene-fortgreene/] star-crossed) listings available in our neighborhood. (Courtesy Zillow/Corcoran [https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/171-Columbia-Hts-3C-Brooklyn-NY-11201/
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Brooklyn is full of professional artists and many of them work at summer camps, guiding our next generation of musicians, thespians, and painters. Here are our favorites. Photo via BAXBrooklyn Arts Exchange BAX [http://youth.bax.org/summer] Where: 421 Fifth Ave., 718-832-0018, info@bax.org What: BAXers explore creative
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The Last O.G is filming this Thursday on Carroll Street, along the Park and between Smith and Hoyt, based on the pink notices posted this morning. Move your cars by tomorrow night, neighbors. Last week Turner’s TBS announced [https://www.turner.com/pressroom/upfront-2017-tbss-tracy-morgan-comedy-last-og-casts-cedric-entertainer-taylor-mosby-dante] that they had has