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via Prospect Park AllianceLace up your sneakers, grab your co-workers and save the date! The [http://ibrooklyn.com/]Brooklyn Chamber of Com [http://ibrooklyn.com/]merce [http://ibrooklyn.com/] will hold its first-ever corporate run on Thursday, October 11, 2018, at 5 p.m. in Prospect Park. The inaugural Just
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Just one day before 1.1 million children return to school in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law Tuesday morning a bill to resurrect the use of speed cameras at 140 schools across the city and expand the program to include an additional 150 schools. Photo:
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Arts & Culture
Once again, revelers took to the Brooklyn streets on Labor Day to celebrate J’Ouvert and the West Indian Day Parade with music, dancing and colorful costumes! For the second year, J’Ouvert began at 6:00 am, instead of during the pre-dawn hours, as a security measure aimed to
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There’s a lot going on in Brooklyn every day, so we’re debuting a new feature: Lunchtime Links! We’ll give you a quick overview of what’s going on in Brooklyn, from our own reporting and other outlets, rounding up what you need to know in politics, arts,
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Photo via the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, one of the schools in District 20By Christina Veiga and Sam Park, Chalkbeat New York [https://www.chalkbeat.org/ny/] The New York City education department on Friday released a report detailing per-student funding at every public school across the district, data that
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Police blocked off the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Prospect Place after a shooting early Monday morning (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)CROWN HEIGHTS – A streetcorner shooting early Monday morning has police searching for a suspect. Around 7:30 am on Monday, September 3, an unidentified man fired several shots at a
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Adorn Me by Tanda Francis, on view at Fort Greene Park (Photo: Nathan Haselby) Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe [/subscribe/]. If
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Image via californialabor [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJyM7kqBSNH/?tagged=rosietheriveter&hl=en]Happy Labor Day! We hope all our readers enjoy the final weekend of the summer. If you’re sticking around the area, here’s some information from the city [http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/4321/
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CROWN HEIGHTS – Heightened political awareness has spawned several activist groups, including some official and not-so-official political organizations, such as the Michelle Obama Political Club. The club gained instant awareness when a flyer supporting State Sen. Jesse Hamilton and authored by the Michelle Obama Political, landed in the email box of
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Announcements
The NYPD announced yesterday [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/news/p0830a/nypd-continues-increased-security-measures-focus-public-safety-j-ouvert-celebration#/0] its plans to keep the public safe at this year’s J’Ouvert celebration, including the addition of another security checkpoint to offer attendees 13 entryways into the event. Police checked bags and used hand-held metal
Business
Kensington neighbors Pedro and Lauren are opening a ceramic studio at 1012 Beverley Road (just east of Coney Island Avenue) on October 1st (fingers crossed). Mouse Ceramic Studio will offer adult and kids hand-building and wheel classes, mommy (or daddy) and me paint your own and hand-building, membership, date nights,