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Officials are promising tight security at the New York City Marathon [https://www.tcsnycmarathon.org/] this Sunday, following Tuesday night’s fatal attack in lower Manhattan. “It will be a very safe event,” NYPD Chief of Department Carlos Gomez said of the marathon, which is expected to have over 50,
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Kids singing in front of 360 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, 10.21.17 (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Tenants In Crown Heights Unite To Fight Shady New Landlord [https:
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – When Art Chang put the pro-Constitutional Convention (ConCon) yard sign by his residence, he was hoping to send a message to his neighbors. He was not quite expecting to engage in lamp post exchange on pros and cons in his Prospect Heights neighborhood. Next day he woke up
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Tonight is Halloween and my neighborhood takes the holiday VERY seriously. One could argue that Flatbush is to Halloween what Dyker Heights is to Christmas. (Maybe not that extreme, but pretty close!) Multiple neighborhood parades, actual porches for candy distribution, homeowners bitten by the holiday bug — there’s no shortage
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Councilmember Mathieu Eugene (center) at groundbreaking for PS889/IS890 in 2014/ BKLYNERDITMAS PARK/KENSINGTON – Councilman Mathieu Eugene (D, 40th) put out a press release last Friday, touting his hard work in getting a traffic light and crosswalk approved that will likely be installed next year by PS889, IS890 on Coney
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CROWN HEIGHTS – The City Planning Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/about/commission.page] voted 11-1 on Monday to give the go-ahead to the divisive Bedford-Union Armory redevelopment project [/one-way-crown-heights-feel-armory-decision-communitys-hands/]. Bedford-Union Armory (Ben Foldy / BKLYNER)In 2014, the mayor’s Economic Development Corporation requested proposals to convert the vacant
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BROOKLYN – After seeing the horrendous effects of the storm, the city made a list of promises to fulfill in the five years following Sandy. Those goals were listed in a comprehensive plan, A Stronger, More Resilient New York (SIRR) [http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/sirr/SIRR_spreads_Hi_Res.pdf]
Bed Stuy
BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – The NYPD released on Friday the name of the third suspect wanted in connection to the death of 91-year-old Waldiman Thompson during a home invasion/robbery in Bed-Stuy earlier this month. Police are searching for 43-year-old Howard Morris who has 11 prior arrests and is allegedly the man seen
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Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNERThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Girl Scouts Discover Cat Corpses In Plastic Bags At Gerritsen Creek [http://pix11.com/2017/10/25/girl-scouts-cleaning-shoreline-of-brooklyn-creek-find-7-dead-cats-in-plastic-bags/] [Pix 11] 15 Brooklyn Schools Will Feature Meat-Free
Announcements
It is with regret that we inform our Kings Theatre audience that we must cancel the upcoming Silver Screen Experience of The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, slated for Tuesday, October 31st. Due to scheduling conflicts, several components needed to create the film-inspired experience are not able to take place by
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MRIs, ultrasound, good old mammograms: the options for breast screenings are overwhelming and it’s tough sometimes to navigate the best choice for you. Shalom Buchbinder, MD, The Brooklyn Hospital CenterThere’s also confusion surrounding mammogram screening recommendations. We turned to Shalom Buchbinder, MD, Chair of Radiology at The Brooklyn