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(Photo courtesy Friends of Greenwood Playground / Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/223014854379847/photos/a.224896474191685.73559.223014854379847/1401616413186346/?type=3&theater] )The weekend is finally here, and we’d like to help you have a great one blocks from your home. Whether you’re looking to roller-skate to Prince
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Flatbush Avenue at Snyder Avenue, 1932.Just a glimpse of the past can lift us out of our own tiny universes and plunk us right into another century, while never leaving our own street corner. At the end of a busy week, we had a lot of fun sifting through
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Feeling like we’ve been overindulging in the many (stellar) Thai [/blog/food/happy-second-anniversary-am-thai-bistro/], Indian/Pakistani [/blog/food/bite-of-the-day-mashallah-indian/], Caribbean [/blog/food/bite-day-roti-oxtail-suzys-roti-parlour/], Italian [/blog/food/six-feet-food-cooked-675-square-feet-brancaccios-food-shop-celebrates-five-years-fort-hamilton-parkway/] , and Mexican [/blog/food/taqueria-maria-ricardo-dishes-delightful-mexican-fare/] cuisine lunches the neighborhood has to of
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The Bonnie Seals with their 2015 Borough Cup Championship (Photo courtesy Bonnie Youth Club)Two Bonnie Youth Club [http://bonnieyouth.org/] champion baseball teams have earned themselves spots in the coveted 2016 AABC World Series tournaments [http://www.aabcworldseries.com]— but in order to attend, our neighborhood players need your
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Korner Pizza on Church Avenue and East 3rd StreetThere are few topics that can drag otherwise amicable neighbors into fisticuffs, throwdowns [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/food/which-slope-slice-should-represent-in-upcoming-pizza-throwdown-with-fort-greene/] , and sometimes — all out war. And pizza is definitely at the top of that list. Food experts love to wedge their way into
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Kensington is joining the ranks of Brooklyn neighborhoods that lure freelancers and remote workers, who were previously relegated to noisy coffee shops or squirreled away in apartment-hermitages. And now, Kensington freelancers don’t even have to travel as far as Prospect Lefferts Gardens [http://www.
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)As a creature of habit, I am stubbornly resistant to change, especially when it comes to my favorite restaurants. If I find a spot with reliable and affordable food, I tend to eat there until I’m swallowing my pride along with eat bite, smiling
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Anti police violence activists on Flatbush Avenue, June 13, 2016 (Photo by Erik McGregor [https://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcito/albums])On the one year anniversary of Sandra Bland, a Texas woman killed in police custody, nearly 1,000 activists took to the streets of Flatbush Wednesday night to demand
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)It almost seemed like it wasn’t going to happen, but new Kensington watering hole Hinterlands [https://twitter.com/HinterlandsBar] had its official opening last night. Hinterlands, located on Church Avenue between East 7th and 8th Streets, is yet another addition to the changing block
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)La Loba Cantina, Kensington’s Oaxaca-style Mexican eatery, is not just a great dinner and brunch stopover — it’s a serious contender for the best new neighborhood bar. The restaurant, located at 709 Church Avenue between East 7th and East 8th streets [/blog/food/kensington-welcomes-la-loba-cantina/
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The G train [/?s=gtrain]will have limited service during the next two weeks due to Fastrack repairs [/?s=fastrack], according [http://travel.mtanyct.info/serviceadvisory/routeStatusResult.aspx?tag=G&date=6/6/2016&time=&method=getstatus4] to the MTA. Overnight service on the G train will
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The intersection of Church and McDonald Avenues. (Photo: Google Maps)Being a pedestrian in our area is no joke — crossing a major intersection can feel like taking one’s life in one’s hands. Last week, City Council Member Brad Lander announced a number of measures that are supposed to