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Tomorrow marks Cinco de Mayo 2017, and while there are plenty [/cinco-places-celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-west-brooklyn/] of places [/celebrate-cinco-de-mayo-bensonhurst-sheepshead-bay/] to head around the southern part of the borough of Kings, we suggest making your home up north. Here are the best places to lay your head. (Courtesy Zillow/Imrul Hassan of RealtyNerd Inc. [https:
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Books Are Magic, 225 Smith Street (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Book lovers were dealt a blow late last year when the beloved BookCourt closed up shop [/after-35-years-cobble-hills-cherished-bookcourt-to-close-author-emma-straub-announces-possible-neighborhood-replacement/] after 35 years. And then—poof! As if appearing out of thin air, Books Are Magic [https://www.booksaremagic.net/] arrives to
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It’s cherry blossom season! This weekend marks the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Cherry Blossom Festival [/preview-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-cherry-blossom-festival-2017/], better known as Sakura Matsuri. Be sure to head over [https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/sakura_matsuri_2017/], but even if you can’t find the time this weekend, be sure to
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Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER[UPDATE: April 27, 2017, 12:40pm—BKLYNER has received a tip that those affected can try contacting NYC Department of Finance [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/vehicles/dispute-a-ticket.page] and request a refund [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/about/contact-by-email/contact-parking-ticket-refund-status.page] for
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Image by Tastes of Brooklyn via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/brooklyntastes/photos/a.550740961661309.1073741825.185988691469873/1266244933444238/?type=3&theater] Take a stroll around Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill tomorrow and sample some seasonal dishes prepared by more than 20 local restaurants. Tastes of Brooklyn [http://tastesofbrooklyn.com/
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Now that tax season is behind you (hopefully!), you can start to put your money back where it belongs: the real estate market. Check out this bevy of great offers throughout the Brownstone Belt. (Courtesy Sam Gogolak of Corcoran)195 Willoughby Avenue APT. 612 [https://www.corcoran.com/nyc/Listings/
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Home is the place where you can be comfortable in your own skin: sitting around in your underwear, slurping ramen noodles, and posting cat videos to the internet. While you could do that anywhere, there’s no better place than the Brownstone Belt. (Courtesy Zillow/Ebony Jenkins of Zillow Rental
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April showers might bring May flowers, but in the meantime, they provide a perfectly good reason to stay home and cozy up. I could have said hygge [http://www.vogue.com/article/hygge-trend-lagom-2017], but let’s face it: it’s time for a change. (Courtesy Elena Boeva of Kings and
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Wrestlemania is this Sunday, and so this week’s theme will be legendary independent pro wrestlers with submission finishers. ….I kid [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3BE-Ck1D58]. I kid because I love. (Early) April Fools! But don’t be a freier [http://www.haaretz.com/thou-shalt-not-be-a-freier-1.211247] and get
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Photo by booksaremagicbk via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BQjFx_ABXIR/]Brooklyn bookworms have been waiting patiently for the arrival of Emma Straub [https://www.facebook.com/emmastraubwriter/]‘s Books Are Magic [https://www.booksaremagic.net/] bookstore to Cobble Hill. Filling the indie bookstore void, the Brooklyn-based author Straub
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St. Patrick’s Day is this week, which means that you can be sure that I’ll lift a glass to the awful truth [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-0lV5qs1Qw] (whatever that may be). But where — a bar? Or perhaps in the comfort of my own home? And shouldn’
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