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Citizens voiced their concerns about the now-withdrawn Clinton Avenue bike lane (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Amidst significant community opposition, Department of Transportation (DOT) officials announced the proposed Clinton Avenue bike lane [/?s=clinton+avenue+bike+lane] has been scrapped, and the DOT will actively seek community opinion on
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Council Member Laurie Cumbo spoke briefly about the new New York City budget. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Community Board 2 [/?s=community+board+2]‘s most recent meeting was focused heavily on the future of Downtown Brooklyn given the massive development of its recent past. The meeting took
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A rendering of 550 Vanderbilt.As Pacific Park [/?s=pacific+park] rises amidst questions about the changing character [/blog/2016/04/26/gentrification-dominates-cumbos-state-district-speech/]of the neighborhood, it’s the role of minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) in the construction process that may surprise some. 550 Vanderbilt [http://550vanderbilt.com]
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(Courtesy BAMcinematek [http://www.bam.org/film/2016/first-blood].)Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your event listing [/calendar/] to our BROOKLYN-WIDE CALENDAR [/calendar/]. ALL WEEK What station is
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461 Dean Street (Courtesy BerlinRosen.)The 32-story residential building at 461 Dean Street [/?s=461+dean+street] has long dominated the skyline; It also dominated the discussion at Wednesday’s community board meeting. Neighbors bombarded representatives from Forest City Ratner, the developer behind the project, about affordable housing in the
Animals
When we first heard the words “Rat Academy [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/rodent-academy.page],” the first thing that came to mind was an image of little Stuart Littles [http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/stuart-little#cart/cleanup] and Remys (of “Ratatouille [http://www.imdb.com/title/
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Image via Kristen Miller [https://twitter.com/KristenTransAlt].Good news for bicyclists and safe streets advocates: the city Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] is proposing to create a protected bike lane along Lafayette Avenue between Fulton Street and Classon Avenue — right across
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Start the new year by starting a new volunteer role as a Brooklyn Community Board 2 member. Fortunately, the application process is made even easier now that Borough President Eric Adams has brought it into the 21st century — bringing it online. You can still apply via mail, but the new
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Sammy Norrito and Eric Spruiell at the CB2 Youth Committee meeting.Community Board 2 is back in session now that the new year is here, so what better way to kick 2016 off than to get more involved in community leadership and government! If you’ve ever been interested in
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Cecil and Beatrice Collymore at the first Putnam Avenue block party. (Photo courtesy of Renee Collymore.)Renaming — or, more accurately, co-naming — streets in honor of notable residents who have since died is a common practice here in New York City, with most proposals being approved after several months of applications
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It’s going to be a busy gathering tonight at Community Board 2’s special July meeting in St. Francis College’s Founders Hall auditorium (180 Remsen Street) at 6pm. The agenda not includes the usual review of requests for liquor license renewals, but also review of proposals to expand
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Image via MetroTech BID [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/about/metrotech-bid].Just a reminder about tonight’s public hearing at 6pm at Long Island University (LIU) Brooklyn’s Jonas Conference Room. The topic of discussion? Expanding MetroTech BID’s boundaries [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/about/metrotech-bid] from Downtown Brooklyn to include some cultural