Central Brooklyn
Brooklyn district map. Photo: ufoa.org [http://www.ufoa.org/statistics/statistics.php?boroughindex=0]City Council elections are on November 7, 2017, but primaries are in three weeks –September 12, 2017, and candidates are trying to rack up as much support as they can. Here is who will be
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(Photo via NYC Buildings/twitter)The National Weather Service [http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=okx&wwa=heat%20advisory] issued a Heat Advisory for New York City that will be in effect from noon today until 6:00pm this evening, August 22. It will be hot and
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Solar Eclipse at approximately 1:50pm (Photo Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The long-awaited eclipse [/see-mondays-solar-eclipse-brooklyn/] has come and gone. According to NASA [https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-who-what-where-when-and-how], the last time a total eclipse was visible in the U.S. was 1979. To watch the moon cover 70 percent of the sun,
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Photo: Nicholas Strini, Property SharkBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Nine tenants filed a lawsuit claiming they were overcharged in rent-regulated apartments owned by Donald Trump’s son in law’s family company, Kushner Cos. According to Crain’s New York Business [paywall] [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20170815/REAL_ESTATE/170819933/kushner-cos-overcharged-brooklyn-tenants-lawsuit-claims] , the
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Photo: Gerry O’BrienThe 48th District has one Republican and one Democrat– Marat Filler [https://www.maratfiller.com/]–running against the incumbent Chaim Deutsch [/?s=chaim+deutsch]. Steven Saperstein [http://saperstein2017.com/] is the Republican candidate vying to represent Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Homecrest, Trump Village, Luna Park,
Carroll Gardens
St. Mary’s Playground groundbreaking (L-R: CB6 Parks Chair Mark Shames, Gowanus Canal Conservancy’s Executive Director Andrea Parker, Brad Lander, Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon, NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner Martin Maher, CB6 Co-Chair Michael Racioppo, and members of the Gowanus Green Team), Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNERCarroll Gardens – Just
Animals
Garfield via “Save the Cats of South Slope” Go Fund Me PageSouth Slope – A Go Fund Me page was set up last month to help a group of homeless cats living in a feral colony in South Slope. “New York City is not a fun place to live if you
Arts & Culture
The artist, Cecile Chong, with her sculptures. (Photo: Cecile Chong)SUNSET PARK – One hundred beautiful sculptures popped up in Sunset Park in June, with an equally beautiful message. El Dorado – The New Forty Niners by Cecile Chong [http://cecilechong.com/installations--sculptures.html] is a tribute to the New York’s
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Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsDYKER HEIGHTS – All power has been restored after wires came down early morning causing 701 Con Edison customers to lose power, a Con Edison spokesperson told BKLYNER. At approximately 4:30am, overhead wires fell and shut off the power. At this point, it is not entirely clear
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Both American and Pakistani flags raised in the air. (Photo: Hassan Iqbal)CONEY ISLAND AVENUE – Two flags were raised up to celebrate Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day yesterday afternoon in front of Sweetness Bakery on Avenue H and Coney Island Ave. The second annual event, which also consisted of a
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Photo via Wanderlust 108 San Francisco / Melissa GayleWanderlust 108 [https://wanderlust.com/108-events/brooklyn/?utm_source=bklyner&utm_medium=partner&utm_content=sponsored_post&utm_campaign=108_brooklyn_091017] is coming to Prospect Park [https://www.prospectpark.org/connect/?redirect_url=%2F] on Sunday, September 10th! #ComeTogether
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Photo: Donna SchneidermanGRAND ARMY PLAZA – Hundreds of protesters assembled at Grand Army Plaza yesterday, August 13, to condemn Charlottesville, Virginia’s neo-nazi violence, and the counter-protesters who risked their lives. The “Rally for Peace and Sanity” was initially to speak out against nuclear war and North Korea, instead it started