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Brownsville Academy High School via Google MapsGovernor Andrew Cuomo’s $1.4 billion dollar plan to help revitalize long-neglected parts of Central Brooklyn is raising concerns for some of the residents of the targeted areas. Released on March 9, the plan, called “Vital Brooklyn,” targets the Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, Crown Heights,
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Brooklyn Borough Hall by jmf0802 via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRgrL4kDTHI/?taken-at=47160]Frustrated by the election results and by the new administration, New Yorkers are hoping to make a difference by becoming more active locally. A recent Wall Street Journal article reports [https://www.wsj.com/articles/
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(Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The second informational meeting [/second-meeting-mens-homeless-shelter-scheduled-tonight/?utm_source=BKLYNER+DAILY&utm_campaign=1c08b3e3b6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cefeb1bc9c-1c08b3e3b6-64162625] on the men’s shelter slated for 1173 Bergen Street raised tempers last night but garnered few answers. “Answer the question!
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Turkish American Eyüp Sultan Cultural Center (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Last week, a well-known Turkish mosque in Brighton Beach received a death threat letter signed by “Muslim Slayer” in what could be a national hate crime campaign. The letter was hand-delivered by the mail carrier to Imam Ibrahim Yavas
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With very short notice, neighbors and community members are encouraged to attend an informational meeting tomorrow, Saturday, March 4 at 11am at 1173 Bergen Street (between Brooklyn and New York Avenues) in Crown Heights addressing a homeless shelter proposed to open on the site on March 15. In response to
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Photo by bklynlibrary via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJarU-KjwfD/?taken-by=bklynlibrary]Time is running out to nominate your favorite library for a chance to win $20,000 in the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/]. The NYC Neighborhood Library Awards have been celebrating the essential role
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Kettle & Thread, 1219 Church Avenue. (Photo by Nathan Thompson)More events inspired by the call to political activism are popping up along Church Avenue. Kettle & Thread is hosting #resist nights every Tuesday from 6pm to 9pm [http://www.kettleandthreadbrooklyn.com], and owner Beth Barraclough is keeping the doors
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Kids for a Better Future members Freya Grant and Satya ShawKids for a Better Future members on the steps of Brooklyn Borough HallKids for a Better Future showing protest signs in front of Brooklyn Borough HallKids for a Better Future Freya Grant leading chantsKids for a Better Future parents at
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Embrace Winter Festival 2017 Flyer via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/ThirdAvenueBayRidge/photos/a.256976094363131.64046.100786006648808/1381050781955651/?type=3&theater] EMBRACE WINTER FESTIVAL 2017 [https://www.facebook.com/ThirdAvenueBayRidge/photos/a.256976094363131.64046.100786006648808/1381050781955651/?type=3&theater] When: Saturday, February 25th from noon to 6:30pm
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Gowanus Canal (Photo by Nathan Haselby)Business owners, residents, and local community groups gathered Wednesday afternoon to discuss the initial plans for the industry and economic development of the Gowanus Neighborhood Planning Study [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus.page]. Launched in October 2016, the Gowanus Neighborhood
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(Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)This week, news about ICE raids and arrests [https://news.vice.com/story/immigration-raids-hit-major-cities-throughout-u-s] in several U.S. cities rippled throughout immigrant communities in Brooklyn, after a leaked Department of Homeland Security document [http://www.thenyic.org/ICEmemo] linked 40 arrests to NYC. But several
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Photo via Community Voices HeardHundreds gathered outside City Hall yesterday demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio provide $1 billion annually to much-needed repairs in NYCHA developments. Community Voices Heard [http://www.cvhaction.org/] (CVH), a grassroots organization founded in 1994 to advocate for social, economic, and racial justice, organized the