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MTA New York City Transit cleaning station entrances and elevator at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station on Wed., July 22, 2020 hours after the Occupy City Hall encampment was dispersed. (Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)It’s Thursday! We are already nearing the end of July–
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535 4th Avenue & 555 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – After much delay and controversy, one of the two large family homeless shelters announced for 4th Avenue, the Shirley Chisholm Family Residence at 535 4th Avenue, officially opened its doors last month. The other is expected to
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Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsCROWN HEIGHTS – A 22-year-old man was shot and killed yesterday a few inches away from his home. As of now, the suspect is on the loose. On Wednesday, July 22 at around 5:55 p.m., cops found 22-year-old Armani Hamilton on Pacific Street near Buffalo Avenue
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At the Cease Fire Peace March in Brooklyn over the weekend. (Photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)It’s Wednesday, and yes, it’s still hot outside! Is there anything you feel we should be covering? Send us an email at editor@bklyner.com! * Almost a month after elections, Emily
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Emily Gallagher (left) and Phara Souffrant Forrest (right).BROOKLYN – Almost a month after elections, Emily Gallagher finally declared victory in the 50th Assembly District beating incumbent Joe Lentol. In Assembly District 57, Phara Souffrant Forrest declared victory against incumbent Walter Mosely. On June 23 Primary day, both candidates were trailing
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Photo via Hossam el-Hamalawy [https://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy/6359922733/in/photolist-aG1gse-aLmeUR-ooTq7U-o7CJxF-nAgrhU-5RWCwo-5S7668-8ZatUS-5Nk1kr-5PH6NT-nj1peY-nAuTVv-nj1hAZ-nAd1k4-igwTJ-nj1v5z-nAgj7b-nj1ykU-nj1tHj-nj1mLS-nAv5Wt-nyskAC-ejvPRP-nj1rTg-nAv8vA-nj1fTv-nAcY9R-nj1fj4-5NpgyW-nAgqsC-nysiQJ-nj1rnq-nAgfBq-nAcXNa-nCh7bK-nAgev7-5PH6cM-nAuV1X-nAuZte-nAgfzS-nj1kuq-nj1pco-nAuVWV-nysnCJ-nAuUbR-nCh8s2-nj1vwN-nAd6ec-nAgrGm-nj1vWL] /Flickr Creative Commons.BROOKLYN – Even though Palest
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Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City TransitIt’s Tuesday! It’s still hot out so please remember to stay cool, hydrated, and check on your neighbors. * The Mayor and the city overstated parent responses on school reopening, we fact-checked. [/fact-check-mayor-and-the-city-overstated-parent-responses-on-school-reopening/] The city overstated both how many parents responded
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Lifeguarding for 4 years. Name not given. Photo by Erica Price/BklynerIt’s Monday! And it’s hot. Make sure to stay cool and hydrated. Drink lots of water. Check out this piece [/stay-hydrated-and-check-on-your-neighbors-in-this-heat-advisory/] about where to find cooling centers and how to save energy. * NYC has entered the last
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Photo by Erica Price/Bklyner.BROOKLYN – It’s hot out there. Today may feel as high as 100F, even while our thermometer records just 93F this afternoon. There is a heat advisory and Mayor Bill de Blasio this morning advised New Yorkers to stay hydrated and cool. “So everyone, remember,
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SHEEPSHEAD BAY – A 52-year-old man is dead after he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed it. On Sunday, July 19 at around 4:50 p.m., a 52-year-old man was driving his motorcycle heading eastbound on Belt Parkway at Exit 9 Knapp Street. According to the NYPD, he lost
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EAST NY – The woman who was shot eight times after telling a group of people to stop setting off fireworks earlier this month has died. On Tuesday, July 7 at around 9:28 p.m., cops arrived at Pink Houses on Linden Boulevard to find 33-year-old Shatavia Walls shot eight
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Photo of the suspect.CROWN HEIGHTS – A young man was shot and killed over the weekend by a suspect who fled on a black scooter. On Saturday, July 18 at around 4:00 p.m., 23-year-old Nicholas Isaac, a Clinton Hill resident, was found on Nostrand Avenue between Bergen Street