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Candidates, organizers, and moderator Kadia Goba. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner) MIDWOOD – About 150 residents of Community District 45 came to hear what seven of eight candidates running for Public Advocate Jumaane Williams’ old council member seat had to say, at a forum hosted by the Pakistani American Youth Society (PAYS)
affordable housing
CROWN HEIGHTS – More than 50 apartments in Crown Heights hit the affordable housing market this week as 409 Eastern Parkway (at Bedford Avenue) nears completion. Renderings of 409 Eastern Parkway at Bedford Avenue Credit: CRAFT CGThe corner building spans more than 197,000 sq. ft.with 11 stories and 186
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PARK SLOPE – Council Member Brad Lander announced the winners of this year’s District 39 Participatory Budgeting (PBNYC) projects [https://pbnyc39.com/2019-capital-projects/] last week. The seven capital projects and ten expense projects on the ballot were presented at a Project Expo held at the Park Slope Library in early
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People leaving Easter Service. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – Hundreds of people attended Easter service at the Old First Reformed Church on Sunday. It was their first time being back after the sanctuary closed in 2011 for massive repairs. “This morning, we remember the people of Sri Lanka; the
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CROWN HEIGHTS – After three years of renovation and a yearlong closure, the St. Johns Recreational Center [https://www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/recreationcenters/B245] in Crown Heights reopens the end of April. St. John’s Recreational Center Photo: Kadia Goba/BklynerThe center, located at 1251 Prospect Place (between Troy and Schenectady
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GOWANUS – The NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) is hosting a Scoping Meeting next Thursday, April 25 at M.S. 51 to collect community feedback on the proposed Gowanus Neighborhood Rezoning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/plans/gowanus/gowanus-framework.page#navigation]
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS — More than a million Jewish New Yorkers will observe Passover this Friday. Finalizing a menu and meal prep remains a top priority of the annual holiday. But for the sick-and-shut-in, navigating the 15-step seder (Jewish ritual dinner) can be cumbersome. That premise was the motivation for launching “seders-on-the-go”
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MIDTOWN – A man walked into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan carrying gasoline and lighter fluid last night. He was apprehended, and it turns out, he taught at Brooklyn College. Marc Lamparello, a 37-year-old from New Jersey, brought inside with him lighter fluids and gas cans at around 7:55
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MADISON – A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle whose driver did not care to stay at the scene over the weekend. According to cops, on April 13 at about 1:45 a.m., a 39-year-old man was walking across the Coney Island Avenue and Kings Highway intersection when he was
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MARINE PARK – A five-alarm fire erupted from a sushi restaurant today morning. Thankfully, nobody was seriously hurt. At about 6:15 a.m., the FDNY got an alarm for a fire inside the E Sushi restaurant at 2118 Flatbush Avenue. Assistant Chief Richard Howe said the “challenging” and “stubborn” fire,
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EAST FLATBUSH — Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has endorsed Monique Chandler-Watermann to replace him to represent council District 45, dealing a devastating blow to his former deputy chief of staff. A bevy of other electeds will follow suit, Bklyner has learned. Monique Waterman (Photo credit: Otis Danne Jr.)The City &
Business
PARK SLOPE – Drivers on 5th Avenue honked their horns Tuesday afternoon to show support for the dozens of union members picketing in front of Key Food supermarket (120 5th Avenue). Picketers in front of Key Food, 120 5th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) Employees of Key Food’s meat departments