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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Members and volunteers at the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MOIA) and the NYC Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) spread across three subway stations in the borough to hand out fliers encouraging Brooklynites to report any form of discrimination. This Day of Visibility is in
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerCONEY ISLAND – Votes for Assembly District 46 have still not been fully counted, which is why about three dozen people rallied with the candidate currently leading by 70 votes, Mathylde Frontus, outside her campaign office to demand answers and accountability by the Board of Elections (BOE) Saturday
Business
SUNSET PARK – The Brooklyn Army Terminal [https://www.bklynarmyterminal.com] (BAT) celebrated its 100th anniversary on Saturday with a day-long block party, inviting locals to enjoy its sprawling campus and waterfront views. Brooklyn Army Terminal Celebrates 100 Years with BAT Block Party (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Brooklyn Army Terminal Celebrates 100
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerMIDWOOD – Primary Polls are definitely busier than they were in June this morning. At 9:30 a.m., I was one of three voters in the room– number 25 in my polling station at Brookdale Senior Citizen Center of Agudath Israel. A poll worker told me, “Not
Announcements
Election time is here! NYC Primaries will be held tomorrow, Thursday, September 13. Doors will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. If you are registered and eligible to vote, please do! * Find out where your polling site is with this locator [https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/search]
Arts & Culture
GOWANUS – For a second year in a row, the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club [http://www.gowanuscanal.org] and the Gowanus Souvenir Shop [https://gowanussouvenir.com] hosted a poetry reading [https://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/bookend/watery-words-reading-niedecker-on-the-gowanus-at-dawn/] Wednesday morning on the Gowanus Canal as part of the Brooklyn Book Festival [/brooklyn-book-festival-sept-10-17/]. Gowanus
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College (BCBC)/ Brooklyn College Presents was shut down last week and employees were fired without notice, Bklyner has learned. Sources at BCBC tell Bklyner the firings came as a surprise and that Brooklyn College cited budgetary reasons.
community
SUNSET PARK – The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com] invites all to celebrate the Brooklyn Army Terminal [https://www.bklynarmyterminal.com]‘s (BAT) 100th anniversary at the venue’s first-ever block party taking place this Saturday. Brooklyn Army Terminal (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The free outdoor event will feature
Central Brooklyn
WINDSOR TERRACE – A previously unnamed green space across from the Prospect Expressway has been dedicated to the memory of a hometown hero. Captain John McKenna IV Park, Windsor Terrace (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) Captain John McKenna IV Park naming ceremony (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Captain John McKenna IV Park naming
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Companies tend to prosper when they put people ahead of product and profit—but how can companies build these values into their business–and stick with them–in an economy driven by disruption? To find answers, The Bridge and partners have launched From Day One [https://www.fromdayone.co/], a
Announcements
Mathylde Frontus & Ethan Lustig-Elgrably. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CONEY ISLAND – The community room in Trump Village was packed with residents of Assembly District 46, eager to hear the two Democratic candidates — Mathylde Frontus and Ethan Lustig-Elgrably– speak about their platforms and debate it out. The rather tense debate was
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FLATBUSH – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez will roll out the popular Begin Again program this month, where residents can address outstanding summonses for low-level offenses. For the fourth consecutive year, New York residents get the chance to clear their slates of outstanding summonses received before Aug 31, 2018. On Sept.