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ConEd To Install Smart Meters On All Brooklyn Residences, Starting Next Week

A look at the new Smart Meters ConEd will be installing across Brooklyn starting in April (Via ConEd)In a few days, ConEdison will start switching out all the electrical meters on Brooklyn buildings, replacing the old meters with new “Smart Meters” [https://www.coned.com/en/our-energy-future/technology-innovation/smart-meters]

Look Out For ‘Slammers’ Promising Lower Utility Bills

Photo via tayloro_designs [https://www.instagram.com/p/96OnM4sqau/]Our sister site, South Slope News [http://southslopenews.com/blog/home/unwanted-knocks-door-look-slammers-promising-lower-utility-bills/] , recently reported on the issue of “slamming” in the area. “Slamming” is the practice of switching utility suppliers without the customer’s knowledge or duping them into a

What’s With All The Manhole Explosions? Con Edison Explains

Following manhole fires in our neighborhood [/blog/crime/manhole-fire-causes-explosions-around-coney-island-avenue-cortelyou-road-leaves-area-without-power] , Park Slope [http://parkslopestoop.com/blog/crime/car-catches-fire-buildings-evactuated-after-manhole-explodes-on-6th-street] , Sheepshead Bay [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2015/02/underground-electrical-fire-spews-smoke-across-avenue-z-near-east-14th-street/] , as well as throughout the city [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Building

The Day: A World Cup Win, Star-Crossed Real Estate and the Fort Greene Park Jazz Festival

Beautiful skies are just a part of the seasonable weather we’ve been able to enjoy in the nabe. (Photo by Snarky Linus [https://www.flickr.com/photos/bikershots/])Good morning, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. United States soccer fans rejoiced last night with a 2-1 victory versus Ghana in

Crime Report: Stolen Motorcycles and Thefts from Cars and Trucks

Salem Saeed, 48, and Regeh Hussein, 30, were arrested after a brawl inside a deli on Fulton Street near Clinton Avenue on Aug. 28 at 1:45 a.m. Saeed allegedly threw a box and a 40-ounce beer bottle at Hussein’s face, and Hussein allegedly punched Saeed on the

Cortelyou Cobblestones Reset

Glad to see that the cobblestones that were dug out by Con Ed on Cortelyou [/blog/news/con-ed-construction-upends-cobblestones-on-cortelyou] in front of Cafe Madeline have finally been reset, and the sidewalk repaved. Lookin’ good!

You Can Eat Bike-Powered Soup at Cortelyou’s Greenmarket

This Sunday’s Cortelyou Greenmarket has a couple of cool novelties, one of which sounds particularly out there and awesome. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, a bike blender [http://sustainableflatbush.org/2012/12/10/pedal-power-solar-power-at-cortelyou-greenmarket-on-december-16/] will be cooking pedal-puree soup with seasonal ingredients from Greenmarket