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Dec
17
Franklin Avenue Rezoning On It’s Way to A ‘Yes’ Vote From City Council With Three Buildings

Franklin Avenue Rezoning On It’s Way to A ‘Yes’ Vote From City Council With Three Buildings

Franklin Avenue RezoningCROWN HEIGHTS — The City Council Land Use Committee voted to approve the controversial Franklin Avenue Rezoning Plan [/franklin-avenue-rezoning-shadows-and-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-position/
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Dec
17
Health Department To Yeshiva Students: Immunize Or Stay Home As Measles Outbreak Spreads Across Southern Brooklyn

Health Department To Yeshiva Students: Immunize Or Stay Home As Measles Outbreak Spreads Across Southern Brooklyn

A Microscopic Look at the Measles Virus (Source: Center For Disease Control via Wikimedia Commons)Measles first broke out in
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Dec
17
Lakou Café Is Serving Up Cocktails Next Year in Crown Heights

Lakou Café Is Serving Up Cocktails Next Year in Crown Heights

Lakou Cafe at 195 Utica Avenue. The pastry and coffee shop is adding cocktails to the menu in 2019. (Photo:
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Dec
13
Would Secular Education Destroy The Haredim? YAFFED Panel On Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas

Would Secular Education Destroy The Haredim? YAFFED Panel On Education in Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas

Inside Oholei Torah, a Crown Heights Yeshiva. (Photo credit: Rabbi Yossi Newfield)CROWN HEIGHTS — Young Advocates For Fair Education (YAFFED)
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Dec
12
Stocked Burger Is Opening in Prospect Heights

Stocked Burger Is Opening in Prospect Heights

Renovations on the way of the new Stocked Burger. (Photo credit: Matthew Fulton) CROWN HEIGHTS/PROSPECT HEIGHTS — After an electrical
3 min read
Dec
12
Wednesday Crime Blotter: Kidnap Car Thief Still At Large in Canarsie, East Flatbush Man Arrest for 2017 Murder & More

Wednesday Crime Blotter: Kidnap Car Thief Still At Large in Canarsie, East Flatbush Man Arrest for 2017 Murder & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DUMBO – After
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Dec
11
Brooklyn Dems Win, Felder Does Not

Brooklyn Dems Win, Felder Does Not

Simcha Felder. (Photo: NY Senate)BROOKLYN — State Sen. Simcha Felder, who caucuses with state Senate Republicans, came up short on
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Dec
10
Two Large New Crown Heights Developments In The Works

Two Large New Crown Heights Developments In The Works

1010 Pacific St. (Renderings: Studio V Architecture)CROWN HEIGHTS — Applicants released plans for two new developments in northwestern Crown Heights
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Dec
07
‘Affordable’ Studio At 924 Myrtle Avenue Priced At $1,975

‘Affordable’ Studio At 924 Myrtle Avenue Priced At $1,975

BED-STUY – An affordable housing lottery will launch on Monday, December 10 for seven  units at 924 Myrtle Avenue (between Tompkins
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Dec
06
State Senator-Elect Zellnor Myrie Announces Transition Team

State Senator-Elect Zellnor Myrie Announces Transition Team

Zellnor Myrie (Photo: Office of Zellnor Myrie)CROWN HEIGHTS – State Senator-Elect Zellnor Myrie announced on Thursday a six-person transition steering
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