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Mural honoring musical icon Prince, painted this week at a construction site at East 2nd Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway. (Photo: Cindy VandenBosch)This week in Ditmas Park, while Bernie Sanders was able to win majorities in Kensington, sections of greater Ditmas Park, and Midwood, Hillary Clinton decisively won the
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(Photo: U.S. Works Progress Administration, Five Boroughs Project.) According to Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brooklyn_Bridge_rail_approaches_1936.jpg] : this is a 1936 view of railroad approaches to the Brooklyn Bridge. On the left, under the elevated tracks leading down to the Ferry under
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Looking for a new place to live can be a headache, but don’t fret, we’ve rounded up some cool and interesting places that may come in handy the next time your roommate eats your ice cream! 415 East 16th Street, #4C [http://streeteasy.com/building/415-east-16-street-brooklyn/4c] Available:
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Still image of Alex Lichtenstein as seen on CBS News/New York.The de Blasio administration has frozen two City Council grants intended for an Orthodox Jewish security patrol in Borough Park. Mayoral spokeswoman Karen Hinton announced this week that $35,000 intended for the Borough Park Shomrim would not
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Our neighborhood traffic issue of the week comes from a reader: > “All day and night (especially during rush hour) Hollywood Car Wash at Coney Island and Church Avenues blocks one of the two southbound lanes [on Coney Island Avenue] with cars that are drying from their wash.” https://youtu.
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The School Break Science program in action at the Cortelyou Library. (Photo via School Break Science)Looking for neat things to do with your kids during next week’s Spring Break? Science workshops for school-age children are being offered next Monday (4/25) and Wednesday (4/27) at the Cortelyou
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https://youtu.be/fo_M9ZTyQx8 This time the thief did not get away by skateboard, but another neighbor recently had a package stolen from the front porch of their home. We have video of the incident, which occurred last Thursday (4/14) at 4:35pm on Marlborough Road, from two
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Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg joins in on Make Music Day, 2012. (Photo: MakeMusicNewYork via Flickr)Ready to rock? Wanna warble? Yes to yodeling? Registration for Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org], the free one-day outdoor music festival, is open now through April 29! Musicians of all ages and musical
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Source: Flickr/jpotischCouncilman David G. Greenfield, Community Board 12 and 14, and the Sanitation Department have collaborated to create a more robust garbage collection schedule in anticipation of the eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins Friday, April 22 [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/04/avoid-40-years-desert-brooklyn-seder-guide/#.VxesrpMrLiw] . The modified garbage
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerTwo additional projects chosen by our community via Participatory Budgeting (PB) have received the green light. The office of Council Member Mathieu Eugene has announced that out of the eleven projects on the PB ballot for the 40th District, nine now have funding to go forward — the
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Photo: Jole CarlinerNeed some earth to dig in for Earth Day? Join students from Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS), [http://www.bugsbrooklyn.org/] and parks gardening experts, in learning the ins and outs of planting a vertical garden at Dome Playground tomorrow. Activities will run from 11am until 2pm.
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Flatbush Tenant Coalition housing justice march in 2014. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The Flatbush Tenant Coalition (FTC) [https://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com] is hosting a town hall meeting tonight to “bring awareness about the rampant and destructive proliferation of predatory equity in the Flatbush community.” This meeting is for tenants living