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Parent Vinny Nemorin slipped and hit his head during his arrest at P.S. 193 on February 24. (Photo: PS 193 Parents’ Association [https://www.facebook.com/PS193PA/photos/pcb.1206219662739287/1206216226072964/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Following an uproar at P.S. 193 [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/03/
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http://parkslopestoop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/667-16-BRS-03-02-16-updated-video.mp4 New surveillance video attained from the March 26 incident (Video via NYPD) Police have released new video of the suspect wanted for at least five incidents which have targeted elderly women — some with brutal outcomes. The video footage above is from
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Interior of Butterfunk Kitchen. (Photo: Butterfunk Kitchen)Butterfunk Kitchen [http://butterfunkkitchen.com] — a “Soul Food Restaurant & Juke Joint” — will open its doors on Saturday, April 2nd. The new dining spot will be located at 1295 Prospect Avenue (and Greenwood Avenue). Butterfunk Kitchen is the second restaurant venture for husband
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SAFE disposal event administered by the NYC Department of Sanitation. (Photo: Veolia North America)Spring is here! That means Spring Cleaning, which entails all of us trying to dispose of a wide assortment of items that should not go into our trash cans. If you are trying to safely get
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Last year’s Community Board 14 Youth Conference. (Photo: Midwood Development Corporation)This list is in formation. If you have an event you’d like featured in our calendar, or if there’s anything we’ve left off, please let us know! Post your events in our community calendar [/blog/
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The Red Mist Lounge on Coney Island Avenue, near Beverley Road. (Photo: Red Mist Lounge)A centuries-old tradition — brought to our area by South Asian immigrants — is attracting attention from curious residents…and lawmakers. As it approaches its fifth anniversary, the Red Mist Lounge [http://redmisthookah.com/] enjoys a monopoly
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Join the Prospect Park Alliance for Opening Weekend in Prospect Park on April 2 + 3, with food, festivities and family fun. * Opening Day Parade, 10–10:30 am (Saturday only) Parade begins at 7th Avenue + 2nd Street, Free Join the Prospect Park Alliance and the Prospect Park Baseball Association to
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Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders may face off in a debate in Sanders’ home borough ahead of New York’s April 19 primaries after all. Though Clinton’s campaign has previously said she would only participate in a post-New York primary debate, Clinton changed her tune at
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PS 179 on Avenue C in Kensington. (Photo: Google Maps)Our very own PS 179 [http://www.ps179kensington.com/] is helping to pioneer a new approach to teaching English to children who speak another language at home. And PS 179’s leading role makes sense. District 20, where PS 179
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Photo: BUGSDo you know any 10 or 11-year-olds with a green thumb? The Fall, 2016 application deadline for the Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS) [http://www.bugsbrooklyn.org] is this Friday — April 1st. Current 5th and 6th grade families can apply now to the Windsor Terrace middle school, which
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerTwo drastically different accounts have emerged regarding the arrest of a woman in Flatbush last week. Cops say Latisha Bellamy-Maldonado, 27, was arrested Friday afternoon around 1:20pm at 180 Woodruff Avenue (near Flatbush Avenue) and charged with assault of a police officer and resisting arrest, among
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerIt was a call for peace, from Coney Island Avenue to the streets of Lahore. Borough President Eric Adams, along with other elected officials and leaders of our local Pakistani community, held an interfaith candlelight vigil last night to honor the victims of Sunday’s terrorist attack