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(Photo by Dina Rabiner)When the Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] was restored and re-opened in 2015, we predicted that it would boost local businesses and restaurants along that strip of Flatbush Avenue. And it’s already happening, with some new additions, too. Earlier this year, we reviewed the
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Photo via NYPDHelp cops find a man wanted for grabbing a young woman’s crotch on the street in broad daylight last Friday. The suspect allegedly grabbed the 21-year-old victim’s crotch over her clothing, on November 25, at 12:30pm on 50th Street between 14th and 15th Avenues in
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> .@bradlander [https://twitter.com/bradlander] arrested while supporting striking McDonald’s workers in NYC #Fightfor15 [https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fightfor15?src=hash] pic.twitter.com/yv0kQeBZyJ [https://t.co/yv0kQeBZyJ] — Daniel Massey (@masseydaniel) November 29, 2016 [https://twitter.com/masseydaniel/status/803574416693141504] At a rally this morning in Lower
Business
Sometimes, out with old and in with the new isn’t the best advice. Century-old windows are still around because they were constructed with serviceability in mind. Using high-quality, old-growth lumber, which is no longer available today, they were made with true craftsmanship. Many of these windows were made by
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Sunday, November 27. (Photo by Don Cohn)This week, two car crashes only blocks from each other in Prospect Park South left neighbors rattled and calling for a deeper investigation into what could be a dangerous collision trend. On Sunday, November 27, a major crash between two cars left a
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Photo dug up on Facebook by the New York Daily NewsBrooklyn Assistant District Attorney Tara Lenich, 41, turned herself in to her own district attorney’s office on Monday, admitting that she had forged documents to wiretap conversations between an NYPD cop she had a crush on and another woman,
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Help cops find a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the Q train at Church Avenue. A 55-year-old woman dozing off on a southbound Q train awoke near Church Avenue to find a man rubbing her knee on Sunday, October 16 at 1:20am. Then, the man began
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(Photo via joelteex [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNVcTwIBhNy/?taken-by=joelteex] / Instagram)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Simcha Felder, Rogue Democratic Senator, Will Remain Loyal to G.O.P. [New York Times [http://www.
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A small forest has sprung up on Cortelyou Road, 2015. (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner)Even though we’re still eating turkey and pumpkin pie leftovers, the pundits agree: It’s time to start hunting for the perfect Christmas tree. Here’s your list of the best spots
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanCops arrested two off-duty city employees in two separate incidents for blatant drunk driving over the holiday weekend. FDNY Emergency Medical Technician Oneil Hunter, 35, was arrested on Flatbush Avenue and Caton Avenue on Friday, November 25 at 5:30am, after swerving into a lane of traffic,
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Prospect Park. (Photo by Anna Typor [https://www.facebook.com/anna.typor]) Whether you’re looking to celebrate the start of the holiday season with choral music, a soiree, or an LGBTQ party — this is your spot for the best events in (and immediately around) Ditmas Park. If you have
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Der Pioneer under construction on Church Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner) This week in Ditmas Park, ‘Der Pioneer’ European bakery & cafe opening soon on Church Avenue [/blog/business/der-pioneer-european-bakery-cafe-opening-soon-church-avenue/], Help Greenlight Bookstore open on Flatbush Avenue this weekend [/blog/events/help-greenlight-bookstore-open-flatbush-avenue-weekend/], a Kensington man was sentenced to life