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Prospect Park. (Photo courtesy: marissa__bk [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNKfHcpjEm6/?taken-by=marissa__bk] / instagram) Catch up on the essential Brooklyn news during your leftovers-induced food coma, with the best stories from our sister sites. Check Your Hate: Senator Squadron, Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock lead rally after hate graffiti found
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Photo via dave.pontious [https://www.instagram.com/p/-ctbnLE03N/?tagged=charliebrownthanksgiving]Our readers mean the world to us, and we want to wish all of you a healthy and peaceful Thanksgiving. We want to thank our neighbors and advertisers for their continued support. We will return on Monday, November
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Natalio Canete-Perez. (Photo via Brooklyn DA’s office)Today, a Kensington man was sentenced to 108 ½ years to life in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl several times, including one time in Prospect Park, and other charges of predatory sexual assault. Natalio Canete-Perez, 35, was convicted of three counts of
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This week, a 37-year-old Flatbush resident was arrested on terror charges for allegedly trying to support a foreign terrorist organization and expressing interest in plotting an attack on Times Square. Mohamed Rafik Naji, an Uber driver living on Clarendon Road, was charged with attempting to provide material support to the
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Owners and chefs Bjorn Böttcher (L) and Greg Barbiero (R). (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Der Pioneer, a new European pastry shop and cafe, is set to open on Church Avenue in time for Christmas shopping, said owners and chefs Bjorn Böttcher and Greg Barbiero. This seasoned, pastry-and-savory chef duo
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Photo via Flickr/Metro Centric.A suspect connected to a series of attacks and robberies on elderly Russian women in Midwood was named and indicted with 20 counts, including hate crimes, according to acting District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. Akmaljon Abakulov, 27, of Midwood, allegedly sought out older women to push
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Photo via jamie / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamiesrabbits/6428214767/in/photolist-aN3hi6-7ixjKz-i5j4dx-7g19E2-48qD9m-7jrShh-5GTYTk-7iBdvL-5ENhdj-7qFwmt-48JwDR-8YbTig-7jzRnu-4jAxUz-7j7BAW-qip3VC-5GTYYX-48JwDe-49HEW2-qiw42g-sV3Cy-q975rQ-6hSnYC-sVgKu-8WqMu7-dsHXDG-5FDRG8-48VwUS-aJUHDn-aHj1RF-48BUWz-7adKwV-5EK27R-5EK21M-dvVHUi-5Fd775-7iCJ3o-7g555j-5EVEch-6YNnA-7iyuyq-8Rvvzu-7iyLZR-szjcq-7JREJ8-sW374-4jAxpT-sUtKX-dB2iAq-sYcnX] It’s less than a day to Thanksgiving Day 2016. If you’re stick
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(Photo via CAMBA)CAMBA and DPC are still working to bring Thanksgiving into the homes of 500 low-income New Yorkers. This morning, the turkey supply couldn’t meet the distribution demand at the Beyond Hunger Emergency Food Pantry, according to CAMBA. At $5,886, we are still short of our
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(Photo via Brooklyn ARTery)For the fifth season, Vermont couple Melody and Patrick Houle are bringing their organic Christmas trees to Cortelyou Road, thanks to the Brooklyn ARTery and Pilates on Cortelyou. The couple runs a family owned and operated tree farm [http://houlestreefarm.com/] near the Canadian border. Before
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(Photo via Greenlight BKLYN [https://www.instagram.com/p/BIKsX8uB6gw/?hl=en] / Instagram)Here’s a chance to get in at the ground floor of one of Brooklyn’s beloved independent bookstores, opening “very soon” on Flatbush Avenue in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Greenlight Bookstore, the Fort Greene book seller and literary
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(Photo via Sharon Jones & The Dap-King [https://www.instagram.com/p/bd1T6qj8RN/?hl=en]s / Instagram)Workers at the Kings Theater had a difficult job over the weekend: Calling patrons who had purchased tickets to next month’s appearance by Sharon Jones to tell them the concert is cancelled
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Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Rally in Brooklyn Park Condemns Swastikas and ‘Go Trump’ Graffiti. [The New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/nyregion/rally-in-brooklyn-park-condemns-swastikas-and-go-trump-graffiti.html?