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Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote
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(Photo courtesy Prospect_ Park / Instagram)New Yorkers have a new way to learn about our urban landscape just in time for the last hurrah of the autumn leaves. The NYC Parks Department’s newest tree census data charts our urban forest on a micro and macro scale, so we can
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It’s rarely a simple transaction when you visit Yakhil Yakobov, the cobbler of Foster Avenue. You don’t just hand him two sawbucks to get your Timberlands resoled, or a five dollar bill for a new watch band. It’s a conversation with Yakhil too. The store is small.
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Tim Monti-Wohlpart distributing informational fliers outside Kensington’s PS 130 on May 12th. Monti-Wohlpart has helped to spearhead an effort to reform New York State adoption law. (Photo: Cameron Mizell)(This story was updated on 11/11/16 with comments from readers. They are included at the bottom.) Tomorrow’s
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(Photo by Shannon Geis / Ditmas Park Corner)In January, we asked [/blog/transportation/does-the-intersection-of-beverley-and-westminster-roads-need-a-traffic-signal/] if a traffic signal would ease the number of crashes at the notoriously dangerous intersection of Westminster and Beverley Roads. Now, it looks like the DOT plans to install a signal at the intersection within the
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Monument to the Unelected at Lefferts Historic House. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Election day is almost here, but there are plenty of local events to get your mind off the stress this week — many of them just blocks from your home. If you have an event to share, email
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Spotted on Cortelyou Road this week (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, we explored the Pavillion’s dark secrets one last time [/blog/events/exploring-pavilions-dark-secrets-one-last-time/], enjoyed photos and videos from a lively Halloween around the neighborhood [/blog/holidays/photos-videos-halloween-scenes-around-neighborhood/], City Council proposed a massive scaleback of
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Photo by Ditmas Park CornerCatch up on the Brooklyn scoops with the best stories from our sister sites this week. Jimmy’s Famous Heros offers a glimpse into genuine Brooklyn congeniality [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/11/jimmys-famous-heros-offers-glimpse-genuine-brooklyn-congeniality/] . [Sheepshead Bites] How did Bensonhurst get its name? [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/
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Video footage courtesy NYPD Police are searching for two men suspected of robbing and stabbing a teenager on Coney Island Avenue on Tuesday, just one block from PS 217. Two young men approached the 16-year-old victim and demanded his bicycle, on November 1 around 9:15pm, according to police reports.
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Photo credit: Theresa Thompson [https://www.flickr.com/photos/theresasthompson/with/2999130055/] / Flickr Tuesday, November 8 is New York’s Primary Elections. And besides the obvious choices, there are a number of important local races to know. Polls will be open from 6am – 9pm. Our coverage area has variation depending
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Photo via genchurchfl [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWfb4yBx8D/?tagged=fallback&hl=en]Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, at 2am on Sunday, November 6, so before you go to bed on Saturday night, remember to change your clocks! Falling back in time means we gain an hour of
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Winter is coming and that can mean only one thing: standard time! Shorter days, warmer beverages, and sweater weather are part and parcel of what I think of as the “regular season” of the year, but that probably has something to do with the “standard” vs “daylight” wording [https://georgelakoff.