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(Photo via Boundless Brooklyn / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BJQysjXgAHk/])Iconic Brooklyn structures come and go — but the news cycle never stops. Catch up on what’s happening outside our neighborhood with the best stories from our sister sites. Bomb threat in Sunset Park investigated as possible hate crime,
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Cortelyou Road (Photo via zachspassport / Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/54vbSttcxM/?taken-at=241255115])This weekend is explosive with so many summer festivals, concerts, and outdoor movies that it’ll be hard to choose between them. Whether you’re looking to see Back to the Future or Ghostbusters, experience Pakistani
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Roy Nathanson (left) and Tim Kiah (right). (Photo by Charna Meyers)Composer, bassist and vocalist Tim Kiah, who is playing a show at Qathra this Sunday with Roy Nathanson [/blog/art-music/past-present-ditmas-park-saxophonist-roy-nathanson-comes-home/] and Jesse Mills [/blog/art-music/come-qathra-sunday-unique-jazz-trio-performance/], has enjoyed an eclectic career as a musician. Kiah works in diverse
Animals
Tom and Allie the kittens. (Courtesy of Emma Chapman)TJ (Tom Jr) and Alex P. Kitten (Allie) were born in the yards of Gowanus in April, to a very sweet feral kitty called Cat Benatar. Park Slope neighbor Emma Chapman told us quite a story about them. “She [Cat Benatar]
Announcements
Greenfield announcing the renovations in 2015. (Photo courtesy Councilman David Greenfield)Kids from Midwood, Bensonhurst and Boro Park can enjoy the rest of the summer outdoors at the newly-renovated Gravesend Park, also know as the 18th Avenue Park, which opened this week after over a year of renovations. On Tuesday,
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The Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Brooklyn, also called the Battle of Long Island. (Photo via Wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#/media/File:BattleofLongisland.jpg] )On August 27, 1776, British troops advanced towards Brooklyn Heights, where the American soldier encampment was located. For those
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The stage where the entertainers perform at the Mela celebration. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Sahib Gul, 50, a legendary Pashtun composer with a reputation for speaking his mind, has been living in exile in Midwood since 2008, working at a Gyro restaurant on Coney Island Avenue. Since he fled
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(Photo courtesy Equality For Flatbush / Instagram)On Saturday, August 13, protesters converged near the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard to march against gentrification, tenant abuse, racism and police violence. Armed with water bottles, signs, and banners on one of the hottest days summer, this group was part of
Business
Photos by Ditmas Park CornerWe’ve been patiently awaiting the grand opening of Parade Cafe [https://www.facebook.com/Paradecafebk/?fref=ts], a French-inspired coffee and sandwich shop at 622 Caton Avenue (between East 7th Street and Ocean Parkway), since we caught its sign erected in June [/blog/food/new-cafe-coming-caton-avenue/
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Music and food will fill Coney Island Avenue, between Avenue H and Foster Avenue, this Saturday August 20, for the annual Brooklyn Mela [/blog/events/brooklyn-mela-draws-thousands-of-people-to-coney-island-avenue-for-festivities-celebrating-pakistans-independence-day/] , which celebrates Pakistan’s independence day. Sponsored by the Pakistani American Merchants Association, the festival will be held from
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Voting sign. (Photo: Fort Greene Focus)The New York State Board of Elections [http://www.elections.ny.gov/] wants to remind all New Yorkers that the registration deadline to vote in the primary election on September 13, is this week. You’ve heard from some of the candidates we talked