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(Via Bklyner’s Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bklynerbk/])It’s that quiet time between the two final holidays of the year, but there’s still news to be had while avoiding family and wondering whether or not those last cookies are a good idea… If you’re still in
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As part of some residents’ opposition [/anti-gentrification-cb4-bushwick/] to the Bushwick Community Plan [/residents-propose-bushwick-community-plan-for-rezoning-to-tame-development/], a large anti-gentrification message was on the side of a Downtown Brooklyn building [https://brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/12/18/huge-bushwick-anti-gentrification-message-projected-on-montague-street/] this week. Perhaps a sign of that same gentrification: a brand new rock climbing gym on
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PS 110 seen from McGolrick Park on a cold evening last week (Courtesy of Paul Stremple)Long before the age of GIFs and Live Photos, people still found a way to get 3D with their images—check out this amazing repository of stereographic images of Brooklyn from 1933! [https://brooklynstereography.
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Riding under the Williamsburg Bridge on the East River Ferry (Courtesy of Paul Stremple)While everyone is opposed to Amazon in LIC, don’t forget that Brooklyn was once eager to host as well… [/is-brooklynprime-for-amazon-hq2/] Want to know why it didn’t work out? Here’s an in-depth analysis from
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Yesterday, the “smoke a joint, save the subway” [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/nyregion/marijuana-legalized-nyc-subway.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion] method of using potential tax revenue from legalized marijuana was proposed by a new study. Today, a Brooklyn lawmaker said there’s a better way to use the
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Rendering of BQX. (Credit: Handout)Yesterday, riders across the subway system were slowed down in their commutes—but one station agent had a scare themselves, when a giant rat chased them from their booth. [https://6abc.com/pets-animals/massive-rat-chases-ny-subway-agent-out-of-station-booth/4822454/] There has been a rise in hate crimes across Brooklyn
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A night in Coney Island from over the summer (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)The major news of the day is Lyft’s $100 million investment in expanding Citi Bike. [/citi-bike-announces-100-million-expansion-following-acquisition-by-lyft/] Though a scoop from Gothamist suggests that the “vast majority” of the new bikes will be electric pedal-assist bikes. [http://gothamist.
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An urban cowboy parked amid the waterfront warehouses of Greenpoint (Photo Courtesy of Paul Stremple)You’ve probably noticed that it’s Giving Tuesday—we’re raising money ourselves—but there are plenty of causes worth supporting. For example, the Mosdos Satmar of Williamsburg is looking to raise $3 million
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The Green Building, 452 Union Street, Gowanus (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)After posing for pictures on the Union Street Bridge, Senator Chuck Schumer’s daughter Alison wed Elizabeth Weiland [https://nypost.com/2018/11/18/chuck-schumers-daughter-weds-in-brooklyn/] at The Green Building in Gowanus on Sunday. Dancing at House of Yes in
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The Domino Sugar Factory from the East River (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)The big news of the week is Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, and some think Atlantic Yards serves as a warning of what could come. [http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2018/11/15/amazon-hq2-deal-atlantic-yards-serves-warning] In East Flatbush, residents and politicians
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Fall colors in McCarren Park (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)Following a string of anti-Semitic crimes [/anti-semitic-crimes/] last week and a racist attack this week [/another-racist-attack-in-flatbush/], allegedly white supremacist graffiti was spray-painted in North Brooklyn [https://greenpointers.com/2018/11/12/white-supremacist-tag-appears-at-transmitter-park/] , as well. A mother is in handcuffs after an abandoned
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The Williamsburg Bridge silhouetted against the setting sun this weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)Whether or not Ben Stiller showed up at your house to canvas [https://brooklynreporter.com/2018/11/actor-ben-stiller-spotted-canvassing-bay-ridge-with-dem-state-senate-hopeful/] this week, we hope you braved the rain and the long lines [/ballot-scanners-down-throughout-brooklyn/] and made it out to vote