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Aug
30
Read All About It: Brooklyn Book Festival, Sept. 16-23

Read All About It: Brooklyn Book Festival, Sept. 16-23

Brooklyn Book Festival 2019 poster by Raúl Colón [https://brooklynbookfestival.org/news/2019-poster-debut/]The 14th edition of the Brooklyn Book
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Aug
29
Cops Looking For Pair That Stabbed Man In Subway Station

Cops Looking For Pair That Stabbed Man In Subway Station

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Cops are looking for a man and woman who were involved in a stabbing at a train station
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Aug
27
New Plans Revealed For Willoughby Square Park

New Plans Revealed For Willoughby Square Park

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The NYC Economic Development Corporation [https://www.nycedc.com/press-release/nycedc-announces-new-plan-create-expanded-open-space-willoughby-square] (NYC EDC) and Hargreaves Jones Landscape Architecture
4 min read
Aug
27
Openings and Closings

Openings and Closings

This week’s openings and closings bring lots of new finds to Williamsburg and food halls, and pizza (we aren’
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Aug
15
DCP Study Says Reasons For Storefront Vacancies Are “Complex and Varied”

DCP Study Says Reasons For Storefront Vacancies Are “Complex and Varied”

As the mayor pushes for a storefront vacancy tax [https://nypost.com/2019/01/09/de-blasio-i-will-lobby-for-vacancy-tax-on-landlords-of-empty-storefronts/] , the NYC Department of
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Aug
14
Protesters Continue Fight To Save Downtown Home Of Abolitionists

Protesters Continue Fight To Save Downtown Home Of Abolitionists

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – In an effort to stall the impending demolition of 227 Duffield Street, activists are demanding the NYC Landmarks
3 min read
Aug
14
MTA To Cut 4 Brooklyn Stops On B38 Route With Switch To Longer Buses

MTA To Cut 4 Brooklyn Stops On B38 Route With Switch To Longer Buses

DOWNTOWN/FORT GREENE/CLINTON HILL – The MTA has announced additional changes to the B38 route to accommodate longer buses that
2 min read
Aug
13
Thief Snatches Commuter’s Jewelry At Nevins Street MTA Station

Thief Snatches Commuter’s Jewelry At Nevins Street MTA Station

[UPDATE: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 10:45am] Police have arrested 59-year-old Keith Clark of Bed-Stuy in connection with this
1 min read
Aug
06
Myrtle Ave BID Petitions Against B54 Bus Cuts, Rally On Thursday

Myrtle Ave BID Petitions Against B54 Bus Cuts, Rally On Thursday

CLINTON HILL/FORT GREENE/DOWNTOWN – Commuters who rely on the B54 bus are fighting against the MTA [https://new.mta.
3 min read
Aug
02
Philly Pretzel Factory Expands to Park Slope, More Locations to Follow

Philly Pretzel Factory Expands to Park Slope, More Locations to Follow

PARK SLOPE/DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The Philly Pretzel Factory [https://phillypretzelfactory.com] is coming to Brooklyn, as we reported a couple
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