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Jul
16
Weekend Crime Blotter: A Daylight Shooting on Fulton Mall, A Home-Invasion Rape in Sunset Park & More

Weekend Crime Blotter: A Daylight Shooting on Fulton Mall, A Home-Invasion Rape in Sunset Park & More

Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] DOWNTOWN – On
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Jul
15
This Week In BKLYNER: Surfing MTA, Parks, Ice Cream & More

This Week In BKLYNER: Surfing MTA, Parks, Ice Cream & More

Union Street, Gowanus (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow
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Jul
13
The Weekly News Quiz: July 13, 2018

The Weekly News Quiz: July 13, 2018

Think you know all about Brooklyn news? Try this week’s news quiz and see how well you’ve kept
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Jul
13
NYC Charter Revision Commission Community Event at Grand Army Plaza Saturday Morning

NYC Charter Revision Commission Community Event at Grand Army Plaza Saturday Morning

Grand Army Plaza – It was announced yesterday that NYC Charter Revision Commission will host a series of public hearings in
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Jul
13
Former Secretary Of Education On Growing Up In Canarsie, Diversity, Education & Guns

Former Secretary Of Education On Growing Up In Canarsie, Diversity, Education & Guns

John B. King Jr. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Former Secretary of Education during the Obama administration, John B.
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Jul
12
Today’s Links: Greenpoint Protests Toxic Site for School, Dockless Bikes Delayed in Coney Island & More

Today’s Links: Greenpoint Protests Toxic Site for School, Dockless Bikes Delayed in Coney Island & More

At the Giglio Feast in Williamsburg last weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Ex-employees of Brooklyn Magazine and the Northside Festival are
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Jul
12
Weekend Art Events: July 13-15 (Hip-Hop Fest, Bastille Day, World Cup & More)

Weekend Art Events: July 13-15 (Hip-Hop Fest, Bastille Day, World Cup & More)

Music lovers will have lots to choose from this weekend including opera, hip-hop, Latin alternative, classical, and swing. Francophiles can
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Jul
11
Senator Golden Finally Calls On Senate To Pass Speed Camera Bill

Senator Golden Finally Calls On Senate To Pass Speed Camera Bill

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerAfter a 24-hour vigil outside his office [/golden-traffic-vigil/] and a rally near a public school [/treyger-speed-cameras/], State
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Jul
10
John Cleese Live at Kings Theatre

John Cleese Live at Kings Theatre

via Kings TheaterLiving comedy legend, JOHN CLEESE, is heading in your general direction for a live and truly unforgettable evening
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Jul
09
Department Of City Planning Releases 2018 Zoning Handbook

Department Of City Planning Releases 2018 Zoning Handbook

The NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) has released the 2018 edition
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