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Dean Street, Crown Heights (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * What Will Become Of The Red Hook Container Terminal? [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20180122/REAL_ESTATE/180119857/brooklyns-last-port-is-clinging-to-a-site-coveted-by-developers#utm_medium=email&utm_source=cnyb-dailyalert&utm_campaign=cnyb-dailyalert-20180122] [Crain’s] * A Visit to Sunset Park [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/
Bay Ridge
Dr. Kathleen Cashin (2nd from right) is reportedly being considered for the position of Chancellor of New York City Schools (Image via NY Assembly)Afer a career in Brooklyn schools, former P.S. 193 principal Dr. Kathleen Cashin is reportedly being considered to replace the outgoing Carmen Fariña as New
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A traditional dancer out of costume after the Three Kings Parade in Williamsburg this weekend (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) * Transit Plans Could Bring Big Changes to the Red Hook Community [https://www.6sqft.com/red-hook/] [6sqft] * Four of Six Food Vendors Close in Year-Old Gotham Food Market at the Ashland [https:
Announcements
CYPRESS HILLS – As the effects on gentrification creep across Brooklyn, expanding ever further from the East River, recent history can show those in the outer edges of the outer boroughs what has worked and what hasn’t in the fight against rising rents, development and displacement. As part of the
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With Congress failing to pass a spending bill on Friday, the federal government shut down at midnight on Saturday, January 20. How does the shutdown affect Brooklyn? According to www.ny.gov [https://www.ny.gov/emergency/federal-government-shutdown], the following WILL be impacted: * Many federal regulatory agencies will be furloughing
canarsie
Two women were found dead inside an apartment at 1023 Union Street in Crown Heights last Friday, but details are scarce (Screenshot via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS – On Friday, January 19, police responded to a call of two unconscious females in a Crown Heights building just off Eastern Parkway. Arriving
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Corner of Prospect Place & Nostrand Avenue, Crown Heights (Photo: Nathan Haselby)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERCROWN HEIGHTS/FLATBUSH – Adem Bunkeddeko is living the American Dream. Son of Ugandan war refugees, who arrived in the country with $50 and hope, he is running to unseat Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, [/?s=yvette+clarke] who has been representing the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn for the
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Lincoln Place, Crown Heights (Photo: Nathan Haselby) * Canarsie Commuters Demand Better Service On B42 Bus [http://brooklyn.news12.com/story/37269839/commuters-demand-mta-get-b24-bus-back-on-schedule] [News 12] * Long Abandoned Boerum Hill Building Is Flooding Neighboring Homes [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/15/brooklyn-residents-say-zombie-home-to-blame-for-basement-flooding/] [CBS New York] * Controversial Statue Of 19th-Century Gynecologist Will
Announcements
State Senator Marty Golden holds a decisive fundraising advantage over his challengers.BAY RIDGE – Democrats Andrew Gounardes and Ross Barkan are running against Senator Marty Golden in District 22 this year, and have just released their fundraising numbers. District 22 includes Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach,
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Suits of Armor, Prospect Place, Crown Heights (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * $110.5M Basquiat Painting Will Be Exhibited at Brooklyn Museum Jan. 26—March 11 [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/arts/basquiat-skull-painting-is-coming-to-the-brooklyn-museum.html?_r=3] [NYT] * Two Residents Injured When Ceiling Collapses at NYCHA Complex in Crown Heights
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After Hawaii residents received a false emergency alert on their phones on Saturday saying, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” it makes Brooklynites wonder: what if there’s a missile threat inbound to Brooklyn one day? > HAWAII – THIS IS A FALSE