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Jan
23
Beach Haven Apartments Fined $400,000 For Dumping Raw Sewage Into Coney Island Creek

Beach Haven Apartments Fined $400,000 For Dumping Raw Sewage Into Coney Island Creek

Aerial photo of the Coney Island Creek via the Coney Island Creek Resiliency Study.GRAVESEND – Beach Haven Apartments [http://beachhavenapts.
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Jan
23
Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park Will Hold Community Discussion Tomorrow

Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park Will Hold Community Discussion Tomorrow

An aerial rendering of the potential Bushwick Inlet Park from the 2005 master plan (Via NYC Parks)GREENPOINT – The Friends
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Jan
15
What To Do If There’s A Nuclear Attack In Brooklyn

What To Do If There’s A Nuclear Attack In Brooklyn

After Hawaii residents received a false emergency alert on their phones on Saturday saying, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII.
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Jan
09
Urban Land Institute Report Proposes Ideas to Alleviate Urban Heat Island Effect in Gowanus

Urban Land Institute Report Proposes Ideas to Alleviate Urban Heat Island Effect in Gowanus

GOWANUS – The Urban Land Institute New York (ULI NY) [https://newyork.uli.org/] released a report [https://goo.gl/WM1rhL]
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Jan
08
$103 Million NYCHA Heat and Efficiency Investment Won’t Repair Boilers

$103 Million NYCHA Heat and Efficiency Investment Won’t Repair Boilers

The Pink Houses in East New York will be included in the upgrades to heating systems (Source: NY District Attorney’
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Jan
08
Extreme Cold Bursts Pipes Across Brooklyn

Extreme Cold Bursts Pipes Across Brooklyn

Photo: Flickr Creative Commons/ Jimmy JoeTemperatures hit the single digits [https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/brooklyn/historic] over the
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Jan
05
The Art Of Climbing Snow To Board A Bus

The Art Of Climbing Snow To Board A Bus

B68 bus stop on Coney Island Ave and Ave J. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER) FLATBUSH – It’s the day after
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Jan
02
Mulchfest This Weekend

Mulchfest This Weekend

MulchFest 2016 at Fort Greene Park (Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC Parks)Now that the holidays are over, are you
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Dec
01
Don’t Freak Out, But This Cleaning Service Is Worried About You

Don’t Freak Out, But This Cleaning Service Is Worried About You

via EcoMaids of New YorkCleanliness may be next to godliness, but it sure isn’t easy. Especially if you have
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Nov
28
Locals Attend Hearing To Save Historic Gowanus Station From Demolition

Locals Attend Hearing To Save Historic Gowanus Station From Demolition

Gowanus Station building, 234 Butler Street via Google MapsBROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL – A public hearing was held at Brooklyn Borough Hall
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