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SEY coffee shop. Andrea Aliseda/Bklyner.A good cup of coffee wakes you up. A great cup makes you sing: it’s an experience. One that extends itself far beyond the actual brew: from farm to cup and farmer to barista. Bushwick’s SEY Coffee, recently named [https://www.foodandwine.
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SOUTH BROOKLYN — At a town hall [/mayors-promises-sheepshead-last-nights-town-hall/] in Sheepshead Bay back in September 2017, Mayor de Blasio promised a $10 million initiative that would provide homeowners in Southern Brooklyn with free sewage cut-off valves. However, it seems that the mayor misspoke. That money would be coming from state funds, not
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BENSONHURST —Trash sticks to Southern Brooklyn’s streets like gum on a shoe. Every year, residents call 311 about dirty streets, averaging a steady 57.5 complaints a month over the past three years in Bensonhurst, according to NYC Open Data. While Bensonhurst is not the dirtiest area in the
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SJPCA President Randy Gresl facing the panel of speakers. Curt Brodner/BklynerA Park Slope town hall addressing complaints about the disruptive replacement of a water main [/3-year-water-main-upgrade-project-begins-flatbush-6th-surrounding-streets/] turned emotional as residents shouted down sheepish city representatives over mismanagement. The St. John’s Place Community Association (SJPCA) hosted a swath of
Arts & Culture
“Nature Celebration” mural by SARF, PS 257, and other community members. Courtesy of SARF.SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG – A mural painted by the Brooklyn community and PS 257 was completed at 46 Graham Avenue over an October weekend [/community-mural-williamsburg/], all curated by the non-profit Sacred Arts Research Foundation (SARF) [http://www.sacredartsresearch.
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GOWANUS – In an effort to bring attention to the area’s Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) problem, activists marched at Thomas Greene Playground on Saturday with reminders of the notorious Gowanus Canal “Poonami.” Members of the Gowanus Neighborhood Coalition for Justice marched during Thomas Greene Park’s Halloween Parade (Pamela Wong/
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One week before the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Senator Andrew Gounardes, and local and federal officials spoke about the inevitability of climate change at a town hall meeting on Climate and Resiliency at the Kingsborough Community College in Manhattan Beach. About 80 residents gathered to listen and voice their
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The flooded basement of 104 Berkeley Place. Courtesy of the St. Johns Place Community Association.City’s water main replacement project is flooding their homes, Park Slope homeowners say, and they want the city to stop it. About 50 residents showed up to the St. John’s Place Community Association’
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Community mural painting project in 2018. Courtesy of SARF.SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG – This week you can try your hand at painting a street mural in East Williamsburg. Ten years ago, a mural reflecting the local farmers market was painted on the wall at 46 Graham Ave. Over the years it became
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National grid working by a hotel in Gowanus that will become a homeless shelter this fall. Liena Zagare/BklynerNational Grid must immediately grant gas connections to 1,157 customers in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island previously denied over the course of a five-month moratorium, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced [https://www.
Central Brooklyn
Q Gardens. Nathan Thompson/BklynerIn 1978, the NYC Parks Department established GreenThumb to support a thriving movement of neighbors beautifying and gardening in vacant lots across the city. Forty years later, they are the nation’s largest urban gardening program, assisting over 550 gardens throughout NYC. A few years ago,
Central Brooklyn
A hanging scrim shows the proposed towers and their size relative to the conservatory buildings. Via BBG website.In July the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens (BBG) opened a new exhibit in one of their many conservatorie [/brooklyn-botanic-garden-presents-exhibit-protesting-sun-blocking-towers/]s. What made this exhibit different was that they were not showcasing exotic flora.