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2 Bros. Pizza, 395 Flatbush Avenue Ext. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNER).FLATBUSH – There are infinite opinions in New York when it comes to pizza, from people looking for what’s the best to those who want what’s the cheapest, and the folks trying to figure out which slice shop
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February is rushing by, and next week is Valentine’s Day. Don’t fret, we have you covered with 10 great places in Brooklyn to get your special someone a unique gift, custom cake or a shared experience you can enjoy together. Stems Brooklyn [https://www.stemsbrooklyn.com/valentines-day/] 639
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Art by Derrick Cross at SNAPFORT GREENE/CLINTON HILL – Sometimes you need to go back in order to move forward.That is the theme of this year’s Black Artstory Month, which will be taking place along Myrtle Avenue, between Washington Park and Classon Avenues. Since 2012, the annual art
Bensonhurst
1980s tax photoBENSONHURST/GRAVESEND – A neighbor asked the other day to look into what has been going on at the McDonald’s on Bay Parkway and 67th street. So we did. For a little while now it has been covered in scaffolding, with a permit allowing work outside regular hours
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Image courtesy Tabla Rasa Gallery / Audrey and Joseph AnastasiSUNSET PARK – For just over a year now, the phrase “fake news” has been ubiquitous: in tweets [https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/818990655418617856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2017%2F01%2F13%2Fpolitics%2Ftrump-tweets-week-before-inauguration%2Findex.
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via ReachNowThe New York City public school system serves 1.1 million children [http://schools.nyc.gov/AboutUs/default.htm] and all of them will be on break between December 25 and January 2. It’s cold. Maybe snowy. Gets dark earlier. What’s a parent to do? If all
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Join Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Prospect Park Alliance Ring in the New Year with Brooklyn’s Most Spectacular Fireworks Display. Prospect Park AllianceOn December 31, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams and Prospect Park Alliance will present Brooklyn’s most spectacular New Year’s Eve Fireworks Celebration at
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(via Tacos El Bronco Facebook page)Things have changed a bit since that day in July [/hook-red-hook-reachnow/] you grabbed a ReachNow [https://reachnow.com/en/brooklyn-ny/] car from one of our neighborhood side streets and spent the day exploring Red Hook. You’ve gotten a little busier. The days have
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GOWANUS – Three hundred and fifty artists [http://www.agdir.org/artistdirectory.php?event=1]. Two days. From 12-6pm, Saturday 10/21 and Sunday 10/22, all are welcome to go from studio to studio in any order and see the work of three hundred and fifty local artists. Since you
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Loaves rest on a cooling rack at Caputo’s Bake Shop (Tamsen Malloy/BKLYNER) CARROLL GARDENS – “We mix old dough with the new dough,” James Caputo said about making Sicilian bread—a staple heritage loaf available at his store, Caputo’s Bake Shop [https://www.yelp.com/biz/caputos-bake-shop-brooklyn] on
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Photo Dina RabinerALBANIA/PARK SLOPE – Far away from the bustle of Brooklyn, in the Valbona River valley of Albania’s Accursed Mountains (otherwise known as the Albanian Alps which spans from Albania to Kosovo and Eastern Montenegro), you will find a little oasis where hikers and adventure tourists seek out
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From Among Trees and Stones by Matthew JensenGREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery [http://www.green-wood.com] is an iconic site both because of its scenic beauty and the histories of many famous New Yorkers buried there, including Leonard Bernstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, “Boss” Tweed and more than 5,000 veterans