fort greene

May
23
District 35 Participatory Budgeting 2018: Winning Projects

District 35 Participatory Budgeting 2018: Winning Projects

Majority Leader Cumbo visited Medgar Evers Prep yesterday to announce results and present oversized checks for winning projects (Via @NYC
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May
21
New Food Hall Options In Brooklyn

New Food Hall Options In Brooklyn

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN/FORT GREENE – Hill Country Hospitality [https://hillcountry.com/] announced last week a new concept for the Downtown Brooklyn
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May
21
Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema’s First Graduating Class Produces Films As Varied And Diverse As Its Students

Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema’s First Graduating Class Produces Films As Varied And Diverse As Its Students

BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – Works created by the first graduating class of the Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema [http://www.brooklyn.
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May
17
Shooter Sentenced to 23 Years For Slaying of Innocent Fort Greene Man

Shooter Sentenced to 23 Years For Slaying of Innocent Fort Greene Man

The courtyard outside 101 North Portland Avenue, near where Colon was shot and killed (Screenshot via Google Maps)In 2014,
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May
08
Monumental: A Community Celebration In Fort Greene Park

Monumental: A Community Celebration In Fort Greene Park

FORT GREENE – The Fort Greene Park Conservancy [http://www.fortgreenepark.org/fort-greene-park/] (FGPC) will celebrate its 20th anniversary by hosting
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May
03
Detective Texts Photo of Dead Body to Alleged Victim to Sexual Assault

Detective Texts Photo of Dead Body to Alleged Victim to Sexual Assault

FORT GREENE – An alleged victim of sexual assault says he received a photograph of his attacker’s dead body. The
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Apr
26
A Date Went Terribly Wrong. Was it Murder—Or Self-Defense?

A Date Went Terribly Wrong. Was it Murder—Or Self-Defense?

NYS Supreme Court (Photo by Liena Zagare/Bklyner)FORT GREENE – Last April, David Keegan Riotto Haigh drove from his sister’
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Apr
20
BRIC Wins Five 2018 New York Emmy Awards

BRIC Wins Five 2018 New York Emmy Awards

FORT GREENE – Congratulations to BRIC on taking home five trophies at the 61st Annual New York Emmy Awards last Saturday,
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Apr
20
Brooklyn Borough President Launches #BLKCoffeeInBK Tour

Brooklyn Borough President Launches #BLKCoffeeInBK Tour

Mr. Adams is a man of his word. On Tuesday, after we published the list of Black-Owned Coffee Shops in
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Apr
17
DUMBO Remains Priciest Neighborhood In Brooklyn

DUMBO Remains Priciest Neighborhood In Brooklyn

Real estate blog PropertyShark [https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/] released its quarterly report of NYC’s 50 priciest neighborhoods yesterday
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