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Apr
16
Celebrity Real Estate: A Peek Inside Actress/Writer/Influencer Tavi Gevinson’s 300 Ashland Apartment

Celebrity Real Estate: A Peek Inside Actress/Writer/Influencer Tavi Gevinson’s 300 Ashland Apartment

FORT GREENE – It was revealed last year [/celeb-blogger-compensated-living-300-ashland/] that Rookie [http://www.rookiemag.com/] magazine founder and social media star,
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Apr
13
Neighborhood Policing Program Extends To Subway System

Neighborhood Policing Program Extends To Subway System

BARCLAYS CENTER – Mayor de Blasio announced on Thursday [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/189-18/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-expansion-neighborhood-policing-nyc-subways] that the Neighborhood Coordination
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Apr
11
Brooklyn Poet & Performer Ashley August Featured In BAM’s ‘Word. Sound. Power.’

Brooklyn Poet & Performer Ashley August Featured In BAM’s ‘Word. Sound. Power.’

FLATBUSH – Growing up as the daughter of immigrants in Flatbush, Ashley August hid her dreams of being a performer from
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Apr
11
Fun-filled summer camps

Fun-filled summer camps

Summer = Fun One day it will be warm again in Brooklyn and it will feel like summer is on its
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Apr
10
Remembering Cecil Taylor, Jazz Great and Fort Greene Resident

Remembering Cecil Taylor, Jazz Great and Fort Greene Resident

Via Wikimedia CommonsFORT GREENE – Free jazz pioneer and longtime Brooklyn resident Cecil Taylor passed away last week at his Fort
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Apr
03
Brooklyn Flea Celebrates 10th Anniversary With New Year-Round Outpost In Industry City

Brooklyn Flea Celebrates 10th Anniversary With New Year-Round Outpost In Industry City

SUNSET PARK – It’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since Brooklyn Flea [http://brooklynflea.com/] debuted in
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Mar
29
‘Too Tall! Too Close! Too Much!,’ Say Opponents Of 80 Flatbush

‘Too Tall! Too Close! Too Much!,’ Say Opponents Of 80 Flatbush

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml] held the first ULURP [https:
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Mar
26
Save Our Sunlight: Protesters Rally Against Alloy’s Shadow-Casting Towers

Save Our Sunlight: Protesters Rally Against Alloy’s Shadow-Casting Towers

FORT GREENE – Community groups rallied outside the Brownstoner RADD Awards last Thursday (March 22) to protest Alloy Development’s 80
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Mar
23
Seven New Restaurants To Try In Brooklyn: Bowls, Baked Goods, Vegan Bites & More

Seven New Restaurants To Try In Brooklyn: Bowls, Baked Goods, Vegan Bites & More

Lots of new restaurants have recently opened in the borough or will be coming our way soon. Check out our
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Mar
22
After Losing Lease, Brooklyn Food Co-op Fights To Stay Alive

After Losing Lease, Brooklyn Food Co-op Fights To Stay Alive

Credit: GREENE HILL FOOD CO-OPCLINTON HILL – Facing the loss of their longtime lease, members of a Brooklyn cooperative grocery store
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