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Rendering by SHoP Architects.It’s a done deal: the historic and landmarked Dime Savings Bank will be partially demolished in order to facilitate the construction of Brooklyn’s tallest tower, in Downtown Brooklyn. The city Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted to approve the changes — with the exception of the
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Image via Brooklyn DA’s Office.A 22-year-old Walt Whitman Houses resident will now be living at least another life-time in prison, after being sentenced to 22 years to life for the 2014 murder of a neighbor back on April 14, 2014. Shaquille Upson of North Portland Avenue had been
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Photo Credit: happn [http://gethap.pn/n2v4LV]This post is brought to you by happn [http://gethap.pn/n2v4LV]. During a long ride home on the Q train one night, I dozed off with my head against the window. When I awoke there was a note on the orange plastic
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Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thomson/FacebookThe Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is hosting a competitive summer internship program for high school students who live or attend school in the borough, District Attorney Ken Thompson and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) President Michael Mulgrew announced last week. Students with an interest in
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(A traditional Seder courtesy Wikimedia Commons)Brooklyn’s matzoh bakeries are working overtime in preparation for Passover, producing only the finest shmura matzoh [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/dining/passover-matzo.html?_r=0], which celebrates the liberation of the Jewish people from bondage under the Egyptian pharaoh. What
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Image via Robert Couse Baker [https://www.flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/7846338906].Applications are now open [https://wff-neighborhood-school-grants.submittable.com/submit] for the Walentas Family Foundation’s Neighborhood School Grants, an annual program to support innovative projects in Brooklyn school Districts 13 and 14. During the 2016-2017 cycle of
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PS 11 (Courtesy of Google Maps)A whole block of Clinton Hill was prevented from voting today, according to a poll worker. Alexandra Leon of DNAInfo had the scoop [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160419/clinton-hill/entire-block-of-clinton-hill-voters-omitted-from-rolls-poll-worker-says] : > At least seven voters who live on Lafayette Avenue and were assigned
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(Courtesy Rob Nguyen via Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rob_nguyen/5472622043/in/photolist-9kABSt-8xnCfp-8xqE3j-3WxDap-8xqEfN-8xnBVX-8xnC2D-8xqEpq-8xnC8k-aW5w3k-8xqEn5-48ryw6-8xnC3T-3WBZZy-e81Gwj-8xnBYr-ahArv2-4S9LNZ-5pobLc-aW5vJK-bccaBr-6BocX7-6aUsbU-xxUHyU-aqKKfn-8pN9LD-xVn4N-8CK2U4-dzoygh-8fQaJF-4S9L5t-gSkCZZ-uELuhW-gSkwy1-KzfYi-99PjyB-8gvqhs-9SfdEF-4oJrGi-ckTaqA-ckTadw-6aUrT5-hjw2oP-3WxGf8-6aQgvp-6aUruL-6VBhQb-8xqEsb-7umc2c-yT9Z] .)One of Brooklyn’s most famous restaurants lost its pa
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(Courtesy of Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org/].)Ready to rock? Wanna warble? Yearning to yodel? Registration for Make Music New York [http://makemusicny.org], the free one-day outdoor music festival, is open now through April 29! Musicians of all ages and musical styles will perform on streets, sidewalks,
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Photo via Councilmember Laurie Cumbo’s office.Schools and seniors were the biggest priorities for neighborhood voters in Councilmember Laurie Cumbo’s inaugural round of participatory budgeting (PBNYC), with these projects winning a combined $1 million in funding for the coming year. Specifically, the winning projects are as follows: 1.
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Image courtesy of Cushman & Wakefield.Bids on Brooklyn Hospital Center’s Maynard Building are said to be as high as $115 million, according to [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160418/REAL_ESTATE/160419867/brooklyn-hospital-center-nears-100-million-deal-to-sell-a-campus#utm_medium=email&utm_source=cnyb-dailyalert&utm_campaign=cnyb-dailyalert-20160418] Crain’s [http://www.
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.For the first time in decades, the New York presidential primaries, held Tuesday, April 19, are of enormous importance in the nominating contests for both parties. On the Democratic ticket, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/watch-entire-footage-bernie-sanders-coney-island-rally-video/] is hoping that a