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FORT GREENE – Last Thursday, January 31, The Brooklyn Hospital Center [https://www.tbh.org] (TBHC) kicked off the first event of a three-year celebration to honor the medical facility’s 175th anniversary. Gary G. Terrinoni, TBHC President & CEO; Julian Macrone, Fort Greene Park Conservancy; Sandra Chapman, Chief of Staff,
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FORT GREENE – With a new 11-member board and a recently elected executive committee, the Fort Greene Association [http://historicfortgreene.org] (FGA) is ready to connect with the community and enlist more neighbors. “We want to widen our scope of topics and attract new and old residents of Fort Greene to
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Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP), The Municipal Art Society of New York [https://www.mas.org] (MAS), and Advocates for Privately Owned Public Space [https://www.mas.org/initiatives/advocates-for-privately-owned-public-space/] (APOPS) announced on Monday the kickoff to
Bed Stuy
FORT GREENE – Nearly a year after beloved South African restaurant Madiba shuttered [/four-beloved-venues-close-brooklyn/] for good, it appears another popular eatery will be moving into its vacant storefront. Saraghina will take over Madiba’s former space at 195 Dekalb Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The owners of Saraghina [http://www.saraghina.
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FORT GREENE/PARK SLOPE – Walking into George’s Barber Shop [http://parkslopebarbershop.com/] in Park Slope, it is hard not to be transported back in time. Between the bustle of conversation and the retro design, brothers Rafael Rubinov, 36, and Edward Rubinov, 49, along with brother-in-law Nathan Suleymanov, 26, merge
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FORT GREENE – Gangstas Making Astronomical Community Changes [https://www.gangstamackin.com] (G-MACC) celebrated the opening of its second Brooklyn office at 349 Myrtle Avenue (between Carlton Avenue & Adelphi Street) with a ribbon-cutting on Friday, January 18. Photo by Ill Flix via Council Member Laurie Cumbo | Facebook [https://www.facebook.
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg]Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 90 on January 15. Various local organizations will celebrate MLK Day on Monday, January 21 with events including readings, movie screenings, musical performances, volunteering, and more. Commemorate the legacy of
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FORT GREENE – Sales have launched for 75 Greene Avenue, the landmarked building that once housed the office of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. Rendering via 75greene.com [http://75greene.com/]Located in the Fort Greene Historic District [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/maps/HistoricDistrictMaps/Brooklyn/ft_
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FORT GREENE – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced on Thursday [http://www.brooklynda.org/2019/01/10/philadelphia-man-sentenced-to-12-years-in-prison-for-fatally-stabbing-fort-greene-man-during-drug-fueled-encounter/] that a 44-year-old Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the stabbing death of a “Brooklyn man inside his apartment during a drug-fueled sexual encounter.” According to trial
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FORT GREENE/BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – A 44-year-old man died from injuries sustained after being attacked in his home at the Farragut Houses, the NYPD reports. Farragut Houses via Google MapsOfficers responded to a call of an assault at the Farragut Houses at approximately 10:40am on Friday, January 4. When
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PARTNER NEWS: The Brooklyn Hospital Center (TBHC) received the highest grade “A” for patient safety from the prestigious Leapfrog Group. TBHC is one of only two hospitals in all of New York City to get an “A” and is the only A-rated hospital in Brooklyn. In fact, only about 8%
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BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – Just northeast of downtown Brooklyn sits the Brooklyn Navy Yard [https://brooklynnavyyard.org], home to a museum, a whiskey distillery, carpenters, fashion designers, and fishmongers, situated not far from three NYCHA developments—Whitman, Farragut, and Ingersoll Houses. Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 92, 63 Flushing Avenue (Photo: Ann