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Image via Kristen Miller [https://twitter.com/KristenTransAlt].Good news for bicyclists and safe streets advocates: the city Department of Transportation [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/home/home.shtml] is proposing to create a protected bike lane along Lafayette Avenue between Fulton Street and Classon Avenue — right across
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Image via NYPD.Have you seen this gentleman? / 85-year-old Maurice Celestin has been missing since 10am last Friday, January 15 and the police have issued a Silver Alert for him. Celestin was last seen near Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue, wearing white sneakers and brown pants. He suffers from dementia
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Photo by Billy Ward [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwward0/6994892794].Below you’ll find Fort Greene and Clinton Hill subway changes this week on the 2, 3, 4, 5, A, B, C, D, G, N, Q, and R lines in Brooklyn, plus the Franklin Avenue shuttle. Check back later
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Photo by Daniel Avila/NYC ParksMissed this week’s neighborhood news? We’ve got you covered. And don’t forget to list local events in our Brooklyn-wide Calendar [http://http//www.bklyner.com/calendar]! FYI: Check out our guide to events marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day [/blog/2016/01/
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Photo by kiku5036 [http://instagram.com/p/xkTSbtoWi9/?modal=true]After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. First Tenants Could Be
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Photo by Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership [http://www.myrtleavenue.org]. Crepe-tastic news! A new crepe place is coming and it is making its menu intentions clear with its name: Crepe House. Located at 475A Myrtle Avenue, between Washington Avenue and Hall Street, the new restaurant will open in February and
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Looking for a new place to call home? We’ve rounded up a bunch of intriguing Fort Greene apartment listings — take a look at the details, and let us know what you think. Lots of luck and happy hunting! 229 Cumberland st (Courtesy of postlets).229 Cumberland Street [http://www.
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It’s no secret that for residents in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill who drive and have a car, the vigilance over neighborhood street sparking spaces is REAL. So much so that the myriad real estate developments coming to the area almost ubiquitously have on-site garage parking — or bike parking
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Image via NYPD.Whereas last week (December 28-January 3 [/blog/2016/01/11/88th-precinct-crime-statistics-week-of-december-28-january-3/] ) saw an increase in felony assaults and burglaries, this week, there was a decrease in felony assaults and an increase in burglaries and grand larcenies. Overall, crime compared to last week, last month, and last year
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-09611.jpg].Whether you plan to spend Martin Luther King, Jr. Day reflecting on the nation’s unrest, taking in a movie at a local theater, or, I don’t know, selfishly capping off a three-day weekend without a thought
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Image via Lincoln Center [https://www.facebook.com/LincolnCenterNYC/photos/a.10150640199753187.407723.17705643186/10153687043478187/?type=3&theater] .Does your special needs kiddo enjoy music or dance? Don’t miss out on Lincoln Center’s [http://aboutlincolncenter.org/] Passport to the Arts program – an inclusion series that offers children
Events
FAMILY-FRIENDLY KIDS events, see this week’s (through January 12) Kid Calendar [/blog/2016/01/05/things-to-do-this-week-with-the-kids-through-january-12/]. WINE TASTINGS: here’s a list of seven [/blog/2015/10/14/seven-places-to-enjoy-wine-tastings-in-fort-greene-clinton-hill/] weekly options! MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY events [/blog/2016/01/13/commemorate-martin-luther-king-jr-day-events-brooklyn/]. Myrtle Avenue’s KIDS GUIDE [http://myrtleavenue.