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New Self-Storage Facility Headed To Knapp Street, To Dismay Of Waterfront Activists

Community Board 15 helped clear the way for a new storage facility on Knapp Street, voting in support of a waiver to existing zoning restrictions at their meeting last Tuesday [/bullet-points-outraged-neighbors-slam-cb15-vote-approving-drug-abuse-treatment-center-near-kings-highway/] despite objections from community groups. The proposed location. Click to enlarge. (Source: Google Maps)Metro Storage NY came before

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Southern Brooklyn Says “Meh” To Hipsters, As NY Times Discovers That Southern Brooklyn Exists

The hipster DMZ line. (Source: DieHipster.wordpress.com)Breaking news from the New York Times: there are hipsters in Brooklyn. Oh, and Southern Brooklynites exist, and, shucks, even have opinions. The Times recently sent a reporter out to Brooklyn neighborhoods on the hipster-less side [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/

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Police Say Thanks, But No Thanks, To Would-Be Vigilantes In Gerritsen Beach On Halloween

An offer to help keep Gerritsen Beach safe from a redux of last year’s teenage Halloween hooliganism was rebutted by neighbors and police, as the community made last-minute plans for the holiday. Speaking at the 61st Precinct Community Council meeting, a leader of a local volunteer neighborhood improvement group

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Gerritsen Beach Keeps Its Dirty Laundry In A Lockbox

Despite outrage from Gerritsen Beach residents [/gerritsen-beach-halloween/] towards the teen-induced terror on Halloween [/gerritsen-beach-turns-into-halloween-war-zone/], the issue was barely a footnote at last week’s 61st Precinct Community Council meeting. None of the parents, business owners or victims affected attended the Wednesday night meeting to request a stronger police response for

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Pols vs. MTA: Kruger Calls Out MTA

Local leaders pressed MTA officials and the agency’s contractor for proposals and promises from the authority this morning [/pols-vs-mta-round-1/], but the biggest payoff appears to be for residents of Gerritsen Beach and communities east of Sheepshead Bay. “Did a magic bullet appear? No,” said Councilman Lew Fidler of the