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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.
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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/
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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
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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
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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