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Mar
22
Brush Fire Ravages Marine Park’s Salt Marsh

Brush Fire Ravages Marine Park’s Salt Marsh

Firefighters emerging from Marine Park after Monday’s brush fire. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Scores of firefighters spent almost
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Mar
09
Gerritsen Beach Cancer Survivor Dan Foster Honored At Borough Hall

Gerritsen Beach Cancer Survivor Dan Foster Honored At Borough Hall

Dan Foster standing beside Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz, right, and Borough President Eric Adams. (Photo by Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s
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Mar
08
Grenade Found In Gerritsen Beach Apartment Building, Cops Say

Grenade Found In Gerritsen Beach Apartment Building, Cops Say

The apartment building at 2220 Burnett Street. (Source: Google Maps)The NYPD’s Bomb Squad was called to a Gerritsen
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Mar
01
Brush Fire Threatening Homes In Gerritsen Beach [Updated]

Brush Fire Threatening Homes In Gerritsen Beach [Updated]

(Photo: Luigi Rosa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lrosa/172087288/] / Flickr) Firefighters are battling a brush fire spreading through the
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Jan
25
Teen Searching For Two-Year-Old Pup Missing Since The Snowstorm

Teen Searching For Two-Year-Old Pup Missing Since The Snowstorm

A picture of Roxy. (Photo provided by Zain Junaid)Saturday was a bad time for anyone to be caught outdoors.
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Nov
23
Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn: Ragamuffin Parade, Good Shepherd Tree Lighting, Baku Art Exhibit

Things To Do In Southern Brooklyn: Ragamuffin Parade, Good Shepherd Tree Lighting, Baku Art Exhibit

(Photo: jenniknutrition [https://www.instagram.com/p/84ISWrKssh/] / Instagram) We’re getting close to the holiday and there’s lots
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Oct
30

Flood Insurance Affordability Study Will Focus On Sheepshead Bay & Gerritsen

Homes along Emmons Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Three years ago, many residents of Sheepshead Bay and its surrounding
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Aug
03
Where To Take Kids Skateboarding In Brooklyn

Where To Take Kids Skateboarding In Brooklyn

Photo via Flickr, RV1864 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/summer1978/17142476224/] Brooklyn skateboard culture is iconic — street skateboarding was practically
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May
26
Missing Senior: Thomas Gallegos, 90, Last Seen In Gerritsen (Update: Found)

Missing Senior: Thomas Gallegos, 90, Last Seen In Gerritsen (Update: Found)

Source: NYPDUPDATE (May 28): This missing person has been found and returned safely to his family. Original post: A 90-year-old
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Mar
19
Kenneth Proveaux, Of Gerritsen Beach, Dies In ATV Accident While Off-Roading In Marine Park

Kenneth Proveaux, Of Gerritsen Beach, Dies In ATV Accident While Off-Roading In Marine Park

Kenneth Proveaux crashed in the ballfields near Gerritsen Avenue, a popular place for ATV enthusiasts who ride illegally in the
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