Events
Dar Willams plays The Bell House this Thursday. (Photo via deafboy1 / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BK_cRXjBOfn/?tagged=darwilliams&hl=en])There are plenty of events this week to help you a) recover from the Christmas rush or b) rev up for the upcoming New Years Eve
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This series is brought to you by Movers not Shakers [http://t.sidekickopen06.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43Mq982VfD3B88rByZMW1qMCsg56dF8-f6JZ3Md02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moversnotshakers.com%2F&si=4690707457769472&pi=15ff7d6a-7568-4198-f06a-0f93469f56f0] . Chestnuts roasting on an open fire [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwacxSnc4tI] … egg nog, latkes, and peppermint
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Screenshot of video showing the pier off Owl’s Head Park during Hurricane Sandy. (Video by John Huntingtonvia Vimeo [https://vimeo.com/52418093])In recognition of the fourth anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, we’re taking a deeper look this week at the status of recovery efforts along the Brooklyn waterfront.
News
Rendering of a possible BQX streetcar station at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, at Clinton Avenue. (Courtesy New York City Economic Development Corporation)It’s been at least six decades since you could hop a streetcar [http://www.brooklynstreetcar.org/the-streetcar/] and ride it from Queens to Brooklyn. That’s going
Arts & Culture
Hundreds of local artists have been evicted from their studios in a cluster of warehouse buildings near the Gowanus Canal, despite their efforts to stay and support from some community members. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER.)After the eviction of hundreds of local artists, three early 20th-century warehouses near the
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Photo via Flickr/Bruno Cordioli. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/br1dotcom/4375594847/in/photolist-7EE4Ut-7CYM91-2G9t1-5kBtbS-4sCi6T-8GfpGj-79CRVV-dauKJS-a9BHKZ-694d3h-a9Ew5L-eaugkd-9HyGT4-a9BK8a-9MhigZ-9MjiQd-9HByL7-a9Exho-a9Ew9h-9HyGMc-9HyGvZ-9HByE1-9dxYec-a9BJBx-7G15Hh-8yAiKk-61sAeq-a9EwFE-rABmqX-rSHdYw-pQUFW7-8NibKF-8asrsu-mA5JTP-9qixLg-qQg2AG-6Pj9FN-9LMVf8-davGUR-x2smD-8wmVes-8HGD3F-5kxhnT-9GSk2N-ejGVKb-oRFAMk-4CWHHu-a9BHTc-a9BKfc-9HBz29] We don’t expect you to keep up on all of the news thr
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(Courtesy: Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector)A poll released Thursday by a pro-streetcar group shows favorable support for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Brooklyn-Queens streetcar project [/?s=bqx].The poll for the Friends of the BQX [http://www.bqx.nyc/] — also known as the Brooklyn-Queens Connector — shows a 74 percent
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(Courtesy: Friends of the Brooklyn-Queens Connector)A poll released Thursday by a pro-streetcar group shows favorable support for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Brooklyn-Queens streetcar project [http://parkslopestoop.com/?s=bqx]. The poll for the Friends of the BQX [http://www.bqx.nyc/] — also known as the Brooklyn-Queens Connector — shows
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455-459 Smith Street. (Map via Google Earth [https://www.google.com/maps/place/459+Smith+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11231/@40.6756659,-73.9974324,648m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c25af79f6980c7:0x924a030f4a9f8aab!8m2!3d40.67562!4d-73.996157!6m1!1e1] )A massive, contaminated, and undeveloped site in the Gowanus neighborhood is on
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(Photo by Francisco Daum)It’s summertime and the living is easy (unless you’re in the U.K [/blog/2016/06/24/real-estate-roundup-brexit-edition/].) However, we’ve got all kinds of news to sort out. So, find a spot in the sun, get comfortable, and we’ll catch you up
Business
(Courtesy Local Roots NYC.)“I hated vegetables as a kid,” declared Wen-Jay Ying, the founder and owner of Local Roots NYC. [http://localrootsnyc.org/about/] Local Roots NYC, the whole diet CSA [/?s=csa] (community supported agriculture) founded in 2011 that operates primarily from bars and cafe, is coming to