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The intersection of Franklin and Noble Streets, Greenpoint (via Google Maps)The garbage truck that struck and killed a 27-year-old bicyclist on Saturday has been identified, according to DNA Info [https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170726/greenpoint/neftaly-ramirez-hit-and-run-truck-driver-new-jersey?utm_source=Brooklyn&utm_campaign=298f50c83f-Mailchimp-NYC&utm_medium=email&
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Council Members Mark Treyger, Stephen Levin, and Ydanis Rodriguez, with Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives Paul Steely-White, July 25, 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)Today, elected officials and safety advocates demanded safer streets and justice against criminal drivers after two young men died in hit-and-run crashes in Brooklyn on
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“Where To Watch [https://www.macys.com/social/fireworks/where-to-watch/?tab=0&cm_sp=imp-_-fireworks-_-hamnav_wheretowatch] ” The Macy’s 4th of July FireworksThe 41st annual Macy’s July 4th Fireworks celebration is the largest Independence Day fireworks display in the country, with this year’s show promising
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One of the joys of living in New York City is that, no matter how long one lives here, there is always some unfamiliar area of the city to explore. Unfortunately, we sometimes feel we have to limit ourselves because of transportation options—or lack thereof. And even if getting
Arts & Culture
A scene from EntanglementThe 20th annual Brooklyn Film Festival [http://www.brooklynfilmfestival.org/] (BFF) has announced the 122 films featured in this year’s lineup. Opening Friday, June 2, at Williamsburg’s Wythe Hotel [http://wythehotel.com], the Brooklyn Film Festival will kick off with the east coast premiere of
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Photo via @StephenLevin33 – Twitter [https://twitter.com/StephenLevin33?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stephenlevin.nyc%2F] The results are coming in for New York City’s Participatory Budgeting Cycle 6! Council Member Stephen Levin announced the six winning projects [http://www.stephenlevin.nyc/] for
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Photo courtesy of Lyons Community School Urban WorkshopA charity founded by a real-estate developer known for the transformation of DUMBO has invited public schools in the area to apply for grants to support creative programs that enrich student learning. The Walentas Family Foundation, established by the principals of Two Trees
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Voting for Participatory Budgeting [/tonight-see-participatory-budgeting-projects-flatbush-midwood/] begins this Saturday, March 25. Below is a list of the 15 project proposals on the ballot for Council Member Stephen Levin’s District 33 [http://council.nyc.gov/district-33/] (Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry, Greenpoint, Vinegar Hill,
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Brooklyn’s premiere design event, BKLYN DESIGNS [http://www.bklyndesigns.com], is gearing up for another successful edition at the Brooklyn Expo Center [http://brooklynexpocenter.com/] in Greenpoint from May 5-7, 2017. Presented by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce [http://www.ibrooklyn.com/], the show will kick off the first
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The .40 caliber handgun police say Johnson used. (Courtesy NYPD.)A Clinton Hill man committed a pair of armed robberies before dying in a shootout with the NYPD, according to cops. 42-year-old Jermaine Johnson of Park Avenue in Clinton Hill committed a pair of gun-point robberies mere moments before he
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Photo via LAVA Brooklyn [https://www.facebook.com/LAVA.Brooklyn/photos/a.10150960464705141.461317.54284900140/10150960470515141/?type=3&theater] Raising kids is like being the ringleader of a very small, very loud circus. Some days your little one is like the lion, other days, the clown. And if you’
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Source: CraigslistNormally, people with arrest records have the toughest times getting work, but now women with regrettable pasts living in the area have a chance to become big stars. A Sheepshead Bites reader clued us off to a Craigslist posting [http://newyork.craigslist.org/brk/tlg/4112006658.html] calling for