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Photo:Brooklyn Pix [http://brooklynpix.com/]Some things never change. Like that feeling of nostalgia you get while cruising 86th Street [/cruisin-86th-street-with-actor-filmmaker-william-demeo/#.VzYsEqODGko] under the el at Bay Parkway. Here, a taxi cab takes that well-treaded route sometime between the mid-1930s and the 1940s. This classic photo is available for
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopAre you terrified by Friday the 13th? Do you get out of bed and just assume something awful is going to happen? Well, today, dear neighbors, we are going to protect you. And frankly, we recommend you walk by this very lucky intersection in
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226 St. James Place, home of the Notorious B.I.G. (Courtesy Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/226+st+james+place+brooklyn/@40.6835497,-73.9638132,3a,75y,260.58h,105.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szJLYihMFwcmDxplPnHeCew!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb6fdca03a8049ded!6m1!1e1] )Clinton
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Old farmhouse still standing in 1916 at the intersection of Cortelyou Road and Flatbush Avenue. [v1973.2.106; Brooklyn oversize 19th century collection, v1973.002; Brooklyn Historical Society.]It is hard to imagine the lengthy period of time when Flatbush was a village, surrounded by woods and farms, linked to
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The Brooklyn Atlantics Baseball Club in 1865. Players Fred Crane (far left), Jack Chapman (second from the left), Manager Peter O’Brien (center), and Charles Smith (to the right of O’Brien) are all buried in Green-Wood Cemetery. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champions_of_
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Photo via Fonda Restaurant [https://www.facebook.com/fondarestaurant/photos/a.300274539922.184160.266902159922/10154087208839923/?type=3&theater] Today is Cinco de Mayo, commemorating the date in 1862 when the Mexican Army defeated French forces during the Battle of Puebla. And we have to get this out of the
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This summer, for the first ever, music lovers will trek out to Coney Island to experience rock legends like Willie Nelson [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/04/road-willie-nelson-visit-coney-island-summer/#.VykBN6ODGko] , Beach Boys and Jane’s Addiction [/coney-island-amphitheaters-summer-lineup-will-include-beach-boys-boston-sting-ziggy-marley/] at a gorgeous $60 million, 5,000-seat, outdoor amphitheater [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2013/
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Photo via the Brooklyn Public Library.Are you a cycling book lover? Register now for Bike the Branches [http://misc.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb/], a daylong bike ride through the Brooklyn Public Library’s 60-branch system this Saturday. Last year’s event drew nearly 1,000 riders and participants. Enjoy a
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For much of the early 20th Century, opulent movie theaters dotted the borough of Brooklyn [/chatting-brooklyn-theatre-index-author-cezar-del-valle/#.VyfCx6ODGkq] . We see can their ghosts every day on the streets, as we walk under the marquees and past ornate facades. These intricately carved relics of a different time can be found attached to
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Photos courtesy of Municipal Art Society.There’s nothing like a walking tour of neighborhood sights and sounds to introduce — or reintroduce! — people to the unique things about a community. That’s one of the ideas behind Jane’s Walk NYC [http://janeswalk.org/], which is back and ready to
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Photo courtesy of Tony Giordano.Back in 1919, this corner was home to Kartevolo Jeweler and Goldensohn’s shop. Now, it’s a grocery store/bodega. But it’s still a commercial street full of small businesses serving Sunset Parkers! Image via Google Maps.
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(Photo: Southern Brooklyn Scrapbook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1945237902368627&set=gm.447860265402906&type=3&theater] / Facebook)Ever wondered what the name of that grocery store was on Avenue U? Or tried to figure out the point of the “stairway to nowhere” at the Neck