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Dec
03
Garment Manufacturing Hub Will Open at Bush Terminal in 2021

Garment Manufacturing Hub Will Open at Bush Terminal in 2021

Rendering of new manufacturing hub workspace, Made in New York.SUNSET PARK — Earlier this month, the New York Economic Development
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Dec
02
Dyker Heights Lights Kicked off this Weekend

Dyker Heights Lights Kicked off this Weekend

Dyker Heights Lights. Leonardo March/Bklyner.DYKER HEIGHTS — Just days after New Yorkers were finishing the last bites of their
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Nov
25
Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower Sign Is Replaced on Brooklyn Waterfront

Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower Sign Is Replaced on Brooklyn Waterfront

Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower sign in Brooklyn. Courtesy of MasterButler via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/alwbutler/15102955408/]BROOKLYN
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Nov
22
Flatbush Thanksgiving: Erasmus Students Cook Dinner for 400 Neighbors

Flatbush Thanksgiving: Erasmus Students Cook Dinner for 400 Neighbors

Erasmus Academy students shop for their Community Thanksgiving dinner. Photo courtesy of Al Pereira.Fifteen polo-clad teenagers from Erasmus Hall
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Nov
07
Reproductive Rights Film Fest This Weekend: Restricting Abortion In America

Reproductive Rights Film Fest This Weekend: Restricting Abortion In America

Still from Trapped. Courtesy of Dawn Porter.“There is a steady chipping away of the right to abortion in America,
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Nov
05
Local Museum Curates The Nation’s First Exhibit Celebrating Black Culinary History

Local Museum Curates The Nation’s First Exhibit Celebrating Black Culinary History

WILLIAMSBURG — The Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD [https://www.mofad.org/current]) announced last week its newest exhibit, African/
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Nov
01
Never Forget: 101 Years After The Worst Subway Crash in NYC History, Malbone Wreck Finally Gets Memorialized

Never Forget: 101 Years After The Worst Subway Crash in NYC History, Malbone Wreck Finally Gets Memorialized

Unveiling of the Malbone Centennial Way. Liena Zagare/BklynerOn November 1, 1918, an accident so horrific took place in Central
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Oct
29
Brooklyn Gets 5 Industrial Landmarks

Brooklyn Gets 5 Industrial Landmarks

The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday designated five industrial buildings in Gowanus as individual city landmarks, eyeing preservation as the
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Oct
02
400 Years Of Inequality: Brooklyn Historical Society Examines Slavery And Race

400 Years Of Inequality: Brooklyn Historical Society Examines Slavery And Race

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Throughout October, Brooklyn Historical Society [https://www.brooklynhistory.org/] (BHS) will present 400 Years of Inequality: Slavery, Race,
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Oct
01
A Day At Green-Wood Cemetery

A Day At Green-Wood Cemetery

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY – Strolling along its miles of pathways, relaxing by one of its ponds, or just admiring the scenery, Green-Wood
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