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NORTHERN BROOKLYN – The witching hour is approaching! Homes across Brooklyn are decked out for All Hallows’ Eve, with playful, funny, and creepy Halloween decorations ready to welcome trick-or-treaters on Tuesday. Check out pictures of some of our favorite Halloween displays below. Which neighborhood do you think dresses up for Halloween
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All dressed up in your Halloween costume with no place to go? Check out our monstrous list of fun and spooky events happening around Brooklyn below. Happy Halloween! 78th Precinct’s Haunted House (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)78th Precinct’s Halloween Haunted House [/halloween-frightening-visit-78th-precinct/] When: Wednesday, October 25-Monday, October 30,
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PARK SLOPE – The officers of the NYPD’s 78th Precinct want to scare you—but all in good fun. For the past three years, Commanding Officer Frank DiGiacomo has been the mastermind behind transforming the precinct’s basement into an elaborate, multi-room haunted house for Halloween. “Each room has its
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Photo: BKLYNERBROOKLYN – Monday, October 9 is Columbus Day, and though not many offices take the day off, some do — and with public schools closed, we’ll bet there are some parents taking the day off as well — so here’s some information on what’s closed [http://www1.nyc.gov/
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Jewish holiday of Sukkot began yesterday evening and will end next Wednesday, October 11. It is customary for those observing to construct temporary shelters for gathering over the week-long holiday, and you can see them all over the borough – some on sidewalks, others in driveways, backyards, rooftops, and balconies. I
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Looking for a community to celebrate High Holidays? These four congregations are opening their doors to share the service with all – from Park Slope to Midwood. Check them out! High Holidays this year: Rosh Hashana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosh_Hashanah] this year falls on September 21 and 22,
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By Paul Stremple and Max Parrott Spectators became participants, flooding the streets to dance at the West Indian Day Parade (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)It was a beautiful day for the parade, and we hope you got to enjoy it. Here’s what we saw – and what you said – when we
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The leader of a costumed troupe speaks with a police officer manning the checkpoint at the beginning of the parade route. (Photo: Ben Foldy/BKLYNER)In response to a number of high-profile incidents of violence over the past few years [/tag/jouvert/], this year’s J’Ouvert celebration in Crown
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Labor Day Parade, Union Square, New York, 1882 (Source: Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Labor_Day_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Labor_Day_New_York_1882.jpg] )Happy Labor Day! We hope all our readers enjoy a final summer sendoff this holiday weekend. If
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WEST INDIAN AMERICAN DAY JUNIOR CARNIVAL Saturday, September 02, 2017: 9:00 – 4:00 PM Formation: * St John’s Place between Kingston Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue Route: * St John’s Place between Kingston Avenue and Franklin Avenue * Franklin Avenue between St John’s Place and President Street * President Street between
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Both American and Pakistani flags raised in the air. (Photo: Hassan Iqbal)CONEY ISLAND AVENUE – Two flags were raised up to celebrate Pakistan’s 70th Independence Day yesterday afternoon in front of Sweetness Bakery on Avenue H and Coney Island Ave. The second annual event, which also consisted of a
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Smith Street Festival and Pétanque Tournament (Photo by Paul Stremple)If you closed your eyes on Smith Street on Sunday, July 16, between the myriad conversations in rapid French and the clack of boules from the pétanque court, all sound-tracked by the brass band Les Incognitos, you would have been