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Worker Stable After Falling At Coney Island Construction Site

CONEY ISLAND – A 45-year-old worker had to be rescued from a “confined space” after falling several feet into an excavation at a Coney Island construction site Saturday morning, officials said. Firefighters remove the injured man via ladders to the ground below. (Photo by Todd Maisel)The worker suffered head, back,

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Gold Coast Bank Is Opening First NYC Branch In Fort Greene

(Courtesy Instagram/Kmurrrs)The Giovanni is starting to fashion its retail frontage, and Gold Coast Bank will be a big part of it. A new branch of Long Island-based Gold Coast Bank is slated to open in the fall at 81 Fleet Place, between Myrtle Avenue and Fair Street, in

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Catsimatidis Scoops Up F.E.G.S. Building After City Ignores Coney Island’s West End

City Councilman Mark Treyger joined with Coney Island residents to demand the city purchase the former F.E.G.S. building. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)They asked for a community center, but they might be getting condos. After the city ignored Coney Island residents’ pleas to purchase a shuttered

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Catsimatidis Scoops Up New Property After City Ignores Coney Island’s West End

City Councilman Mark Treyger joined with Coney Island residents to demand the city purchase the former F.E.G.S. building. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)They asked for a community center, but they might be getting condos. After the city ignored Coney Island residents’ pleas to purchase a shuttered

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Myrtle Avenue Development Near Flatbush Avenue Gets $155M In Funding

Image via Dattner Architects.Development on the west end of Myrtle Avenue that borders Downtown Brooklyn continues apace, with The Real Deal reporting that $155 million in financing has been secured for one of for four buildings planned for between Fleet Place and Navy Street. The 32-story apartment building at

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Brooklyn News Roundup

After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of our favorite recent stories from our sister sites, as well as some other fascinating pieces that are worth a read this weekend: A

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Neighborly Neighbors: Scott Trausch

Meet Scott Trausch, 25, a graduate student, music lover and bike rider who recently moved to Clinton Hill for graduate school at NYU. (Photo by Amanda Woods)Neighborly Neighbors is a series of posts in which we stop random people, ask them a few random questions, take their picture and

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Weiner Is Polling Second In Mayoral Race, But Still Faces A Hard Road

Anthony Weiner. Source: FacebookAs the hype grows over Anthony Weiner’s possible return to New York politics, analysts far and wide are weighing in on the question of what the chances really are for the former congressman. While early polling has Weiner running in second place behind City Council Speaker