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Feb
17
Masbia’s Brooklyn Soup Kitchens To Double in Size To Meet Unprecedented Demand

Masbia’s Brooklyn Soup Kitchens To Double in Size To Meet Unprecedented Demand

A line forms outside Masbia’s Borough Park location in May 2020. (Image: Alexander Rapaport/Masbia)Masbia, the Borough Park-based
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Jan
29

Beloved 1960s Children’s Television Host And Flatbush Native Sonny Fox, Dead at 95

Photo via Sonny FoxSonny Fox, the television host of the beloved 1960s New York-based Sunday children’s program, Wonderama, has
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Jan
21
Meet Rita Joseph: On Education, Housing, Cops and Running to Represent Flatbush In City Council

Meet Rita Joseph: On Education, Housing, Cops and Running to Represent Flatbush In City Council

Rita Joseph at Georges Diner, March 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerRita Joseph is a local teacher running to represent her neighborhood
12 min read
Jan
18
A Helping Hand In The Neighborhood: Purple Pantries Fill A Community Need

A Helping Hand In The Neighborhood: Purple Pantries Fill A Community Need

Tiny Purple Pantries/ Lindsay ManolakosSmall purple boxes have been popping up across Brooklyn this summer. “Give What You Can, Take
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Jan
14
Southern Brooklyn Parents React To Ending of Gifted & Talented Screenings

Southern Brooklyn Parents React To Ending of Gifted & Talented Screenings

When it was announced Monday afternoon that the Department of Education (DOE)’s Gifted and Talented (G&T) exams
4 min read
Dec
12
Carwash Customer Shot In Drive By Shooting ON CIA

Carwash Customer Shot In Drive By Shooting ON CIA

Just after 5:3pm this Saturday evening a person from a passing-by car discharged their weapon injuring a patron at
1 min read
Dec
11
15-Year-Old Allegedly Raped In Kensington

15-Year-Old Allegedly Raped In Kensington

A photo of the suspect. (Photo via NYPD)KENSINGTON – A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped in the apartment of the
1 min read
Dec
08
City Council Sub-Committee Approves Upzoning at 312 Coney Island Ave

City Council Sub-Committee Approves Upzoning at 312 Coney Island Ave

The City Council’s Subcommittee on Zoning voted yesterday to approve a residential upzoning [https://zap.planning.nyc.gov/projects/
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Dec
04
Grill N Dine’s Lunch Special Might Be the Best Deal in Brooklyn

Grill N Dine’s Lunch Special Might Be the Best Deal in Brooklyn

Grill N Dine is the kind of place you could pass every day and never really notice. Nestled next to
2 min read
Oct
29
Green-Wood Cemetery’s Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda Offers Beauty and Hope for Troubled Times

Green-Wood Cemetery’s Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda Offers Beauty and Hope for Troubled Times

The Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda in Green-Wood’s historic chapel. Cheyenne Ligon/BklynerBrooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is celebrating the
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