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Photo by happycrabby [https://instagram.com/p/1bxjygibdD/?taken-by=happycrabby] In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week
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Map courtesy of Department of HealthIt’s peak mosquito season, and this summer, many of the little buggers are carrying the potentially deadly West Nile virus, health officials warned this week. Neighbors are advised to stay indoors tomorrow night as pesticide trucks spray down southern Brooklyn neighborhoods where the disease-
brighton beach
The lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where the incident occurred. Source: Waldorf Astoria Hotel [http://www.waldorfnewyork.com/gallery/photos/]A Mill Basin man fired off a shot during cocktail hour [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/15/nyregion/wedding-guest-who-discharged-gun-at-waldorf-astoria-faces-charges.
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Suspects at Kings Plaza (Source: NYPD)Cops are looking for two women caught on surveillance cameras stealing from victims, including one who pulled $1,100 from the pocket of a Kings Plaza shopper. The 51-year-old female victim was shopping in Kings Plaza Mall at 400 Avenue U on
Hurricane Sandy Recovery
Neighbors in Mill Basin, Mill Island, Marine Park, Bergen Beach, and Georgetown can attend a public meeting on Wednesday, January 14, to learn about projects proposed for funding, and the contents of the final NY Rising Community Reconstruction (NYRCR) Plan for Southeast Brooklyn Waterfront, designed to help meet the Community’
Floyd Bennett Field
Map of the coverage area for this NY Rising committee. Source: NY Rising Neighbors in Mill Basin, Mill Island, Marine Park, Bergen Beach, and Georgetown are invited to a public meeting tonight, Wednesday, November 12, to hear the latest from the state-sponsored NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program and provide
3003 ave u
Photo by John H.Tipsters let us know that Pizza D’Amore is preparing to open up shop at 3003 Avenue U, the former storefront of Pizzeria Del Corso and Sammie’s Pizza. It’s the latest outpost for the pizzeria, which also has locations in Mill Basin and Bensonhurst’
aviator sports and recreation center
Joe Gilette, organizer of the Bergen Beachh, Mill Basin and Marine Park chapter of Relay for Life, sent us a note and some photos of this year’s event, in which they raised approximately $100,000 for the American Cancer Society during their June 7 event. Gilette writes: > We
Albany
It’s not often you see a member of one of the nation’s most dysfunctional legislative bodies appropriately shaming members of another dysfunctional legislative body, but that’s what we wake up to this morning. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke is calling on Albany lawmakers to send resources to those Brooklyn
Flatbush
Source: Wikimedia CommonsONLY ON SHEEPSHEAD BITES: Chaos overtook Kings Plaza Mall (5100 Kings Plaza) yesterday afternoon when approximately 500 teenagers became rowdy, causing security officials to call the police and temporarily shutter the mall for at least two hours to restore order. The teens, who were off from school for
2458 national drive
The ex-wife of a Russian minerals baron is putting her Mill Basin mansion (2458 National Drive) on the market for the reasonable asking price of $30 million. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/oligarch-estate-brooklyn-article-1.1498060] that the
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More than 400 participants shook, danced and jumped away the calories during the Relay For Life [/tag/relay-for-life/] of Bergen Beach, Mill Basin & Marine Park’s largest indoor Zumba class ever, hosted at the Aviator Sports Complex, according to Record Setter [http://recordsetter.com/world-record/people-