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One Of Washington Ave’s Best Restaurants Weathers Gentrification

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Seven months after reopening, The Islands, an exceedingly popular Jamaican restaurant in Prospect Heights, has a sparkling new review in The New York Times and a packed house almost every night. The Islands, 671 Washington Avenue (Photo: Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein)The Islands operated at 857 Washington Avenue, near Eastern

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Vote For The NYC Film You Want To See In Free Citywide Screenings

One Film, One New York is giving New Yorkers the chance to vote for one movie filmed in the Big Apple that will be screened for free at parks and theaters throughout the five boroughs for all to see on Wednesday, September 13. The Mayor’s Office of Media and

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Monumental Holocaust Historian & Brooklyn College Professor Dies At 79

(Photo via Jewish Daily Forward / Facebook)Yaffa Eliach, Holocaust survivor, photographer, historian, and Brooklyn College Professor, died Tuesday at age 79, reports the New York Times. After surviving Nazi violence against Jews in Lithuania, Eliach dedicated her life to the memorialization of Holocaust victims. Eliach’s career had a significant

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Sweeping Changes Proposed For Common Core, Could Mean Shifting Of Gears For State Tests

Source: Old Shoe Woman/FlickrThe State Education Department released new drafts of the English Language Arts and Mathematics Learning Standards — together composing the Common Core academic standards — last Wednesday, September 28. If approved, over half of the state’s Common Core learning standards would be changed. The draft, proposed by

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NYT Discovers Marine Park: Did The Grey Lady Get It Right?

Marine Park’s historic Hendrick I. Lott House. Source: Lotthouse.orgBoasting a wide-open skyline, pretty, modest homes and the largest park in Brooklyn, we all know that Marine Park — the neighborhood — is seriously underrated. A New York Times profile this week sums up the southern Brooklyn nabe in its headline

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Sunset Parkers Preferred Clinton And Trump, Show Presidential Primary Votes

Image via WNYC.Tuesday’s presidential primaries went pretty much as expected. Party frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — who polls predicted to win by wide margins — walked away from New York increasing their delegate lead. However, the primary’s aftermath reveals interesting details about the political hue of the

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New Mimi’s Hummus Spot Gets Some Love From New York Times

Mimi’s Hummus on Cortelyou Road. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Ditmas Park favorite Mimi’s Hummus received high praise from the NewYork Times this week for one of its two Manhattan offshoots. The Times explores all the offerings at the Mimi’s Hummus located on East 14th Street in Manhattan,

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Sunset Park West Is A Thing Now, Says New York Times

Image via Google Maps.A recent New York Times article highlighted five of New York City’s “Next Hot Neighborhoods” and, unsurprisingly, they flagged Sunset Park West — aka the narrow strip of residential blocks west of Third and Fourth Avenues — as one neighborhood that will soon see surging property values.

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Cuomo Announces $20 Billion Affordable Housing Plan At State Of The State Speech

Governor Andrew Cuomo at his 2016 State of the State speech. (Photo: PROgovernorandrewcuomo / Flickr)Governor Andrew Cuomo rolled out a five-year, $20 billion housing plan during his State of the State speech on Wednesday that promised to alleviate rent burdens for many New Yorkers and address the city’s ballooning

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Ditmas Park Featured In New York Times Real Estate Video

This month the New York Times is featuring Ditmas Park as part of its ongoing Block By Block video series. We can’t help but love seeing beautiful views and hearing how great the neighborhood is. (We might be biased since we were interviewed for the video.) What do you

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Ditmas Park Featured In New York Times Real Estate Video

This month the New York Times is featuring Ditmas Park as part of its ongoing Block By Block video series. We can’t help but love seeing beautiful views and hearing how great the neighborhood is. (We might be biased since we were interviewed for the video.) What do you

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Kidnapped Carjacking Victim Opens Up About Ordeal

Photo by Bensonhurst BeanAfter last week’s brutal carjacking and kidnapping on a typically quiet Bensonhurst intersection (Harway Avenue and Bay 41st Street), the victim is ready to speak about what happened to her. The New York Times has interviewed the 56-year-old woman — identified as Yelena, a nurse — who was

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New Utrecht HS Is Bastion Of Tolerance & Diversity, Says Muslim American Teacher Featured In NYT

Source: Wikimedia CommonsPresidential contender Donald Trump has been making headlines lately for his hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric. From his suggestion that most Mexicans coming across the border are criminals and rapists, to his calling for a ban on all Muslim immigration, the GOP hopeful has refused to back down from his

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Clinton Hill Gets NYTimes Treatment, Emphasizing “Transition”

Photo by latonyayvette.Clinton Hill got highlighted in the New York Times as a neighborhood “in transition” from 19th century industry and architectural charm to steadily gentrifying and diversifying real estate trend/hotspot. They talk with new residents and real estate agents, and describe a bit of the neighborhood’s

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New LED Streetlights Continue To Bother Residents

Photo via Lou BuenoThe new LED streetlights installed in Windsor Terrace and Kensington earlier this year have lead many in the neighborhood to complain. Although the energy-conserving lights are supposed to save the city millions of dollars annually on energy and maintenance costs once installed across the city by 2017,

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The New York Times Discovers The Neighborhood…Again

The New York Times has discovered Park Slope and South Slope again. This time for their Block By Block Real Estate videos. The Times shows the requisite images of Prospect Park, brownstones, the Park Slope Food Co-op and moms pushing strollers. The video also mentions the nickname, “No Park Slope,

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Admiral’s Row Supermarket Delays Noted By New York Times

Image via New York Times.The long-delayed Admiral’s Row supermarket project and the ongoing food access issues that its absence brings into sharp relief were highlighted last week in a New York Times article that described the complex’s 3,500 residents of the area as having to travel

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An Outpouring Of Support For Sheepshead Family Featured By NYT’s Neediest Cases

Marks Jewish Community House (Source: Google Maps)The story of Sheepshead Bay resident Yefim Ulitskiy, published by the New York Times’ Neediest Cases on January 5, describes a man whose ex-wife has died and struggles to take care of his two daughters — 11-year-old Daniella and 8-year-old Elana. The girls’ grandmother,

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Upcoming Free & Family Programs At Brooklyn Historical Society

There is a ton going on at the Brooklyn Historical Society in the next couple of weeks, including free programs and events that are half-price if you’re a member of the BHS or Green-Wood. Here’s some of our upcoming favorites, and you can check out more happenings here:

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Neighbors In The News: Nelson Ryland On This Year’s Lifeless Fig Trees

Comment after comment, they agreed: The fig trees, from Brooklyn to Queens and the Bronx, were dying in record numbers. On the Figs 4 Fun forum, they consoled one another over lifeless trees; fig growers from New York to Pennsylvania encouraged one another and hoped for happier times ahead. Lovers

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The Times (To Move Your Car)

Melissaclicks captures what The Times noticed today: there is a lot of filming here! Thanks to Nicole, Stephanie, and Jamie for sending in the link, and if you haven’t seen it yet, behold the article that rings true but we just don’t have much more to say about–

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Considering Home Values & Community In Kensington Real Estate

Yesterday’s New York Times Real Estate section featured Crown Heights, Brooklyn: A Place of Her Own, the story of Manhattan native and 25-year-old Curbed employee Jackie Goldstein’s search for an outer borough home under $300,000. The article follows Goldstein through Prospect Heights, Park Slope, and other nearby

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Thanks To Well-Crafted Language, Casino Ballot Measure Has Majority Support

Source: Rob Bourdon via FlickrA majority of New Yorkers indicated that they would support the upcoming ballot measure that would allow for the development of seven casinos. The New York Times is reporting that the poll, conducted by Siena College, found that responders were influenced by the loaded political language

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Economist Weighs In On Chinese Steel Controversy, Saying There’s Precedent For Collapse

Source: atomische via flickr.comThe New York Times published an editorial by economist Peter Navarro that admonishes the MTA for using Chinese steel products in a key portion of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge restoration project. Navarro, who is a professor of economics and public policy at the business school for the

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The Ever-Shrinking Funding Of Prospect Park

Earlier this week, neighbor and NY Times Gotham columnist Michael Powell gave a glimpse inside Prospect Park‘s disappearing city funding with his article, Reducing Some City Parks to the Status of Beggars. According to Steve Hindy of Brooklyn Brewery and the Prospect Park Alliance, the park relied on the