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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 [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/dining/the-islands-review.html] and a packed house almost every night. The Islands, 671 Washington Avenue (Photo: Robin
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One Film, One New York [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/mome/initiatives/onefilmny.page] 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,
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(Photo via Jewish Daily Forward [https://www.facebook.com/BrooklynBreakingNews/photos/a.10152220115617280.1073741825.269037602279/10154837144167280/?type=3&theater] / Facebook)Yaffa Eliach, Holocaust survivor, photographer, historian, and Brooklyn College Professor, died Tuesday at age 79, reports the New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/10/nyregion/yaffa-eliach-died-holocaust-memorial-museum.
Central Brooklyn
Source: Old Shoe Woman/FlickrThe State Education Department released new drafts of the English Language Arts [http://www.nysed.gov/draft-standards-english-language-arts] and Mathematics Learning Standards [http://www.nysed.gov/draft-standards-mathematics] — together composing the Common Core academic standards [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/01/common-core-cuomo-proposal/#.V_VCWpMrKT8] — last Wednesday, September 28.
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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 [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/realestate/marine-park-brooklyn-block-parties-bocce-and-salt-air.
News
Image via WNYC.Tuesday’s presidential primaries went pretty much as expected. Party frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — who polls predicted to win [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/the-new-york-primary-is-tomorrow-heres-what-you-need-to-know/] by wide margins — walked away from New York increasing their delegate lead. However, the primary’s aftermath reveals interesting
Central Brooklyn
Mimi’s Hummus on Cortelyou Road. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Ditmas Park favorite Mimi’s Hummus received high praise from the NewYork Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/dining/hungry-city-mimis-hummus-14th-street.html?smid=tw-nytfood&smtyp=cur&_r=0] this week for one of its two Manhattan offshoots.
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Image via Google Maps.A recent New York Times article highlighted five of New York City’s “Next Hot Neighborhoods” [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/realestate/new-yorks-next-hot-neighborhoods.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0] and, unsurprisingly, they flagged Sunset Park West — aka the narrow strip of
Central Brooklyn
Governor Andrew Cuomo at his 2016 State of the State speech. (Photo: PROgovernorandrewcuomo [https://www.flickr.com/photos/governorandrewcuomo/23994415209/] / Flickr) Governor Andrew Cuomo rolled out a five-year, $20 billion housing plan during his State of the State speech [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-outlines-2016-agenda-signature-proposals-ensuring-new-york-and-will-continue-be] on Wednesday that promised
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This month the New York Times is featuring Ditmas Park as part of its ongoing Block By Block video [http://www.nytimes.com/video/new-york-city-neighborhoods-block-by-block] 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
Central Brooklyn
This month the New York Times is featuring Ditmas Park as part of its ongoing Block By Block video [http://www.nytimes.com/video/new-york-city-neighborhoods-block-by-block] 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
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanAfter last week’s brutal carjacking and kidnapping [/woman-kidnapped-and-beaten-during-car-jacking/#.Vo_YP8ArKqQ] 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 [http://www.nytimes.com/
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Source: Wikimedia CommonsPresidential contender Donald Trump has been making headlines lately for his hateful anti-immigrant rhetoric. From his suggestion [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/07/08/donald-trumps-false-comments-connecting-mexican-immigrants-and-crime/] that most Mexicans coming across the border are criminals and rapists, to his calling for a ban on all Muslim
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Photo by latonyayvette [http://instagram.com/p/xhjqmWtaxx/?modal=true].Clinton Hill got highlighted in the [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/realestate/clinton-hill-brooklyn-a-neighborhood-in-transition.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0] New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/realestate/clinton-hill-brooklyn-a-neighborhood-in-transition.html?smid=fb-nytimes&
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Photo via Lou Bueno [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lab2112/410789444/in/photolist-CipoC-9pXBsz-5z6R3y-ah9QPp-68GPjy] The 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
New York Times
The New York Times has discovered Park Slope and South Slope again. This time for their Block By Block Real Estate videos [http://www.nytimes.com/video/new-york-city-neighborhoods-block-by-block]. The Times shows the requisite images of Prospect Park, brownstones, the Park Slope Food Co-op and moms pushing strollers. The video also