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475 Clermont – 9th-floor roof terrace. Rendering courtesy of RXR Realty.FORT GREENE – When one thinks rental in Brooklyn, one rarely thinks of getting to rent at a building that offers amenities akin to luxury hotels. However, that seems to be the trend for most new developments situated downtown and nearby,
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DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Two Congressional lawmakers shot a weed ad Wednesday and they did it in Brooklyn. (From left to right) U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and U.S. Sen. Charles “Chuck” Schumer at BRIC shooting a video to promote the decriminalization of marijuana. (Photo: Courtesy of the offices of Jeffries
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WILLIAMSBURG – Police need help finding the driver who struck a woman and left the scene yesterday afternoon. A 25-year-old woman was crossing the street at Lee Avenue and Middleton Street at around 2:50 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9th. Then, someone driving a 2007 Chrysler struck the woman. The
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Siah Armajani’s ‘Bridge Over Tree’ at Brooklyn Bridge Park (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner) * D, N, and R subway service was delayed on Wednesday after a construction worker fell onto the tracks at the 53rd Street station in Sunset Park [https://www.amny.com/news/worker-falls-subway-brooklyn-1.30817480]. Emergency crews took
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Rohan Burke memorial. Todd Maisel/BklynerMARINE PARK – Scores of teens from Marine Park gathered around a carefully arranged memorial – votive candles flickered, photos in frames and a plaque emblazoned with the name of Rohan Burke, 17, who was stabbed to death in broad daylight on a busy Midwood Street in
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RED HOOK — Nearly seven years after Superstorm Sandy, Congressional lawmakers announced, on Tuesday, an $8 million rehab for the Red Hook Recreation Center. Red Hood Recreation Center at 155 Bay St. (Photo credit: NYC Parks Dept.)The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided $8,038,976.40 in federal funds
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PARK SLOPE – The 60th Annual Park Slope House Tour [https://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/the-60th-annual-park-slope-house-tour/], scheduled for Sunday, May 19, invites attendees to take self-guided tours of historic brownstones throughout the neighborhood. Montauk Club (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Advance tickets can be purchased for $25 online [https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4102301]
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Days after Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo confirmed extra surveillance at a local playground [/extra-security-at-elijah-g-stroud-playground-after-gun-related-incidents/] in Prospect Heights the adjacent school underwent two more gun-related shelter-ins, including today (Monday, May 6) at 3:45 pm. A parent, who did not wish to be identified, arrived at P.S. 316
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CROWN HEIGHTS — The Weeksville Heritage Center in Crown Heights will have to shutter in July if the historic house museum doesn’t raise enough money, the museum says. Now in its 51st year, the museum, located at 158 Buffalo Avenue, needs funding to maintain its cultural facilities which focus on
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Teddy bears and flowers on the corner of Bay 25th St and Benson Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)BATH BEACH – Elnur means ‘the light.’ That is what one woman from Uzbekistan said yesterday at a vigil for three-year-old Elnur Shavkator who was killed by a van while crossing the street
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BATH BEACH – A three-year-old boy was crossing a marked crosswalk on his scooter. Then, a van attempting to make a right turn, ran over him, killing him. The boy’s death could have been prevented with traffic calming measures, advocates say. On April 2 at around 12:45 p.m.
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DITMAS PARK — Remember where Kings County Wines used to be? Well, one of the owners is adding to their empire of fine wines and spirits. Kings County Wines formerly at 1205 Cortelyou Rd. (Liena Zagare/Bklyner)Erika Lesser, who partnered with Adam Robertson to purchase T.B. Ackerson Wine and