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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN — State Sen. Andrew Gounardes is making good on his word to increase pedestrian safety by introducing legislation [https://www.scribd.com/document/401394029/S4331-Speed-Camera-Bill-State-Sen-Andrew-Gounardes] on Thursday that could add speed cameras to 750 New York City school zones. The legislation submitted Thursday could increase the installation
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Borough President Eric Adams honored a sergeant and four organizations for their work, hoping people get inspired and encouraged to give back just like these organizations and individuals did. “This diverse group of public servants, faith leaders, and small businesses share a common commitment,” Adams
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GRAVESEND – Timing seems to be everything. Yesterday charges of rape were dropped against two former NYPD officers [https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-metro-rape-cops-no-more-20190306-story.html] , who had admitted to engaging in sexual activity with an 18-year-old woman they had detained back on September 15, 2017 [/two-nypd-cops-arrested-for-raping-teen-in-back-of-police-van/]. Both “detectives quit the
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2965 Avenue S. (Photo via Google Maps)MARINE PARK – An 85-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car as it was backing up into a driveway yesterday. On Wednesday, March 6 at about 4:18 p.m., Stella Clinton was walking westbound on the Avenue S sidewalk just a
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CROWN HEIGHTS — Opposition grew against the 960 Franklin Avenue Rezoning [/960-franklin-avenue-project-proposal/] plan as residents of Community Board 9 [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/] dissected and prepared Wednesday night for an upcoming scoping meeting with the city. Representatives from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) were first to speak on the large-scale project
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Community Board 8’s permits and licenses committee on Monday voted against recommending to support a “change of operations” to allow live music and backyard entertaining at Soda Bar in Prospect Heights. Drinks at Soda Bar & Lounge. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)According to the New York
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A man was shot to death as he entered an Uber at Greene Avenue and Bedford Avenue last night. Todd Maisel/BklynerBEDFORD STUYVESANT — A 26-year-old man was shot to death as he was entering a waiting Uber SUV on Bedford Avenue near Greene Avenue in Bed Stuy last night, bringing
Bay Ridge
Vacant storefronts on 86th Street in Bay Ridge on February 28, 2019. (Justin Mitchell/BKLYNER).BAY RIDGE – Last December, City Councilmember Justin Brannan wrote an Op-Ed [https://brooklynreporter.com/2018/12/guest-op-ed-store-for-rent/]giving voice to widespread concern in his district, which covers Bay Ridge, Bath Beach and parts of Dyker
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS — First lady Chirlane McCray and former Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen will unveil Wednesday the next four She Built NYC [https://women.nyc/she-built-nyc/] monuments to include iconic songstress, Billie Holiday. Billie Holiday (Screenshot Billie Holiday Instagram)The celebrated jazz singer was born Eleanora Fagan Gough, on April 7,
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Mathieu Eugene. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)MADISON/MARINE PARK – Many people stood on the left side of the podium inside James Madison High School on Sunday. There was a Muslim woman, her hair covered in a scarf, her daughter standing in front of her. Right next to her stood a
affordable housing
CROWN HEIGHTS — Community Board 9 (CB9) will hold a public hearing [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/event/notification-of-community-board-public-hearing-960-franklin-avenue-rezoning/] this week about rezoning plans proposed to allow developers to construct two 39-story towers on Franklin Avenue, exceeding in size, neighboring Ebbets Field by nearly 300 apartments. The project is proposed at the
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Yesterday morning Brooklyn celebrated five extraordinary social justice organizations, incidentally all led by incredible women, and their work right here, in our borough. The second-floor lobby at the Brooklyn Academy of Music was bursting at the seams as over 300 attendees filed in for the third annual SPARK breakfast, hosted