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6301 14th St.BENSONHURST- A new public school is set to be built at the former site of St. Rosalia Church at 6301 14th Avenue. The school will fall under School District 20 and will most likely be a K-5 school with approximately 350 seats. The Department of Education (DOE)
midwood
(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)A string of deaths across Brooklyn struck over the weekend, from a tragic fratricide to the loss of a local singer and artist. EAST MIDWOOD – A 20-year old man is in custody after allegedly throwing his younger brother to his death from the top of their 7-story
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Early Sunday morning, a man climbed onto the cables of the Williamsburg Bridge and began making his way to the top of the vertiginous span—possibly with the intent of jumping off. Luckily, NYPD Emergency Service Units were nearby, and after they got the call of an emotionally disturbed person
Bensonhurst
Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Police_Line_Crime_Scene_2498847226.jpg] EAST NEW YORK – Last night, at 11:00 pm, police arrested Crystal Wilson, 31, in the 75th Precinct. Wilson, an NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agent, was charged with assault, harassment and disorderly conduct,
Bushwick
Electric bus, MTAWILLIAMSBURG – The New York City Council unanimously approved legislation urging the Metropolitan Transit Authority and Governor Andrew Cuomo to provide L train riders with an electric bus fleet during the shutdown. The sponsor of Resolution 377, Council Member Rafael L. Espinal Jr., said the MTA should take the
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Eastern Parkway – Brooklyn Museum (IRT Eastern Parkway Line [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastern_Parkway_%E2%80%93_Brooklyn_Museum_(IRT_Eastern_Parkway_Line)] )PROSPECT HEIGHTS — The Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum station, on the 2 and 3 lines, is getting a long-awaited station upgrade, making the station ADA compliant,
Central Brooklyn
Tom Fruin’s ‘Watertower 3’ beside the BQE at 334 Furman Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and subscribe
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County Committee member addressing the chair. (Photo credit: Kadia Goba/Bklyner_ Hundreds of people showed up to see “democracy in action” Thursday night at the Democratic Kings County Committee meeting but instead left more confused and with the same old, same old, including the re-election of County Chair Frank Seddio.
Central Brooklyn
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – Elected officials and members of the community gathered at Flatbush’s new Pedestrian Plaza at Hillel Place from Kenilworth Place to Flatbush Avenue for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Thursday afternoon. The Plaza opened last month [/pedestrian-plaza-coming-soon-to-hillel-place/] and is located across from Brooklyn College’s new Tow Center
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By Jonathan Westin, executive director of New York Communities for Change [https://www.nycommunities.org/about/]. It’s not a secret: the Trump Administration’s policies are ravaging our communities, causing damage that will take decades to rectify. Trump’s Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, is doing what he’s done
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Via FacebookIt’s almost weekend, so here are Weekend Art Events: Sept. 28-30 (The Great DUMBO Drop, Red Hook Regatta, Chile Pepper Fest & More) [/weekend-art-events-sept-28-30/] Would an enormous storm surge barrier save NYC’s coast—or destroy it? The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has proposed a radical