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BENSONHURST – An 87-year-old man was struck and killed by a Mack truck as he crossed the street in Bensonhurst yesterday, police confirmed. The incident took place Thursday, September 27, around 2:50 pm, at the intersection of 86th Street and 21st Avenue, said police. According to a preliminary investigation, Carmine
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(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Two men are wanted in connection with an armed robbery that took place in the lobby of Prospect Heights building earlier this month. The incident occurred just before 6:00 am on Saturday, September 15, when two suspects followed two men into the lobby of
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The MTA route map seems to have misplaced Coney Island Avenue onto Ocean Parkway. Via MTAKINGS HIGHWAY – Starting Monday, October 1, 2018, tens of thousands of commuters from Bensonhurst to StarrettCity/Spring Creek Towers that use bus service along Kings Highway [/b82-and-why-we-need-fast-and-reliable-bus-service/] will be able to enjoy a faster ride
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WILLIAMSBURG – Seven workers at The Williams, a luxury-rental development in South Williamsburg, are looking for what they’re owed—about $200,000 in back pay, they said. Yesterday evening, outside the building at 282 South 5th Street, members of the 32BJ service workers union gathered in solidarity to rally for
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SUNSET PARK – A neighbor noticed several parking meters under the Gowanus Expressway and was wondering what was going on. So, we looked into it. Starting September 10, parking meters under the Gowanus Expressway from 35th Street to 37th Street became operational. It is a pilot in conjunction with a larger
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Borough President Eric Adams launched a Change.org petition [https://www.change.org/p/mayor-bill-de-blasio-rename-the-brooklyn-municipal-building-for-supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg] on Thursday to rename the Brooklyn Municipal Building for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Bader Ginsburg is celebrating her 25th Anniversary as a Justice of the Supreme Court. At the time of her appointment
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SUNSET PARK – An argument between two coworkers turned violent, then deadly, this week after a Brooklyn man succumbed to injuries sustained in a fight on Monday. In the early evening of Monday, September 24, police responded to a 911 call of an assault in progress at 140 58th Street, in
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Green parrots of MidwoodThe state finally released the public school test scores [https://www.chalkbeat.org/posts/ny/2018/09/26/find-out-how-well-your-new-york-city-school-scored-on-state-tests/] yesterday, and the results are … well, unimpressive overall and disturbing when one drills down along racial and socio-economic lines. New York Test Scores Highlight Gaps Among Students from
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CONEY ISLAND – DII Stores, the neighborhood’s discount store, celebrated grand opening this Monday at its new location at 626 Sheepshead Bay Road. “We are pleased to begin welcoming new and existing customers to this new ultra-modern location,” said Morris Dweck, principal at DII Enterprises of the 11,900 square
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CROWN HEIGHTS — Another coffee shop has emerged within the Franklin Avenue and Eastern Parkway corridor— this one promising better service and waffles. Coffee Land replaces Owl & Thistle General Store, at 833 Franklin Ave. between Union St. and Eastern Parkway and opened in late summer. The interior is mostly white,
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Cannabis Sativa PlantDOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – More than 300 people filed into Long Island University’s Kumble Theater Tuesday evening to weigh in on the legalization of recreational marijuana throughout New York State. The forum is part of a series of 15 sessions occurring throughout the state with the objective of hearing
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Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerFLATBUSH – At the lobby of the Brooklyn College Library, lies a new exhibit celebrating Brooklyn’s diversity and immigrant life. The various panels tell the stories of immigrants in their own words. It’s called “We are Brooklyn.” [https://wearebrooklyn.org/] “Here we are in one of