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Photo via the Office of City Council Member Vincent GentileDyker Heights’ Patrick O’Rourke Playground — also known as Bear Park, for its climbable grizzly bear statue — reopened last week. At last neighbors who’d been taking playground-refuge at Dyker Park and Bay 8 Street Park can return to the more
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Supermoon photo by Mike G.It’s been another eventful week in Sheepshead Bay, and the surrounding neighborhoods. If you were too busy to keep up on all of the news, then we have you covered with this roundup of all the goings-on around town: Sheepshead Bay woman tragically takes
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Photo by cmballaIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week long. Just follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and sign up for our daily newsletter.
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Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNERKeep 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], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily newsletter [/]. And if you ever have any
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“We will continue to protect the rights of a city built on immigrants” Sarah Sayeed from the Mayor’s office at Voice of American Muslims unity event on Coney Island Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, a man was shot on East 19th street, the
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Good advice. Photo via Flickr/Marcela. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcelamcgreal/17344962940/in/photolist-sqHtcb-uj6bxW-cjiXCL-6v26yB-4qppN8-8quJ5P-9KBRry-eyD1Az-nVRjwq-81dnit-jq65vt-7GPusm-fjwbq-82WGZ-4XFLPA-ygMGti-6bmBpm-4ZLSQz-tcopFk-7Vga1-4XDZAc-73eBCG-6SMTax-5Bhjek-f8ZMmh-eWTqr-n1tCN2-mYLFdE-4TKwkH-8x4KRF-73beNH-6SRLAY-mwTgbz-4AD4vH-neqUmn-MrpFS2-7dr62x-4SZ2er-73c2Gi-74XC95-EGqCgL-aeEoii-ndJbrn-73zALi-EYw6GU-eeM2ve-dqHyED-9mnQMA-9v8G44-9rtQaE] We don’t expect you to keep up on all of th
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Photo via katjahentschel / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMthDm-FNY5/?taken-at=61172945&hl=en]The entire borough was jumpin’ this week. And you were busy jumpin’ as well. Here’s a chance to catch up on all the goings on throughout the county of Kings. Bay Ridge Avenue R
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Some pups in Brooklyn Heights. May your weekend be just as fluffy‘It’s a wake-up call for all of us” Bangladeshi leaders speak & rebound from election. [http://ditmasparkcorner.com/blog/events/wake-call-us-bangladeshi-leaders-speak-rebound-election/] [Ditmas Park Corner] ‘It’s Activism or Fascism’: Packed community meeting addresses ‘Trump’s America’. [/its-activism-or-fascism-packed-community-meeting-addresses-trumps-america/
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Photo by Donny LevitCatch up on the best Brooklyn news from our sister sites this week. Bay Ridge Avenue R train station to close temporarily for renovations. [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2016/11/extensive-bay-ridge-avenue-r-train-station-renovations-approved/] [Bensonhurst Bean] ‘It’s Activism or Fascism’: Packed community meeting addresses ‘Trump’s America’. [/its-activism-or-fascism-packed-community-meeting-addresses-trumps-america/] [BKLYNER]
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The food donated to City Harvest will go to more than 500 soup kitchens, food pantries and other programs across the city. Photo via City Harvest [https://www.facebook.com/CityHarvestNYC/photos/pb.29095531180.-2207520000.1431020404./10153066434261181/?type=3&theater] New York Cares, New York City’s largest volunteer
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What beasts are truly fantastic [http://www.fantasticbeasts.com/]? A good deal on an apartment. That’s what. Someone actually thought this was a good picture. (Courtesy Zillow/ Bruk Ren [http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/Sheepshead-Bay-Brooklyn-New-York-NY/house,condo,apartment_duplex,mobile,townhouse_type/2096298931_zpid/403131_rid/1_
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Photo by Ginny / Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/ginnerobot/4137648430/in/photolist-7iCwJ3-5EYBux-Bz99gb-B5RfG3-BpbRmD-i2EzH6-dvZV65-6RDpJ-qei823-8W8A2Q-7zsTLy-49QGEM-48icCS-AzWHZM-aJEkJ6-5Err2S-BypxT7-BzYrVH-BubLC5-pW1n9d-i1cbpK-8WeVQW-5txByj-6V8w3-AYGhZx-7iyuoP-7iA7P5-v4Nmb-B61qiy-dierxe-BLjdy2-AZP2wZ-aJWMTF-7qy5sq-6BzDP-AS3osx-B9XgTA-7iuVuP-77KUmC-ALZjHp-B9U8mG-B6s4gh-AZ1s48-phAAAD-aJCq1D-7igb1L-6kEh5h-49GL8M-tWDbu-AXzAjH/] Ready for Tofurkey Day [http://www.tarses.com/tofurkeyday.jpg]?