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Photo via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1954223038136780&set=gm.453291988193067&type=3&theater] The Low-Down is our new round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over the city. Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson to take
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Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in thisbuilding under construction in Fort Greene [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (504 Myrtle Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership & Madison Realty Capital.)The de
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. And a bit of ephemera, too. Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson reveals cancer diagnosis. [Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn-da-kenneth-thompson-announces-cancer-diagnosis-article-1.2817420] ] –Not
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Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership &
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(Video via LXTV [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/open-house/Rare-FInd-in-Brooklyn.html]/ NBCNew York 4) On Saturday, NBC’s Open House NYC [http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/open-house/Rare-FInd-in-Brooklyn.html] declared the historic home at 1305 Albermarle Road, which went up for sale in July, a ‘rare find’ — and now you
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Park Slope Rowhouses. (Photo: Park Slope Stoop)Another sign of Fall — the City’s 2016-2017 “heat season” began on Saturday and continues through May 31, 2017. Mayor de Blasio and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been issued a statement yesterday reminding residential building owners of their
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Park Slope Rowhouses. (Photo: Park Slope Stoop)Another sign of Fall — the City’s 2016-2017 “heat season” began on Saturday and continues through May 31, 2017. Mayor de Blasio and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been issued a statement yesterday reminding residential building owners of their
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Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership & Madison Realty Capital.
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Photo via Google MapsApplications have been filed by an anonymous Brooklyn-based company to build a seven-story mixed-used commercial building at 2916 Shell Rd in the Coney Island/West Brighton area, according to New York Yimby. [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/09/seven-story-13800-square-foot-mixed-use-commercial-project-coming-to-2916-shell-road-coney-island.html] The first five floors will be used
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The intersection of Neptune Avenue and West 23rd Street. (Photo: Google Maps)A shelter for homeless families may be coming to Coney Island. A proposal for a family homeless shelter, to be located at the corner of Neptune Avenue and West 23rd Street and operated by non-profit Women In Need
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Park Slope Rowhouses. (Photo: Park Slope Stoop)Another sign of Fall — the City’s 2016-2017 “heat season” began on Saturday and continues through May 31, 2017. Mayor de Blasio and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been issued a statement today reminding residential building owners of their
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Photo via Flickr/Paul VanDerWerf. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/pavdw/15149788949/in/photolist-p5JCrK-q1RjgV-egGqHF-a3Hmpe-egGqPZ-95dCsQ-HvssYu-cpqmg9-cpz7j1-dHFEdZ-dT7R1Z-9cJuYB-p5iNxs-jUr5QZ-7Qoxop-ecN4Uq-pYyeiK-aBkhC6-cpzvkd-by9Btu-ksGKxB-8ZYPct-93t1pz-ana48c-dzBR25-k6UqQi-ixFJ28-avXfpM-qwH3v3-cpzb6j-p3dEDj-duSBuM-asx9Ko-ajf95c-bw7TTJ-bg7Aka-gv4jt8-aPyKXB-bWkta4-jtdt5A-7YMX1p-hzFPaR-88zyAJ-dgFdGx-bniQX1-auvp9x-9gXDDu-pSL3uZ-heFe2m-orw9jM] Here is our weekly roundup of events and goings on ar