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Church Avenue street fair, 2015 (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)This week in Ditmas Park, final participatory budgeting vote counts were released by Council Member Greenfield’s office [/blog/news/final-pb-vote-counts-released-council-member-greenfields-office/], we traveled back in time to when Dutch was spoken on the roads of Flatbush [/blog/history/dutch-spoken-flatbush/], and we
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Photo via jiggajoe [https://www.instagram.com/p/BFTorLap1ox/?tagged=parkslope&hl=en]Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and sign up for our daily newsletter. And if you ever have any news tips, story ideas,
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Photo by Michael GoldsteinIn Case You Missed It (ICYMI): [/tag/in-case-you-missed-it/] 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 [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites]and Facebook
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(Courtesy Flickr/cisc1970 [https://www.flickr.com/photos/franciscodaum/13616768744/in/photolist-mKguWU-akeH79-jEbPy1-bCRBKp-mKgtYk-r9BunP-o6BQJd-3sVAy-nRbN6n-aqYxxV-bpWCzo-9P7u4p-jsajuJ-dPGPgZ-7fYLdc-dPNqzU-6kYbtH-mKhTaQ-bpWDBd-jKJvbq-bCRB5K-nhqJC5-azgT4z-nC35BL-mKfuMM-bpWGG1-9RLQrj-mP1xSD-4CENdi-99sQQp-8a8jsL-bpWFyS-ftrJmw-jKFjcX-nRbhx5-dD1m5x-4PD6E-nhKcz8-nRNE61-o8EnFg-9DsC7L-9aZYKi-84L5Na-jKJCRq-ipTWR2-4hZfX-dD6K97-92Y5Rq-99sKex-hK4rju] .) After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on som
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Sailboats at Coney Island in the 1880’s. [Photo: Breading G. Way, American (1860-1940), Gelatin silver photograph, Brooklyn Museum Collection]After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting
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Photo by Katia NunesAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Perpetually underrated Alibi named second best dive bar in New York
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Photo by suewaters/FlickrAfter a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites. Perpetually underrated Alibi named second best dive bar in New York
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Photo via rayshc1 [https://www.instagram.com/p/BFOuDRcL8f2/?taken-at=213237208&hl=en]After a busy week, here’s a chance to catch up on some of the news happening outside of our neighborhood! We’ve pulled together some of the most interesting recent stories from our sister sites.
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Photo: Dave Hosford [https://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4400415668] / FlickrIt appears that the NYPD has been regularly ticketing legally parked cars, and the error is a huge boon for the city. Ben Wellington, a professor at Pratt who runs the data site I Quant NY [http://iquantny.tumblr.com/
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Former 78th Precinct C.O. Michael Ameri [left] with Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC’s First Lady Chirlane McCray at the 2014 Pride Parade in Park Slope. (Photo by Tom Prendergast)A former commanding officer for Park Slope’s 78th Precinct has been found dead of an apparently self-inflicted
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412 Rugby Rd #3 (photo via Trulia [http://www.trulia.com/rental/3233441471-412-Rugby-Rd-3-Brooklyn-NY-11226#photo-7] )For many people, spring is a season of re-evaluation. And while unearthing the box of summer dresses or scrubbing that stubborn stain off the stove—wistful longing for a new apartment. It’s a fun time
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Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanThere’s a new Uzbek grocery store in town and you should try it. Brothers Aziz “Alex” Bakirov and Bakhtiyor “Bakha” Bakirov opened their business Korzinka-UZ at 7112 Bay Parkway — the former site of Lee’s Hair and Beauty Salon — two weeks ago. (Lee’s