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Central Brooklyn
Photo: Flatbush HatzolahCouncil Member David Greenfield will be funding four projects in his district following the results of this year’s participatory budgeting (PB) process. Over 2,300 people in Greenfield’s district — which spans Borough Park, Midwood and Bensonhurst — voted in the PB process in late March and early
Animals
From Dr. Yomtovian, Veterinarian & Animal Behaviorist Meet Britton and Benson (featured in the cute video above). I adopted Britton from a shelter in Virginia ten years ago. She is the love of my life. At first she was a very shy and anxious pup: she cowered in the corner
Central Brooklyn
Headquarters of the 66th Precinct at 16th Avenue and 59th Street. (Photo: Google Maps)[This story was updated on 4/26/16 at 7pm.] A longtime community affairs detective at the 66th Precinct, who was named in a federal corruption investigation, is trying to retire, the New York Daily News
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(Courtesy BerlinRosen.)Starting tomorrow, 181 below-market units at 461 Dean Street will become available via affordable housing lottery at NYC Housing Connect [https://a806-housingconnect.nyc.gov/nyclottery/lottery.html#current-projects]. The apartment house is slated to open late this year. The 32 story building developed by Forest City Ratner in
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Councilmember Laurie Cumbo knows where to go for news.Gentrification and affordable housing dominated the discussion Monday night at Council Member Laurie Cumbo [http://council.nyc.gov/d35/html/members/home.shtml]‘s second annual [/blog/2015/03/02/cumbo-emphasizes-community-teamwork-state-district-address/] “State of the District” address. Cumbo updated her constituents in
Central Brooklyn
Council Members Jumaane Williams and Mathieu Eugene — with other Council Members, advocates and young people — at a rally this morning at City Hall. (Photo: office of Jumane Williams)In 2015, over 130,000 teenagers and young adults sought positions in the City’s summer jobs program but less than half
News
Coast Guard rescuing a boat near Sheepshead Bay. (Photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard [http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/2813586/])The U.S. Coast Guard rescued eight people Monday from a disabled boat drifting in the ocean near Sheepshead Bay. The captain of the distressed vessel,
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The planned Atlantic Terminal stop should be scrapped according to a new study (Image courtesy Friends of the Brooklyn Queens Connector.)There are new details on the proposed BQX streetcar intended to link the waterfront from booming Sunset Park [/blog/business/swift-massive-renovations-industry-city-now-attracting-general-public/] to Astoria, but there are some questions about
Central Brooklyn
Catch-basin in New York City. (Photo: NYC Department of Environmental Protection)We have all seen catch basins become clogged with garbage and debris during a rainstorm, flooding nearby areas and forming small ponds that get in the way of pedestrians, cyclists and cars. Borough President Eric Adams and New York
Arts & Culture
AFROPUNK’s lineup has been announced. (Courtesy AFROPUNK/Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/AFROPUNK/photos/a.93811151622.90220.47016231622/10153551424596623/?type=3&theater] .)Ice Cube will be headlining the AFROPUNK festival [http://afropunkfest.com/brooklyn/] that will bring some much needed cool to the dog days of Summer 2016,
Bensonhurst
> How the mighty have fallen: Fearsome mob boss’s son is now delivering pizzas in Brooklyn https://t.co/2QNfZMtzs3 pic.twitter.com/yPjSwkMzyd [https://t.co/yPjSwkMzyd] — New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 24, 2016 [https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/724274282520555520] The son of one of Bensonhurst’s