Bay Ridge
St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17! Brooklynites enjoy the holiday so much, we have two parades to celebrate! Check out our list below for a few ways to say, “Sláinte!,” and honor the luck of the Irish. Dancers from Buckley School of Irish Dance at the 2017 Park
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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/CLINTON HILL – Plans to add two stories to a landmarked Brooklyn Heights building were rejected by the Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) at a public hearing on Tuesday. Rendering via Marin Architects’ presentation to the Landmarks Preservation CommissionMarin Architects presented to
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Photo: Zainab IqbalBAY RIDGE – The Brooklyn Teen Republican Club chanted outside indicted Assemblywoman Pamela Harris’ office last Sunday calling her to resign . “We are here today to spread positivity, to spread change for the borough of Brooklyn so that we can ensure we have new people elected,” said Batya Goldberg
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As students walk out to protest gun violence nationwide, we’ll update this page with info from Brooklyn schools: > A 5 second video of kids from @PS9BklynPTO [https://twitter.com/PS9BklynPTO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] chanting "Peace and Love" at their school's #MarchForOurLives [https://twitter.
Central Brooklyn
View of the Gowanus from 365 Bond Esplanade (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER) * The EPA May Be Able To Save The Gowanus Station From Demolition [https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/11/dtg-epa-could-save-gowanus-station-building-2018-03-16-bk.html?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=main&utm_content=link] [Brooklyn Paper]
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The Bookmark Shoppe in Bay Ridge is one example of a local small business. (Photo: The Bookmark Shoppe)In an effort to improve on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s “Internet Fairness Conformity Tax” [https://www1.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/01/cuomo-proposes-internet-fairness-tax-online-sales-new-york.html] proposal, which would make sites like Amazon
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Children led the way during a march for safer streets in Park Slope last night (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)PARK SLOPE – A crowd of hundreds gathered in Brooklyn to march for safer streets last night following a rally by local politicians in remembrance of the children killed by a driver last
Central Brooklyn
Mathematicians, cool nerds, and pie lovers unite! Tomorrow, March 14 = 3.14 = Pi Day! You don’t have to know that π = the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter to celebrate. You just need a sweet tooth. Check out our list of Brooklyn shops below offering
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PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Strolling along Vanderbilt Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Grand Army Plaza, it’s difficult not to notice the many empty, papered-up storefronts dotting the commercial corridor. Here are some we spotted on a recent walk along the eight-block stretch. Let us know if we missed any and what
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BOERUM HILL – As of last Friday the BPL’s Pacific Library branch [https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/pacific] located at 25 4th Avenue (at Pacific Street) closed for several weeks so that renovations and safety improvements can be made to the 114-year-old building. BPL Pacific Library, 25 4th Avenue (Photo:
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PARK SLOPE – New Yorkers will gather in Park Slope Monday evening to march for safer streets—one week after Dorothy Bruns ran through a red light into pedestrians [/driver-killed-two-children-license-suspended/], killing one-year-old Joshua Lew and four-year-old Abigail Blumenstein. Transportation Alternatives via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/TransportationAlternatives/photos/gm.922683851246471/1923666714311159/
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Photo: Zainab IqbalPROSPECT HEIGHTS – About 500 people (including dozens and dozens of young children) showed up to Brooklyn Central Library yesterday to hear Chelsea Clinton read her new book, “She Persisted Around the World,” get their copies signed, and ask questions like — “Are you gonna be president one day?” “She