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Site of proposed 21-story building in Coney Island (Screenshot via Google Maps) On the last day of 2016, Red Apple Realty Group filed applications to build a 21-story, 311-unit mixed-use building on a vacant Coney Island lot, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/01/21-
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Happy New Year to all of you. We begin with exciting news. As we welcome 2017, we will be starting a new phase of local news by merging in our other news sites into one, large, Brooklyn-wide site — BKLYNER.com [/] — under the stewardship of Donny Levit [donny@bklyner.com]
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Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coney_Island,_NY.jpg]We want to wish all of you a healthy and happy 2017! We also want to thank our neighbors and advertisers for their continued support. Here are places to catch fireworks [/where-to-celebrate-2017-7-
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Author and journalist Joseph Alexiou. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop) There are many mixed feelings swirling around the borough as we say goodbye to 2016. But at the very last moments of the year, we find ourselves filled with gratitude for the truly inspiring neighbors that make us
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Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge, 2016. (Photo by Chun Kit)New Year’s Eve events are the name of the game this weekend. Be safe, enjoy, and we wish you a tremendous 2017. If you have an event to share, email us at editor@bklyner.com. THE SLOPE | GOWANUS | CARROLL
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(Photo via Greenlight Bookstore / Facebook)The long awaited second Greenlight Bookstore [http://www.greenlightbookstore.com/newstore] opened its doors at 632 Flatbush Avenue (between Fenimore and Hawthorne Streets) in December, and so far both the owners and neighbors we spoke with are thrilled. “I am elated!” said Flatbush resident Jill
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The incident began at the Pay-o-Mastic at 2323 Mermaid Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5759796,-73.9908394,3a,37.5y,334.32h,85.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5GMP727gu7w2LWlEGOAryg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1] )A man fell prey to a pair of
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The 66 Precinct Community Council presents an award to Irene Chirinos, for a “job done well.” Deputy Inspector Kenneth Quick, in white shirt & tie. (Photo by Jole Carliner)A big promotion led the way at the 66th Precinct Community Council meeting, held at Community Board 12’s offices in
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Cops say the suspect’s hair was styled in two buns. (Image via NYPD)A woman sustained a bloody nose after saying no to advances from another woman while out at a Sunset Park bar and hookah joint. According to police, the 30-year-old female victim and her 27-
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Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNERThe 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. –The Westboro Baptist Church Is Getting Owned In Pokémon Go (a 2016 flashback). [Atlas Obscura [http://www.