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Ahmed Khalifa, 17, of Midwood. (Photo via Ahmed Khalifa / Facebook)A Muslim teen chased down an attacker who slapped an Orthodox Jewish woman on the Q train on Tuesday, reports the NY Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nyc-muslim-high-schooler-helps-nab-man-smacked-orthodox-woman-article-1.2926945] . Ahmed Khalifa, 17, a senior at Midwood High
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If you receive Medicaid [http://www.hpsny.org/learning-center/medicaid/] benefits in New York State and are eligible for home care services, you have a couple of options to choose from. One common option is to use the services of a private home care [https://edisonhhc.com/] agency. Another popular
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Rabbi Mendy Hecht [left] prepares a replacement menorah for the ceremony on the fifth night of Hanukkah. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)Yesterday, Rabbis from Park Slope and Prospect Heights, Borough President Eric Adams, and neighbors gathered at the Lincoln Playground in Park Slope to light the Hanukkah menorah and
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Buddha Ramen with Naruto (Fish Cake) at Momo Ramen. (Photo by Donny Levit / BKLYNER)2016 will be remembered for … well … quite a few things. And food and drink in our area will indeed be one of them. Big giants fell down, little engines that could have climbed the hill to
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Photo via Borough President Eric AdamsThere are hundreds of New Years Eve parties this year — at almost every local bar [http://brokelyn.com/brooklyn-new-years-eve-parties-2017/], restaurant, and music venue scattered around the borough. But where do you go for a Brooklyn party that’s so big it can’t be contained?
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Photo via chimpomatic / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/chimpomatic/8354570962/in/photolist-dJgmSW-ag8uxT-8kuiAT-btKVFb-eqoxug-7x94kF-2rYrjF-fSbQNp-bn7uHY-6zDWoz-7omvGm-7ohAWt-7omvtS-7ohB2F-7omvCS-7ohB8i-7ohB3T-7omvwo-7omvB5-7ohB4M-7ohB1e-kSqddx-94Gwoe-aP4jgv-4thkpf-7PiY6a-7HKhZm-2jEX6P-53gpz2-37Rz51-McRqQ-dPM4Qa-x5UqDf-x6wrpV-x6Lvx6-wP2PPx-2ohXXe-3TxWdr-5NgBgk] The 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 eph
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The community lighting will take place at Park Slope Playground after menorahs were vandalized. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6772822,-73.9785075,3a,75y,213.11h,93.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxBUoiKG-8zS4FiTVqru9CA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )After two menorahs were vandalized in area playgrounds, Borough
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(Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)As we think about our year in Ditmas Park, we think about food. Our favorite coffee shops, lunch spots, dinners out with friends, and late night drinks. It has been quite the year for restaurants opening and closing in the neighborhood, from Propellerhead’s long-awaited
Bensonhurst
Dear friends and neighbors, As we welcome 2017, we will be starting a new phase of local news by merging Bensonhurst Bean and our other neighborhood news sites into one, large, Brooklyn-wide site — BKLYNER.com [http://bklyner.com] — under the stewardship of Donny Levit on the editorial and Dina Rabiner
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Dear friends and neighbors, As we welcome 2017, we will be starting a new phase of local news by merging Sheepshead Bites and our other neighborhood news sites into one, large, Brooklyn-wide site — BKLYNER.com [http://bklyner.com] — under the stewardship of Donny Levit on the editorial and Dina Rabiner
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Dear friends and neighbors, As we welcome 2017, we will be starting a new phase of local news by merging Sunset Park Voice and our other neighborhood news sites into one, large, Brooklyn-wide site — BKLYNER.com [http://bklyner.com] — under the stewardship of Donny Levit on the editorial and Dina
Central Brooklyn
Dear friends and neighbors, As we welcome 2017, we will be starting a new phase of local news by merging Ditmas Park Corner and our other neighborhood news sites into one, large, Brooklyn wide site — BKLYNER.com [http://bklyner.com] — under the stewardship of Donny Levit on the editorial and