Central Brooklyn
(Photo courtesy: philamoca [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMuBX5fDtEn/?tagged=gemmaray] / instagram)Whether you’re looking to taste every restaurant on Cortelyou Road, buy some local art, or just kick back for a night of live music — this is your spot for the best events in (and immediately around) Ditmas
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Photo via gabrielebranco / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMw1YqVhV7z/?taken-at=61172945&hl=en]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 ephemera, too. –Brooklyn man attacks family members with meat cleaver
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Photos via Danza (L) and Love Productions [http://www.loveproductions.com/like-boss-tony-danza-celebrates-return-los-angeles-new-york-standards-stories-feinsteins54/] (R)Tony Danza is known for starring on the 1978 – 1983 hit TV show Taxi as well as Who’s the Boss? In his life, he’s been a professional boxer, tap dancer, and teacher. He remembers growing
Central Brooklyn
“Voting is your power and your right,” Mamnun Haq said to Kensington’s Bangladeshi community at the Avenue C Plaza on Friday. (Photo by DPC)After a week where many neighbors expressed fear over the presidential election results [/blog/neighbors/trump-victory-frightens-emboldens-immigrants-kensington/], Kensington’s Bangladeshi community leaders and city officials gathered
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Photo by Sean Egan/Sheepshead Bites.You’ve seen her breathtaking photographs in our daily Morning Mug, you may have sat next to her on the train, or stood behind her in line at a cafe. Katia Nunes hasn’t been here long, but she captures the local beauty that
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Photo via ballsysalzy [https://www.instagram.com/p/_U8yUoSB68/?tagged=southslope](This story was updated on 11/16/16 with a map of areas impacted by 421-a affordable housing requirements.) After lengthy negotiations, a tentative deal has been struck on a New York City tax credit which has been used
Bensonhurst
The supermoon over Coney Island. Photo by fordampconey [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMzCdJPDOm3/]Stay up to date on community happenings, cultural events and other free or otherwise affordably priced goings-ons in your community. For even more things to do around Brooklyn, or to add your own upcoming event (some
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Photos via Danza (L) and Love Productions [http://www.loveproductions.com/like-boss-tony-danza-celebrates-return-los-angeles-new-york-standards-stories-feinsteins54/] (R)Tony Danza is known for starring on the 1978 – 1983 hit TV show Taxi as well as Who’s the Boss? In his life, he’s been a professional boxer, tap dancer, and teacher. He remembers growing
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The deceased was found in Mount Prospect Park. (Photo via cnudge / instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BMWWzijBlUK/?taken-at=245977201&hl=en])On Sunday, cops located the body of a man who was reported missing two days before the discovery. 68-year-old Moses King was found dead on Sunday, November
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Photo by Dmitriy Frumkis.Morning Mug is our daily showcase of photographs from our readers. If you have a photograph that you’d like to see featured, send it to photos@sheepsheadbites.com. Also, follow us on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/SheepsheadBites], Twitter [http://twitter.com/sheepsheadbites], and Instagram
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Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNERDisappointed by last week’s election results, Brooklyn writer Fiona Maazel [http://www.fionamaazel.com/] reacted by organizing a rally. Posting the event on her Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/events/1602788343357488/], she wrote, “I am going to Grand Army Plaza with my two-year-old daughter
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This is our showcase of local writers. It is part of our weekly publication of locally written short stories that will be published every Sunday. This week we have great work from a talented local writer. Photo via Flickr/Johnny Lai. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnylcy/8522901355/in/photolist-dZ96D6-64pY5E-2v5RL-8M91YC-9HVwAr-9mcakh-N23oZ-9mca9Q-dMAWYZ-64sSdo-okRD-arGAJn-9zLxe-7Lukut-38Y23J-5L2kwM-bfgnxP-8M91N5-7LyBV9-9vpW1g-8Ck3qM-7LyiPS-nWGMjc-bo96ni-i4GTNE-qCTDuM-eSyVn8-7DVCSg-HjCjC-88t