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City Point played host to Make It In Brooklyn. (Courtesy Park Slope Stoop/Donny Levit)This year’s Make It In Brooklyn [/blog/announcements/what-it-takes-to-make-it-in-brooklyn-sponsored/] was marked by a self-aware and, at times, self-effacing attitude towards the borough’s emergence as an economic and cultural powerhouse. Fittingly, this year’s
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532 Neptune Avenue. Rendering by S9 Architecture via Yimby [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/09/new-rendering-revealed-of-neptunesixths-single-story-retail-building-planned-at-532-neptune-avenue-coney-island.html] Developer Cammeby’s International has released an updated rendering of the second portion of its three-phase, mixed-use Neptune/Sixth project in Coney Island. The first phase of the development, currently under construction, entails
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Participatory budgeting in action. (Photo: Corner Media)The participatory budgeting process gives New Yorkers the power to decide [http://labs.council.nyc/pb/] how to spend tax dollars in our neighborhoods. Every year, the participatory budgeting (PB) process begins with an idea collection phase, which is facilitated by participating City
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“Seen in Borough Park Erev Shabbas.” Photo by kolhaolam [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKtgdXPjybu/]The South BK Beat is our new round-up of news you may have missed in South Brooklyn this week: Fort Hamilton Tigers earn first win for Homecoming Game [http://brooklynreporter.com/story/fort-hamilton-tigers-earn-first-win-for-homecoming-game/] [Brooklyn Reporter]
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Photo via Flickr/Marcela [https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcelamcgreal/17954698646/in/photolist-tmAwnL-EU2JoH-GYuTom-Ff9kPF-73JpTQ-sqHtcb-uj6bxW-cjiXCL-6v26yB-4qppN8-9KBRry-nVRjwq-81dnit-jq65vt-7GPusm-8quJ5P-4XFLPA-eyD1Az-fjwbq-ygMGti-6bmBpm-4ZLSQz-tcopFk-vU9GZA-7Vga1-4XDZAc-73eBCG-6SMTax-f8ZMmh-yemdGw-73beNH-SbDKj-mwTgbz-4AD4vH-7dr62x-73c2Gi-74XC95-EGqCgL-aeEoii-ndJbrn-73zALi-EYw6GU-9v8G44-9rtQaE-82pFb9-ibMgq-sbSXRt-75AaE6-73KnsL-EYw6MU] The Low-Down is our new round-up of stories in our neck o
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopThe Down-Low is our new round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. –Gang fight at Brooklyn federal jail causes lockdown. [Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/gang-fight-brooklyn-federal-jail-lockdown-article-1.2810795] ] –The Bushwick Wars: How
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Calvin Brown with his daughter, Jamaica. (Photo: Corner Media)Yesterday, thousands of children, parents, teachers and school administrators gathered in Prospect Park, calling on the De Blasio administration to allow for the creation of more charter schools in New York City. Students from all five boroughs traveled to Prospect Park
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(Photo courtesy Brad Lander / Twitter [https://twitter.com/bradlander])After City Council Member Jumaane Williams, District 45, remained seated during the Council’s Pledge of Allegiance [/blog/news/council-member-jumaane-williams-sits-pledge-stand-racial-justice/] earlier this month to protest racial injustice, seven other members followed suit yesterday, including Brad Lander of District 39. Lander calls
Announcements
Photo via the Brooklyn School of Inquiry, one of the schools in District 20As the school year sets into full swing, one lesser known but important part of this community’s education system has a vacancy, and you may be eligible to fill it. The Community Education Council for District
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(Photo courtesy Brad Lander / Twitter [https://twitter.com/bradlander])After City Council Member Jumaane Williams, District 45, remained seated during the Council’s Pledge of Allegiance [/blog/news/council-member-jumaane-williams-sits-pledge-stand-racial-justice/] earlier this month to protest racial injustice, seven other members followed suit yesterday, including Brad Lander of District 39. Lander calls
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Calvin Brown with his daughter, Jamaica. (Photo: Corner Media)[This story was updated at 1:25pm, 9/29/16.] Yesterday, thousands of children, parents, teachers and school administrators gathered in Prospect Park calling on the De Blasio administration to allow for the creation of more charter schools in New York
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Cherry Hill Gourmet Market. Photo via Facebook/Cherry Hill Gourmet Market. [https://www.facebook.com/CherryHillGourmet/photos/a.335406136591098.1073741825.335405559924489/335406149924430/?type=1&theater] Cherry Hill Gourmet Market, at 1901 Emmons Ave in the old Lundy’s building [/landmark-preservation-committee-community-board-15-approve-alterations-lundy-bros-landmark-building/] , is holding an event today for the Jewish holiday