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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. –DOT apologizes for surprise Boerum Hill Citi Bike racks, but still won’t move them. [Brooklyn Paper [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/
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Bay Parkway. Photo by alessandrafrfr [https://www.instagram.com/p/BIwH_O6gC7E/] The South BK Beat is our new round-up of news you may have missed in South Brooklyn this week : Dyker Heights poised to start organics recycling [http://brooklynreporter.com/story/dyker-heights-poised-to-start-organics-recycling/] [Brooklyn Reporter] Flower shop finds permanent home
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Photo via Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation [https://www.facebook.com/AtlanticAvenueLDC/photos/pb.114969788552581.-2207520000.1442929825./878509352198617/?type=3&theaterr] One of the biggest street fairs in New York City, the 42nd annual Atlantic Antic [http://www.AtlanticAve.org] is taking place this Sunday, September 25 from 12-6pm.
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Photo via Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation [https://www.facebook.com/AtlanticAvenueLDC/photos/pb.114969788552581.-2207520000.1442929825./878509352198617/?type=3&theaterr] One of the biggest street fairs in New York City, the 42nd annual Atlantic Antic [http://www.AtlanticAve.org] is taking place this Sunday, September 25 from 12-6pm.
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A rendering of the renovated Lt. Joseph Petrosino Park by DLANDstudio. Rendering via Brooklyn Reporter [http://brooklynreporter.com/story/design-plans-for-renovation-of-bensonhursts-lt-joseph-petrosino-park-released/] Through the Community Parks Initiative [https://www.nycgovparks.org/preview?id=2442] — a citywide program to improve under-funded parks in densely populated and growing neighborhoods with higher concentrations of poverty
Central Brooklyn
Photo: John KomarA reader sent us photos taken over the weekend of a Pin Oak in front of a house on Argyle Road. “The tree has been rapidly breaking down for the last six months,” the reader said. A section of the tree’s upper trunk is “now precariously perched
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The currently vacant 8,560-square-foot lot is part of the 4-10 East 4th Street development. Photo from September 20, 2016. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)A new residential development in Windsor Terrace has been in the works since the beginning of 2016 which will consist of four three-story
Central Brooklyn
Picking the garden’s hops. (Photo: Molly Sullivan / E.4th St Community Garden Facebook page)Who doesn’t love a sidewalk sale? Even better with some fresh-baked goods to munch on. This Saturday and Sunday, September 24 and 25, from 9am to 2pm, take advantage of the bright fall weather
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerOn Tuesday, September 27, City Council members will discuss how to combat what seems like an unsolvable problem — pollution generated by idling cars and trucks. The Council’s Environmental Protection committee will conduct an oversight hearing [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=503955&GUID=
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Council Member Mark Treyger at Coney Island. Photo by Hannah FrishbergWe were able to catch up with Council Member Mark Treyger [http://council.nyc.gov/d47/html/members/home.shtml] today, chatting with the District 47 Council Member about everything from the upcoming elections this November to his neighborhood’s
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Photo: Ditmas Park CornerThis coming Tuesday, City Council members will discuss how to combat what seems like an unsolvable problem — pollution generated by idling cars and trucks. The Council’s Environmental Protection committee will conduct an oversight hearing [http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=503955&GUID=53FE19F4-4E69-456F-84FB-FCEEA40B5B5E&
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Images of three suspects have been released by the NYPD. Pictured are images released of (in chronological order) May 22, June 26, and July 2. (Via NYPD)A series of five attempted rape incidents between April 20 and July 12 continue to go unsolved. A police spokesperson confirmed that they