Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue, looking north toward Grand Army Plaza, with Prospect Park on the left. (Photo: Google Maps)(This story was updated with a statement from the Prospect Park Alliance on 5/26/16, 2:25pm.) The effort to enhance public access to Prospect Park along its Flatbush Avenue side got
Bensonhurst
(Photo: nicolaitan [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolaitan/61444999/] / Flickr)A group of local elected officials announced a new effort Wednesday to expand youth homeless services to more New Yorkers. Two bills, introduced by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein [http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10145&term=
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Image via NYPDPolice are searching for a man they say has been involved in at least five instances of stalking a 16-year-old girl throughout the months of February, March, and April. On Friday, April 15 at approximately 8am, the 16-year-old victim boarded a Queens-bound G
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(Photo: nicolaitan [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolaitan/61444999/] / Flickr)A group of local elected officials announced a new effort Wednesday to expand youth homeless services to more New Yorkers. Two bills, introduced by Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein [http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A10145&term=
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Sometimes comfort food is all you want. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox.) Thai food is something my parents never would have eaten, but it’s become comfort food for me and most of my friends. What is it about Thai that makes us seek it out after a long
Central Brooklyn
Crispy Deviled Eggs. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Brooklyn is home to more Southerners than you think. And it’s also home to folks who lived down South for dollops of their lives (yours truly is a former Atlantan and New Orleanian, dawlin’). Southerners love their home-cookin’
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Crispy Deviled Eggs. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)Brooklyn is home to more Southerners than you think. And it’s also home to folks who lived down South for dollops of their lives (yours truly is a former Atlantan and New Orleanian, dawlin’). Southerners love their home-cookin’
Arts & Culture
Photo via Coney Island History Project [https://www.facebook.com/ConeyIslandHistoryProject?fref=ts]The Alliance for Coney Island is proud to announce the premiere of Showstopper Sundays in Coney Island, which will run from July 10 to August 14 on Coney Island’s Riegelmann Boardwalk! Live auditions for performers will
Kids & Family
Summer camps are designed for fun, and whether you go the traditional [http://citykidcorner.com/camps/brooklyn-adventures-await-at-these-5-traditional-summer-camps/] , sports [http://citykidcorner.com/camps/stay-fit-and-have-fun-with-these-5-summer-sports-camps/] , science [http://citykidcorner.com/camps/go-mad-for-steam-
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Photo by Park Slope StoopNow that we know that the NYPD has been wrongfully ticketing [/blog/politics/nypd-made-millions-ticketing-legally-parked-cars/] thousands of legally parked vehicles, raking in millions of dollars in fines, how can drivers get their money back? Here is a step-by-step guide:
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(Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Do you have a rent-stabilized lease? Are you concerned about a rent increase? Testimony from the public is now being accepted regarding the proposed rent increase guidelines for rent stabilized apartments, lofts, and hotel units with leases renewing between October 1, 2016 and September
Bensonhurst
Flatbush Tenant Coalition march for tenants rights in December, 2014. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Do you have a rent-stabilized lease? Your rent is about to get a little less stable. Testimony from the public is now being accepted regarding the proposed rent increase guidelines for rent stabilized apartments, lofts,