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Via Prospect Park AllianceProspect Park Alliance [http://www.prospectpark.org] invites all local ghosts and ghouls to the 38th Annual Halloween Haunted Walk and Fair [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/halloween-in-prospect-park-tickets-37397260212?utm_source=Bklynrad&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Halloween_2017&utm_term=Oct2017] ! Taking place Saturday,
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Hurricane Sandy Effects-Emmons AvenueBROOKLYN – October 29 marks the five year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy hitting New York City. The powerful storm caused the deaths of 43 New York City residents [http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/17/nyregion/hurricane-sandy-map.html] —seven fatalities were in Brooklyn, and caused $19 billion
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Plumage at the Bensonhurst Columbus Day Parade (Photo: Paul Stremple/BKLYNER) Keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week — follow us on Twitter [https://twitter.com/bklyner], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/bklyner], and Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/parkslopestoop], and sign up for our daily
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The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. Cartoonist Roz Chast is New Yorkier Than You [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/11/nyregion/roz-chast-cartoonist-new-yorker.html] [NY Times] Peppa’s Tops List of All-Time Best Jerk Chicken
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – Residential backyards in Greenpoint are dangerously full of lead, according to a study at Columbia University. Franziska Landes, a graduate student in the university’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences has analyzed 254 samples from 52 backyards in the neighborhood, reports the Earth Institute newsletter, State of the
Arts & Culture
There is so much going on this weekend! Comedy fan? There’s the Park Slope Comedy Fest. Music lover? There’s a tribute concert honoring Louis Armstrong or the third annual BRIC JazzFest. Film buff? There’s the 10th annual Bushwick Film Festival, the 2nd annual Brooklyn Horror Festival, and
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Park Slope Pumpkins (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The Down-Low is our round-up of stories in our neck of the woods as well as other curiosities all over Brooklyn. A Dog Statue In Prospect Park Is Raising Some Eyebrows [https://www.iheart.com/content/2017-10-09-nearly-nsfw-statue-of-a-boy-and-a-dog-is-giving-twitter-life/] [iHeart] Commuters Kick Racist, Drunk “Lawyer”
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Via BASIS Independent BrooklynThe classroom becomes your child’s second home from the moment they enter Preschool. It is a place where cognitive and emotional growth takes place in leaps and bounds, where problem-solving and critical thinking skills develop, and where success takes root. Via BASIS Independent BrooklynAt BASIS Independent
News
Brownstones in South SlopeQuelle suprise—real estate prices are up in Brooklyn. A new report from the Ideal Properties Group [https://ipg.nyc/] shows the average price for a residential property in Brownstone Brooklyn and North Brooklyn was $1.6 million in the third quarter of 2017. That’s a
Announcements
BROOKLYN – The new cycle of the New York City Council’s Participatory Budgeting [https://council.nyc.gov/pb/] has officially begun! Photo via the Participatory Budgeting ProjectParticipatory budgeting (PBNYC) is a city program that allows residents to vote on $1 million to $1.5 million in projects developed by community
Announcements
BUSHWICK – Thursday marks the start of the 10th Annual Bushwick Film Festival [http://bushwickfilmfestival.com/], which promises to deliver a host of exciting new films and documentaries from a diverse set of voices and viewpoints. Last year, the festival welcomed more than 2,700 guests to take in feature-length documentaries,
Central Brooklyn
You’ve probably seen this map. It was published in 1920 by the Ohman Map Company “Showing Location and Extent of Racial Colonies” in the borough of Brooklyn. It is also a popular exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/blog/2014/06/30/mapping-the-first-red-scare-ohman-map-companys-maps-of-racial-colonies/] . Reasons