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Feb
22
Brooklyn’s Rafael Espinal stepping up for citywide office

Brooklyn’s Rafael Espinal stepping up for citywide office

SPONSORED: City Councilmember and lifelong Brooklyn resident Rafael Espinal is running to be New York’s next Public Advocate in
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Feb
21
Measles Cases In Brooklyn Jump To Ninety

Measles Cases In Brooklyn Jump To Ninety

A Microscopic Look at the Measles Virus (Source: Center For Disease Control via Wikimedia Commons)WILLIAMSBURG — The measles toll in
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Feb
21
Parody Ad Campaign Appears in Subway Cars…Again!

Parody Ad Campaign Appears in Subway Cars…Again!

New Yorkers all know how proud the MTA is of the beautiful stations built for the extension of the 2nd
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Feb
21
Weekend Art Events: February 22-24 (Once Upon a Mattress, Bed-Stuy Mural Walk, Donald Sinta Quartet & More)

Weekend Art Events: February 22-24 (Once Upon a Mattress, Bed-Stuy Mural Walk, Donald Sinta Quartet & More)

Lose yourself in one of the many arts-related events happening throughout Brooklyn this weekend. Gallery Players will be showing a
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Feb
20
Briefly Noted: Raccoons Residing In A Subway Station, Unique Final Resting Places and More Links

Briefly Noted: Raccoons Residing In A Subway Station, Unique Final Resting Places and More Links

Flatbush Malls (Photo courtesy Sean Claffey via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10216556796985887&set=pcb.10216556797985912&
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Feb
19
Storefront Synagogue In Bushwick Vandalized

Storefront Synagogue In Bushwick Vandalized

Chabad of Bushwick (Screenshot: Google Maps)BUSHWICK — A Bushwick storefront synagogue was vandalized Saturday amid a rise in hate crimes
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Feb
18
President’s Day Crime Blotter: Firefighter Chokes Girlfriend, Girlfriend Chokes Firefighter & More

President’s Day Crime Blotter: Firefighter Chokes Girlfriend, Girlfriend Chokes Firefighter & More

RED HOOK – An FDNY firefighter was arrested yesterday for choking his girlfriend. His girlfriend was also arrested — for choking the
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Feb
18
What’s Closed On Presidents’ Day 2019

What’s Closed On Presidents’ Day 2019

Image viaSgarton [http://mrg.bz/YRDAR7]Monday, February 18 is Presidents’ Day. See below for a list of what’s
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Feb
14
Valentine’s Day Crime Blotter: Cop Choking Wife, Burglary, A Missing Person & More

Valentine’s Day Crime Blotter: Cop Choking Wife, Burglary, A Missing Person & More

WILLIAMSBURG – Police need help searching for a man that went missing last month. 31-year-old James Johnston was last seen inside
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Feb
14
Shahrzad Changalvaee Shares Lost Stories At Bushwick Gallery

Shahrzad Changalvaee Shares Lost Stories At Bushwick Gallery

Shahrzad Changalvaee. (Photo: Changalvaee)BUSHWICK – On Friday, January 18, Shahrzad Changalvaee presented an exhibition, “In Absentia, In Effigie” at The
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