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Photo: Flickr Creative CommonsBROOKLYN – This was another weekend with shootings and deaths. In four separate shootings across the borough, five people died, including a 16-year-old and an 18-year-old. On Friday, July 24, around 5:30 p.m., 39-year-old Ancil Blackman was shot in the face in front of a church
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Map of the county of Kings, showing the Senate districts; October 1869, Map Collection, B A-1869d.Fl; Brooklyn Historical Society.On July 16, Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) granted public access to its latest digitization effort – 1,493 maps from its collection of flat and folded maps are now available for
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Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte with Majority Council Member Laurie Cumbo at a City Hall press conference addressing maternal health issues. William Alatriste, NYC Council photographer.Nearly four years ago, I lost my son, Jonah Bichotte Cowan, after going into preterm labor. On October 4, 2016, I entered the New York Presbyterian/
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BED STUY – Cops are looking for six guys who beat up a 12-year-old boy inside a deli two weeks ago. On Monday, July 13 at around 5:30 p.m., a 12-year-old boy was inside a deli on Marcy Avenue near Pulaski Street. Then, a group of six guys came
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Sunset Park Pool. Courtesy NYC Parks.No, it will not be as crowded as before, but some relief is coming within easy distance of residents of Sunset Park and Bed Stuy when the community pools open tomorrow, and when Betsy Head Pool [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/B008/facilities/outdoor-pools]
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535 4th Avenue & 555 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – After much delay and controversy, one of the two large family homeless shelters announced for 4th Avenue, the Shirley Chisholm Family Residence at 535 4th Avenue, officially opened its doors last month. The other is expected to
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Photo via Hossam el-Hamalawy [https://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy/6359922733/in/photolist-aG1gse-aLmeUR-ooTq7U-o7CJxF-nAgrhU-5RWCwo-5S7668-8ZatUS-5Nk1kr-5PH6NT-nj1peY-nAuTVv-nj1hAZ-nAd1k4-igwTJ-nj1v5z-nAgj7b-nj1ykU-nj1tHj-nj1mLS-nAv5Wt-nyskAC-ejvPRP-nj1rTg-nAv8vA-nj1fTv-nAcY9R-nj1fj4-5NpgyW-nAgqsC-nysiQJ-nj1rnq-nAgfBq-nAcXNa-nCh7bK-nAgev7-5PH6cM-nAuV1X-nAuZte-nAgfzS-nj1kuq-nj1pco-nAuVWV-nysnCJ-nAuUbR-nCh8s2-nj1vwN-nAd6ec-nAgrGm-nj1vWL] /Flickr Creative Commons.BROOKLYN – Even though Palest
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A Health + Hospitals coronavirus testing center at Gotham Health in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, July 17, 2020. | Rachel Holliday Smith/THE CITYAnastassia Gliadkovskaya, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/coronavirus/2020/7/20/21332084/city-run-covid-19-testing-sites-lagging-in-results] in THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A national surge in COVID cases has coincided with
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St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights. Courtesy of the college.St Francis College [https://www.sfc.edu/]‘s President Miguel Martinez-Saenz believes in creating ‘conditions for hope.’ The pandemic has made his work even more urgent. “Our students can’t afford a gap year. A gap year is a luxury.
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Photo by Anthony Fomin [https://unsplash.com/@aginsbrook?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/s/photos/brooklyn?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText] Last week Governor Cuomo announced the COVID Rent Relief Program, which started
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Diners at BK9 enjoy shade outside. Ellie Plass, Bklyner.In their effort to aid small businesses and restaurants in recovering from the Pandemic, the city has approved additional blocks for street dining starting this weekend. Open street dining program has been extended till October, it was announced today. In Brooklyn,
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PARK SLOPE – On Tuesday morning at the corner of 4th Avenue and 9th Street, dozens of families stood outside the Holy Family – St. Thomas Aquinas Church. The families were from the Queen of the Rosary Catholic Academy in Williamsburg [https://queenoftherosarybrooklyn.org/] and were chanting and waving signs. As trucks